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=English=
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The ecotopia biketour is an eco-mobile action community on its way to or from ecotopia.
=What Biketour is=
Some 10 to 50 bikers from different backgrounds - nationality, age, language, experience -  cycle together towards [[ecotopia]], doing actions on their way and meet up with environmentally minded people and groups. They carry all [[equipment]] for camping on their bikes and trailers. It is a totally chaotic tour, with constantly changing sleeping places, group composition and food quality, but with some common things like:
[[consensus based decision making]], all [[tasks]] divided between the [[participants]], a sleeping place every night and breakfast, lunch and dinner for a [[participation fee]] calculated in [[ecos]] and collected by sigmund, our magic hat.


'''1:) sleeping places'''
==intro==
The biketour is an eco-mobile action community.
 
Some 10 to 50 bikers from different backgrounds - nationality, age, language, experience -  cycle together, doing actions on their way and meet up with environmentally minded people and groups. They carry all [[equipment]] for camping on their bikes and trailers. It is a totally chaotic tour, with constantly changing sleeping places, group composition and food quality, but with some common things like:
 
[[Consensus|consensus based decision making]], all [[tasks]] divided between the participants, a [[Camp setup|sleeping place]] every night and breakfast, lunch and dinner for a moderate participation fee.
 
==sleeping places==


The basic BT sleeping place includes some space for tents.
The basic BT sleeping place includes some space for tents.
As nothing more is really needed, we made the experience that we can organize our sleeping places during the tour, during the day. This is nice sometimes - it strengthens the group feeling when people work together to find the place and to make up for its downsides.
As nothing more is really needed, we made the experience that we can organize our sleeping places during the tour, during the day. This is nice sometimes - it strengthens the group feeling when people work together to find the place and to make up for its downsides.


