Beaches, hitchbiking, wild fruit, pledges and police

Това не е на разположение на български 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. Beaches As I write this, I’m on a warm sandy beach in Sant Pol de Mar on the Mediterranean coast in the evening. Our group is watching the fireworks dancing above the town. Somebody asked whether they were ‘eco-fireworks’. We thought about it, then gave a small ‘woop’ for the next green one. A firework after our own hearts. As the…

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From Can Prim to Can Torres

Това не е на разположение на български 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. We woke up in bright sunlight floating the Pyrenees in the background in bright colours. Over night some of our communal items (and some personal shoes) had been attacked and partly eaten by animals – a learning experience… After a breakfast with lots of warm leftover food from the night before, we had a short ride on a flat road leading us to Figueres. Our group was a…

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Bicicletada en defensa de Collserola

Това не е на разположение на български 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. Video of the first cycling day of the biketour, critical mass in defense of Collserola mountain, a nice ride from Can Masdeu to Kan Pasqual.

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one week on the road…

Това не е на разположение на български 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. On tuesday morning, the group woke up early and left Kan Pascual. Happily rolling down the Collserola mountain to visit a nice ecological farm, Cal Rosset, that produces for consumer cooperatives in Barcelona. We then followed the Llobregat river by a dirt road, got some fruits from some locals on Martorrell and followed the national road the rest of the day, arriving in Ca La Fou on time for…

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An introduction to Ca La Fou

Това не е на разположение на български 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. Ca La Fou is an ambitious ‘eco-industrial postcapitalist colony’, a day’s cycle outside barcelona. The group first visited this site in october 2010, and only moved here in july 2011. The enormous space was bought as a housing cooperative by the group with a loan from an ecological bank and support from a wider network. It was originally a ‘colonia,’ a factory workhouse dating back to the 13th century.…

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An introduction to Kan Pasqual

Това не е на разположение на български 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. Kan Pascual was originally occupied by a group of students and young people who were occupying various places in the late 90’s. They were interested in primitivism and the zapatista movement, and they began living basic with wood fires. They use solar energy complimented by wind energy – a combination which serves them well. They have experimented with biogas from the manure of their neighbour’s horses. They could…

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An introduction to Can Masdeu

Това не е на разположение на български 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. Can Masdeu is an abandoned leprosy hospital in a nature reserve on the outskirts of barcelona. Building and surrounding land was occupied in 2001 by a group of 7 people and slowly transformed into a social centre, allotments and a home. The building itself is owned by ‘hospital de la pau’ – a combination of public and private bodies including the council, the hospital and the church. They…

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