2013 – Page 4 – Ecotopia Biketour

Art Centre Slovenia…hey ho!

kate August 13, 2013 August 26, 2013

Art Centre Slovenia, a former Border Guard House, was another gem in our trip so far…nestled somewhere between the hills and fruit trees in a secluded part on the border of west Slovenia. We spent three glorious days here helping on the project, learning about the local struggle to keep the project from the eager grips of the municipalities, sampled the local produce from pumpkin seed oil to home grown vegetables from the centre and of course the local ale around the fire. We also had time for some of our own workshops: Most of the help needed was preparing…

Eslovenia!

kbra August 12, 2013 October 28, 2013

Across the borders, now we’re in Eslovenia! crossing yesterday a beautiful border, with a heart between the two countries (Austra and Slovenia) so close you can kiss across boarders! Nice arrival in the Art Center Slovenia, where today some people helped with a human chain carrying wood for the winter, and preparing the wood shed and straw house, with nice songs and original dancing! aiwo! aiwo!

Vorwahlgrenzen

grenzblog August 12, 2013 December 3, 2014

So wie auch schon beim Ueberqueren der deutsch-tschechischen und der tschechisch-oesterreichischen Grenze haben wir uns auch heute wieder eine neue SIM-Karte fuer unser Tour-Mobiltelefon gekauft. Denn leider gibt es ja noch keine globalen oder EUropaeischen Mobilfunknetzwerke, die nicht an Grenzen die Preise schlagartig erhoehen wuerden und fuer die es ueberall Auflade-Nachschub gaebe. So muessen wir eben neue Karten von Land zu Land kaufen, um unsere Gebuehren wenigstens fuer Inlandsgespraeche klein zu halten und um ueberhaupt an Auflade-Bons zu kommen. Soweit, so “normal”: Heutzutage haben Staaten/Laender/Nationen eben nicht mehr nur ihre Flaggen, Hymnen und andere abstrakte Symbole, um Identifikation mit ihnen…

Die Grenze zur Dritten Welt

grenzblog August 11, 2013 October 6, 2013

Dritte-Welt-Laender: “Wo liegen die noch einmal?” Ohne die genauen Zahlen zu kennen, koennen wir wohl davon ausgehen, dass in Europa ca. 90% der Menschen auf diese Frage mit “In Afrika” antworten werden. Dabei ist einer der Urspruenge des Terminus “Dritte Welt” nicht geografisch gewesen, sondern politisch. Und an welchem Tag waere diese kleine, aber wichtige Geschichte besser zu bloggen, als heute, wo wir innerhalb von 24 Stunden sowohl auf den Boden der ersten, der zweiten und der dritten Welt betreten haben – und das sogar per Fahrrad! Denn als “Erste Welt” bezeichneten sich im kalten Krieg die (westlich-)kapitalistischen Staaten, waehrend…

Songs from Catalan…the Biketour reach Hungary

kate August 9, 2013 September 6, 2013

Another days cycling through Hungary, with a quick look in curiosity at a local event, the annual community event, and are all offered drinks from the Major and end up on the stage singing songs from Catalan! – a great applause, and were off again, all in a days cycle!

Sorting through the rubble at Die Mühle…

kate August 8, 2013 October 4, 2013

After two days of cycling through the highest temperatures on record in Austria (41 degrees celsius!) we reached Die Mühle, a relatively new community project and seminar house for political events and projects. Here we performed a human chain and put our people power into practice to shift tonnes of bricks and rubble from the ruins of the adjoining building, and enjoyed the house facilities for our workshops on consensus, small group work and Biketour 2014! Pictures to follow!!!!

Biketour… in solidarity with refugees in Vienna!

kate August 7, 2013 October 23, 2013

In Vienna we were spolit for choice of contacts and collectivers to meet and network with, including visits to the Vienna Bike Kitchen, and meetings at the Café Gagarin, a collectively run and owned vegan-vegatarian restaurant, and space for, culture, music and politics. We were hosted there for two days and took full advantage of their newly co-funded professional kitchen. – Compared to cooking on rocket stoves and a head tourch…it was sheer luxury! On tuesday we met with some of the orgainisers of the Vienna Refugee Protest Camp, who protest weekly outside the Pakistani Embassy and monastery where many…

Along the Danube for some PIZZ’A’…!!!

kate August 4, 2013 October 25, 2013

After a long HOT cycle we finally made it along part of the the Danube to Vienna! Tonight we will be hosted by the PIZZA Muhlfeldgasse 12 from 6pm, for their regular sunday skipped pizza and info eveing, where much of the ingredients come from food that would have otherwise been wasted. We hope to share some of our stories and learn from their collective over dinner! Hope to see some of you there.