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Another type of sleeping place is schools and sport halls, which have quite some facilities.
Another type of sleeping place is schools and sport halls, which have quite some facilities.
Make sure, there is place for a cooking fire!
We try not to pay for the sleeping places, or if get big reductions, as we are an ecotopoor with poor people from eastern europe joining. 2 euro/person/night seems an ok price. except we decide to support that project we are being hosted by -then we like to pay more ~ if we can afford it.
'''2:) food'''
We buy our food on local markets or from farmers we pass by, as eco as possible and cook on wood fire, if we do not have access to a big kitchen. Nothing to organize for that, except that a local group might ask beforehand for food donations...
'''3:) registration'''
People come and go on biketour. Only some of them register, and only some registered people come. Plans change... it is hard to get a proximate number to count on - 10 to 50 is quite accurate.
'''4:) the route'''
We do prefer quiet asphalt roads in a beautiful scenery, slightly downhill. ~50 km per day. And take this serious. A day with 30 km is very nice to fluff around and enjoy the not cycling sides of life. Do less on action days and none on resting days, where we should have 2 per week. not that there BT can not do more, it is good to get people to go over their borders sometimes, but a slow pace gives more time for the nice things of biketour, the brakes and workshops and a deeper picture of the sleeping places. If u can not find a sleeping place to cover that 90km hole between those 2 very nice ones, just leave it open to the group to find one. If people want to cycle more, they are always welcome to do that on their own account.
'''5:) consensus'''
We experiment with consensus based decision making. We do that since years, and we think that all decisions should be based on consensus. But we do also know, that none of us learned this in school and that there are certain human qualities which take care, that we will always have decision makers and people sitting quiet in the circle. cultural and language barriers, human group behavior, gender specific behavior, highly motivated or very lazy people and the constantly changing group structure are standing against our try, but we think, it is important to train our communication and decision making skills and be patient during long morning circles, try new structures and experiment with the whole thing to live an alternative to what governments present as democracy.
'''6:) local involvement'''
We want to bring an exchange between the biketourers and the locals. Good sleeping places are organized by local groups, who need help with some action or want to present their project. a possibility to present ourselves is always appreciated, and some party/concert/dancing make some people happy. But note that BT is totally chaotic and famous for its ability to be late. Great if local people join us for some days, or at least for the campfire or the pub. To get more local integration of the tour it is also important to have a good national outreach for participants, so that there are quite some people speaking the local language on the tour.
'''7:) organizing community'''
Usually we do have a international coordinator in the center and he should have the overview. This year no one was willing to take the job, so we gave it to the [[WHEEL]] instead. This is a body meeting every second week via [[skype]], a forum to exchange between all active parties, and for all the lazy bums to give their two cents.
Then there are the national teams with their national coordinators, sometimes several in a big country. Those work on their national route and stuff, but also together on the common international stuff. And there are some veterans, who help out organizing or can at least be asked for advice.
It is so cool; there is a strong international biketour community. It is just not so visible via internet, works more with personal knowledge. Some people like cycling more than typing. But we have 15 years of history and lots of people have been enthusiastic about BT during this time. It is a prelude to a nice friendship, and you can travel Europe surfing BT-couches.
'''8:) money'''
Sometimes we are very lucky with funding, but generally we are the poor type. Asking for free entry or reduction everywhere, as we are a big international group with poor eastern europeans and should get everything for free. On the other hand there are really nice project on our way and we want them to profit from our stay. Not only through the higher media interest, but if possible by leaving some money. But even more valuable are friendship and inspiration exchanged between participants and locals.
'''9:) conclusion'''
There is quite some magic happening around biketour, chaos everywhere, things not working out, being different than expected and a lot of improvisation. But in these rooms, this not organized part, which people have to cope with together, will be filled with the nicest minutes and be the time, when friendships grow. Leave place for creativity, BT itself cost a lot of time and energy per day, trust in the biketour ability to work things out herself:]
=Español=
El Biketour del Ecotopia es una comunidad activa eco-móvil de camino a o desde Ecotopia.
Unos 10 a 50 ciclistas de diversas características - nacionalidad, edad, lengua, experiencia - completan un ciclo juntos hacia Ecotopia, haciendo acciones en el camino y reúnen a gente y a grupos interesados por el medio ambiente. Todos llevan acoplado en sus bicis equipo para acampar. Es un viaje totalmente caótico, con los lugares donde dormir, la composición del grupo y el valor nutritivo en constante cambio, pero con algunas cosas comunes como:
toma de decisión basada en el consenso, todas las tareas divididas entre los participantes, un lugar donde dormir cada noche y desayuno, almuerzo y cena mediante una cuota participativa calculada en ecos y recogida por "Sigmund", nuestro sombrero mágico.
1:) de los lugares donde dormir
El lugar básico el dormir de BT incluye un cierto espacio para las tiendas.
Pues nada más es realmente necesario, hicimos la experiencia que podemos organizar nuestros lugares el dormir durante el viaje, durante el día. Esto es agradable a veces - consolida la sensación del grupo cuando la gente trabaja junta para encontrar el lugar y para compensar sus desventajas.
Las características básicas que no deben faltar con ningún lugar organizado el dormir son fuente del agua potable, un lugar del fuego a cocinar y madera en alcance.
también son apreciadas por los participantes las duchas calientes/sauna, un lago/lugar para nadar, los tocadores, una azotea, un cuarto del desayuno, una cocina equipada para los grupos grandes, algunos entran en contacto con e intercambio con los locals, una acción, instalaciones del Internet, información sobre los alrededores - tiendas de la bici, los mercados (del eco), donde conseguir productos de los granjeros locales, las trampas del turista…
Otro tipo de lugar el dormir es escuelas y los pasillos de deporte, que tienen absolutamente algunas instalaciones.
¡Se cercioran de, son lugar para un fuego que cocina!
Intentamos no pagar los lugares el dormir, o si conseguir las reducciones grandes, como nosotros somos un ecotopoor con la gente pobre de ensamblar de Europa Oriental. 2 euros/personas/noches se parecen un precio aceptable. a menos que decidamos apoyar ese proyecto cerca nos están recibiendo - entonces tenemos gusto de pagar más ~ si podemos permitirnos lo.


