Charging electronic devices in a sustainable way

On the Biketour in 2015, one very noticeable change compared to the Biketours before was that suddenly many people came with a smartphone. In the years before there had been maybe one or two people among a group of up to 50 who had a GPS or smartphone with them, but now there were even some days where no one followed the route of the scouts, because in every small group of cyclists, there was at least one who was using GPS navigation on their phone. One side-effect was that people needed to charge their phones all the time, and whenever…

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Biketour-Inventary

Sorry, this entry is only available in Ameerika Inglise. 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 the long cycling days… you might find yourself talking about anything and everything with your companions for the day. One topic that came up was STUFF. some people seemed to have just 2 bike bags and nothing else, some people have entire trailers for their pet (see past posts with the dog!) whilst some people seemed to be balancing half a dozen stuff sacks on…

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Compost-toilet out of trash

Sorry, this entry is only available in Ameerika Inglise. 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. Paulina invited us to stay at her tiny garden house in the allotment gardens of hajnowka. Shower was a garden hose, food supply came from the incredibly friendly neighbours, our tents were spread out in the garden, toilet was in Kaufland or in the forest. We had some beautiful days there with her. As a thank you we built an own toilet next to the house.…

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The Rocketstove

Sorry, this entry is only available in Ameerika Inglise. 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. “Kraft Automotive” (Force Carmotivs) – is written on the barrel out of which the 2016’s Rocketstove is made. It was built in the Radical Allotment Gardens in Warsaw in the first days of the biketour. Built out of Trash that the R.O.D – people had collected. We could use all of their stuff, they had that barrel and some leftover ovenpipes. They hat even some of…

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