Melon melon! Sweet memories from the summer…

Ho sentim, aquesta entrada es troba disponible únicament en Anglès Americà, Espanyol Europeu, Alemany, Francès i Italià. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Here is the result of a few sessions joyfully reminiscing and picking my favourite few hundred photos (out of thousands) which were taken over our two and a half month journey. From my room here in Edinburgh the tales of adventure we had last summer seem a lot further away than I would…

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The biketour in food form

Ho sentim, aquesta entrada es troba disponible únicament en Anglès Americà. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. ‘It fills my heart when people can just eat what they want to and there is still food left at the end’ – João Taborda 2012 Cycling up a hill towards Valli Unite this evening, just after my first ripe fig which I have been waiting for for months, I realised that it’s been a while since I wrote something and I thought that…

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Biketour in poetry form :-)

Ho sentim, aquesta entrada es troba disponible únicament en Anglès Americà. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Ecotopia Degrowth 2012 Follow the arrows and arrive to a buzz of energy, Vines to be weeded and a circle under an olive tree, Friendly faces and warm smiles welcome you to the group, Intrigued, wander about the farmhouse to have a better look. A Degrowth workshop to share information together, Sitting in groups discussing in lovely weather, Name games with which to remember…

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Bon Voyage Ecotopia Biketour

Ho sentim, aquesta entrada es troba disponible únicament en Anglès Americà i Italià. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Ecotopia Biketour is now on the road and we are looking forward to all our adventures together! The shiny new biketour booklet 2012 is ready, print off a copy and bring it with you. We also have a day-by-day calendar and a page on which projects/campaigns we are visiting so you can see where we…

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Monday 9th July: Critical Mass in defence of Collserola and against Eurovegas

Ho sentim, aquesta entrada es troba disponible únicament en Anglès Americà, Espanyol Europeu, Francès i Italià. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. What? First day of biketour! When? Monday 9th July 10h. Leaving from Can Masdeu 12h Meeting Vallvidrera, Pl. Mont d’Orsà (for brief information about the fight to defend Collserola and the struggle against Eurovegas). 14h. Communal meal at Kan Pasqual (bring something to share with others).

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Celebrate the start of the biketour, 8th July at Can Masdeu 10.30h-19.00h

Ho sentim, aquesta entrada es troba disponible únicament en Anglès Americà, Espanyol Europeu, Francès i Italià. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Come and meet Ecotopia Biketour, find out about Degrowth and help us celebrate the start of our 2,000km journey by bike from Barcelona to Venice, which leaves the next day! Ecotopia Biketour is an eco-mobile do-it-yourself activist community which cycles through Europe each summer. This year our journey takes us through Catalonia,…

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Join us this summer – register now!

Ho sentim, aquesta entrada es troba disponible únicament en Anglès Americà, Espanyol Europeu, Francès i Italià. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. (for versions of this text in other languages click here) Ecotopia Biketour 2012: Towards Degrowth (6th July – 19th September) – Join us! We are very pleased to announce that registration for the biketour 2012 is open! The Ecotopia Biketour is an eco-mobile do-it-yourself activist community which cycles through Europe each summer.…

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Get ready for BT 2012 – ‘towards degrowth’

You will be happy to hear that preparations for the 22nd Ecotopia Biketour are now in motion and we would like to invite you to get involved. From July to September, Ecotopia Biketour will cycle from Catalonia to Italy, connecting projects, sharing skills, confronting destructive development and living as an eco-mobile action community. Our theme this year is degrowth and we plan to visit permaculture farms, D.I.Y bike workshops, protest camps, ecovillages, intentional communities, ecological/cycling NGO’s, bicycle events, protests, grassroots projects, and other creative alternatives to the damaging growth mentality of capitalism. As usual, each day we try to live as a self managed community on wheels,…

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