''' 2:) ''' del alimento
==food==


Compramos nuestro alimento en mercados locales o de granjeros pasamos cerca, como eco como posible y cocinero en el fuego de madera, si no tenemos acceso a una cocina grande. Nada organizar para eso, salvo que un grupo local pudieron pedir de antemano donaciones del alimento…
The participants rotate the task of preparing a vegetarian [[food|breakfast]], [[food|lunch]] and [[food|dinner]]. In our attempt to buy as local and organic food as possible we avoid big supermarkets with its highly packed and far travelled products but buy our food on local markets, small shops or from farmers we pass by. Usually we cook on wood fire, if we do not have access to a big kitchen.


''' 3:) ''' del registro
==the [[route]]==


Poblar venido e ir en biketour. Solamente algunos de ellos registro, y solamente alguna gente registrada vienen. Los planes lo cambian… son duros conseguir un número próximo para contar encendido - 10 a 50 es absolutamente exactos.
We do prefer quiet asphalt roads in a beautiful scenery, slightly downhill. ~50 km per day. We do our best find them! A day with 30 km is very nice to fluff around and enjoy the not cycling sides of life. Do less on action days and none on resting days, where we should have 2 per week. A slow pace gives more time for the other nice things of biketour: to enjoy the surroundings, contact with local people, events and workshops. But still you might have to expect harder days - busy roads, 80 km, 100 maybe with the shortcuts, some haste because some hosts are waiting...


''' 4:) el ''' de la ruta
==consensus==


Preferimos carreteras de asfalto reservadas en un paisaje hermoso, levemente cuesta abajo. ~50 kilómetro por día. Y tomar esto serio. Un día con 30 kilómetros es muy agradable a la pelusa alrededor y goza de los lados que no completan un ciclo de la vida. Hacer menos en días y ningunos de la acción el los días de descanso, donde debemos tener 2 por semana. no que allí BT no puede hacer más, él es bueno conseguir a gente pasar sus fronteras a veces, pero un paso lento da más hora para las cosas agradables del biketour, los frenos y los talleres y un cuadro más profundo de los lugares el dormir. Si u no puede encontrar un lugar el dormir para cubrir ese agujero de los 90km entre esos 2 muy agradables, licencia justa él abierto al grupo para encontrar uno. Si la gente desea completar un ciclo más, ella es siempre agradable hacer eso en su propia cuenta.
We work with [[consensus]] based decision making - not the majority decides, but everyone is included in the decision We do that since years, and we think that all decisions should be based on consensus. But we do also know, that none of us learned this in school and that there are certain human qualities which take care, that we will always have decision makers and people sitting quiet in the circle. Cultural and language barriers, human group behaviour, gender specific behaviour, highly motivated or very lazy people and the constantly changing group structure are standing against our try, but we think, it is important to train our communication and decision making skills and be patient during long morning circles, try new structures and experiment with the whole thing to live an alternative to what governments present as democracy.


''' 5:) ''' del consenso
==eco-mobile ...==


Experimentamos con la toma de decisión basada consenso. Hacemos eso desde años, y pensamos que todas las decisiones se deben basar en consenso. Pero también sabemos, ese ningunos de nosotros aprendieron que esto en escuela y ése hay ciertas calidades humanas que toman cuidado, que tendremos siempre responsables y gente que se sientan silenciosamente en el círculo. las barreras linguísticas culturales y, la gente altamente motivada o muy perezosa del comportamiento humano del grupo, del comportamiento específico del género, y la estructura del grupo constantemente que cambia están estando paradas contra nuestro intento, pero pensamos, él somos importantes entrenar a nuestras habilidades de la comunicación y de la toma de decisión y ser pacientes durante círculos largos de la mañana, estructuras del intento las nuevos y experimento con la cosa entera a vivir un alternativa a qué gobiernos presentan como democracia.
With this tour we do set an example how to travel in an ecological sound way. We do not use any motorized vehicles, transport all our stuff on our bike or with our trailers. We will reduce our garbage as much as possible, reuse most of it and try to recycle the rest. We shop locally and organically produced stuff, cook with wook and eat vegetarian meals. Every participant comes with a different background to the tour, different ideas how to behave ecological. During the tour we will learn from each other, how to do that, and find out the do's and dont's. We consider it everyone's personal decision to follow them, but we expect you to be open to listen to the reasons behind them and to strictly follow them, if you do something for the whole group.


''' 6:) ''' local de la implicación
==...action community==


Deseamos traer un intercambio entre los biketourers y los locals. Los buenos lugares el dormir son organizados por los grupos locales, que necesitan ayuda con una cierta acción o desean presentar su proyecto. una posibilidad al presente ourselves se aprecia siempre, y algún partido/concierto/bailar hacen a alguna gente feliz. Pero observar que BT es totalmente caótico y famoso para que su capacidad sea atrasado. Grande si la gente local nos ensambla por algunos días, o por lo menos para el campfire o la publicación. Conseguirlo a una integración más local del viaje es también importante hacer que un buen nacional exceda para los participantes, de modo que haya absolutamente alguna gente que habla la lengua local en el viaje.
Biketour connects with local groups and projects, by whom we are being hosted. They show us their project, their campaigns or their nightlife. and we might find a way to help them with our massive workforce, our positive motivated radiation, our ability to raise attention for a certain topic as an international biketour doing an action. On the one hand we see biketourists experiencing the host project, collecting ideas and get impressions of political realities, on the other hand the local group is visited by a cheerful crowd of open-minded foreign people, who bring some fresh wind and new ideas and tell of similar things happening at home.    


''' 7:) ''' de organización de la comunidad
==organizing network==


Tenemos generalmente un coordinador internacional en el centro y él debe tener la descripción. Este año nadie estaba dispuesto a tomar el trabajo, así que lo dimos a [[RUEDA]] en lugar de otro. Esto es un cuerpo que resuelve cada segunda semana vía [[skype]], un foro para intercambiar entre todos los partidos activos, y para que todos los vagos perezosos den sus dos centavos.
The tour is organised by an [[Wheel|open network of old and new participants]], there is no NGO or party behind us. We do have a strong connection to [http://www.eyfa.org/ EYFA] and [http://www.worldcarfree.net WCN] though. This is also a call to you to join organising efforts and to prepare stuff for the tour at home. There are people putting a shitload of work into this project, doing the [[International Coordinator|international]] and [[National Coordinator|national coordination]], caring for  hosts, sleepingplaces, actions, participants, infrastructure, info-material and funding. Visit help out to see how to support them. Find out about the [[nextmeeting|next meeting]], on-line or in real, where decisions are being taken and work distributed.
And although it is not easy to get rid of them we try to reduce hierarchies by abolishing the difference between organisers and participants during the tour : everyone is an organiser !!


Entonces hay los equipos nacionales con sus coordinadores nacionales, a veces varios en un país grande. Ésos trabajan en su ruta y materia nacionales, pero también junto en la materia internacional común. Y hay algunos veteranos, que ayudan hacia fuera a organizar o pueden por lo menos ser pedidos consejo.
==money==


Está tan fresco; hay una comunidad internacional fuerte del biketour. Es justo no así que visible vía Internet, trabaja más con conocimiento personal. Alguna gente tiene gusto de completar un ciclo más que mecanografiando. Pero tenemos 15 años de historia y las porciones de gente han sido entusiásticas sobre BT durante este tiempo. Es un preludio a una amistad agradable, y usted puede viajar los BT-sofás que practican surf de Europa.
Biketour is a cheap way to travel. Right now we propose a daily fee of 8 eco per day. The [[Ecos|Eco]] is EYFA's alternative currency, calculated every year for every participating country. 8 eco are roughly 8 euros for someone from the rich west and around 3-4 ecos people from poorer countries. But this money is collected anonymously by Sigmund, the magic hat. So if you are rich enough to support some less wealthy person, you have the chance to give more, or less if you happen not to own much money.


''' 8:) ''' del dinero
Sometimes we are very lucky with funding, but generally we are the poor type. Asking for free entry or reduction everywhere as we are a big international group with poor eastern Europeans and should get everything for free. We can also ask farmers and shop owners for (food) donations, so that in general the costs stay low. On the other hand there are really nice project on our way and we want them to profit from our stay. Not only through the higher media interest, but if possible by leaving some money. But even more valuable are friendship and inspiration exchanged between participants and locals.


Somos a veces muy afortunados con el financiamiento, pero somos generalmente el tipo pobre. Pidiendo entrada o la reducción libre por todas partes, pues somos un grupo internacional grande con europeos del este pobres y debemos conseguir todo para libre. Por otra parte hay proyecto realmente agradable sobre nuestra manera y quisiéramos que se beneficiaran de nuestra estancia. No sólo con el interés más alto de los medios, pero si es posible dejando un poco de dinero. Pero aún más valiosa son la amistad y la inspiración intercambiadas entre los participantes y los locals.
==conclusion==


''' 9:) ''' de la conclusión
There is quite some magic happening around biketour, chaos everywhere, things not working out, being different than expected and a lot of improvisation. But in these rooms, this not organized part, which people have to cope with together, will be filled with the nicest minutes and be the time, when friendships grow. Leave place for creativity, BT itself cost a lot of time and energy per day, trust in the biketour ability to work things out herself :]


Hay una absolutamente cierta magia que sucede alrededor de biketour, de caos por todas partes, de cosas que no se resuelven, siendo diferente que esperado y los muchos de improvisación. Pero en estos cuartos, esta parte no organizada, que la gente tiene que hacer frente a junto, será llenada de los minutos más agradables y ser el tiempo, cuando las amistades crecen. Dejar el lugar para la creatividad, BT sí mismo costado mucho tiempo y la energía por el día, confianza en la capacidad del biketour a las cosas del trabajo hacia fuera ella misma:]
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NB. this page is mirrorerd at http://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/?page_id=454

What Biketour is

intro

The biketour is an eco-mobile action community.

Some 10 to 50 bikers from different backgrounds - nationality, age, language, experience - cycle together, doing actions on their way and meet up with environmentally minded people and groups. They carry all equipment for camping on their bikes and trailers. It is a totally chaotic tour, with constantly changing sleeping places, group composition and food quality, but with some common things like:

consensus based decision making, all tasks divided between the participants, a sleeping place every night and breakfast, lunch and dinner for a moderate participation fee.

sleeping places

The basic BT sleeping place includes some space for tents.

As nothing more is really needed, we made the experience that we can organize our sleeping places during the tour, during the day. This is nice sometimes - it strengthens the group feeling when people work together to find the place and to make up for its downsides.

Basic features which should not miss with any organized sleeping place are drinking water supply, a fire place to cook and wood in reach.

also appreciated by participants are hot showers/sauna, a lake/ place to swim, toilets, a roof, a breakfast room, a kitchen equipped for big groups, some contact and exchange with locals, an action, internet facilities, information about the surroundings - bike shops, (eco)markets, where to get products from local farmers, tourist traps ...

Another type of sleeping place is schools and sport halls, which have quite some facilities.

food

The participants rotate the task of preparing a vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner. In our attempt to buy as local and organic food as possible we avoid big supermarkets with its highly packed and far travelled products but buy our food on local markets, small shops or from farmers we pass by. Usually we cook on wood fire, if we do not have access to a big kitchen.

the route

We do prefer quiet asphalt roads in a beautiful scenery, slightly downhill. ~50 km per day. We do our best find them! A day with 30 km is very nice to fluff around and enjoy the not cycling sides of life. Do less on action days and none on resting days, where we should have 2 per week. A slow pace gives more time for the other nice things of biketour: to enjoy the surroundings, contact with local people, events and workshops. But still you might have to expect harder days - busy roads, 80 km, 100 maybe with the shortcuts, some haste because some hosts are waiting...

consensus

We work with consensus based decision making - not the majority decides, but everyone is included in the decision We do that since years, and we think that all decisions should be based on consensus. But we do also know, that none of us learned this in school and that there are certain human qualities which take care, that we will always have decision makers and people sitting quiet in the circle. Cultural and language barriers, human group behaviour, gender specific behaviour, highly motivated or very lazy people and the constantly changing group structure are standing against our try, but we think, it is important to train our communication and decision making skills and be patient during long morning circles, try new structures and experiment with the whole thing to live an alternative to what governments present as democracy.

eco-mobile ...

With this tour we do set an example how to travel in an ecological sound way. We do not use any motorized vehicles, transport all our stuff on our bike or with our trailers. We will reduce our garbage as much as possible, reuse most of it and try to recycle the rest. We shop locally and organically produced stuff, cook with wook and eat vegetarian meals. Every participant comes with a different background to the tour, different ideas how to behave ecological. During the tour we will learn from each other, how to do that, and find out the do's and dont's. We consider it everyone's personal decision to follow them, but we expect you to be open to listen to the reasons behind them and to strictly follow them, if you do something for the whole group.

...action community

Biketour connects with local groups and projects, by whom we are being hosted. They show us their project, their campaigns or their nightlife. and we might find a way to help them with our massive workforce, our positive motivated radiation, our ability to raise attention for a certain topic as an international biketour doing an action. On the one hand we see biketourists experiencing the host project, collecting ideas and get impressions of political realities, on the other hand the local group is visited by a cheerful crowd of open-minded foreign people, who bring some fresh wind and new ideas and tell of similar things happening at home.

organizing network

The tour is organised by an open network of old and new participants, there is no NGO or party behind us. We do have a strong connection to EYFA and WCN though. This is also a call to you to join organising efforts and to prepare stuff for the tour at home. There are people putting a shitload of work into this project, doing the international and national coordination, caring for hosts, sleepingplaces, actions, participants, infrastructure, info-material and funding. Visit help out to see how to support them. Find out about the next meeting, on-line or in real, where decisions are being taken and work distributed. And although it is not easy to get rid of them we try to reduce hierarchies by abolishing the difference between organisers and participants during the tour : everyone is an organiser !!

money

Biketour is a cheap way to travel. Right now we propose a daily fee of 8 eco per day. The Eco is EYFA's alternative currency, calculated every year for every participating country. 8 eco are roughly 8 euros for someone from the rich west and around 3-4 ecos people from poorer countries. But this money is collected anonymously by Sigmund, the magic hat. So if you are rich enough to support some less wealthy person, you have the chance to give more, or less if you happen not to own much money.

Sometimes we are very lucky with funding, but generally we are the poor type. Asking for free entry or reduction everywhere as we are a big international group with poor eastern Europeans and should get everything for free. We can also ask farmers and shop owners for (food) donations, so that in general the costs stay low. On the other hand there are really nice project on our way and we want them to profit from our stay. Not only through the higher media interest, but if possible by leaving some money. But even more valuable are friendship and inspiration exchanged between participants and locals.

conclusion

There is quite some magic happening around biketour, chaos everywhere, things not working out, being different than expected and a lot of improvisation. But in these rooms, this not organized part, which people have to cope with together, will be filled with the nicest minutes and be the time, when friendships grow. Leave place for creativity, BT itself cost a lot of time and energy per day, trust in the biketour ability to work things out herself :]

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