Biketour 2014

Spring meeting 2014

Dear ecotopians,

we just finished our autumn meeting this year to discuss how we will organise ecotopia biketour 2014 - any contributions are welcome - and one of the points agreed there was that we will find a date and time for the SPRING MEETING as kick-off on next year's tour early enough so people can plan to be a part of it. The spring meeting will focus on the topic of the biketour, how we want bt days to be structured e.g. how long do we want to stay at projects and how far do we want to go, and of course route options.

Where & When?

We have now set a date and place for the SPRING MEETING:

Thessaloniki, Greece - where the tour will be co-ordinated from. 13-16th March

Concrete ideas in WHICH SPACE in a city it could take place are still being discussed. We have a potential venue, but if you do know of anywhere which could host meetings or people, write your suggestions here....

There will be places to stay for the Spring Meeting. The idea is to stay for as long as you can/want, not to feel like you have to come for all four days. Also we hope to find space so that people can stay on after to help with co-ordination if they'd like to. What accommdation there will be for biketour coordinators will become clearer in the beginning of March.

Ideas

Route / Region Ideas

• Greece and surroundings
• ...

Theme Ideas

• Crisis and Creative Solution Approaches
• ...

Project Visit Ideas

• direct democracy festival in thessaloniki for 3 days sometime between the 5th and 15th of september
• solidarity centre in varna, bulgaria; social centre in the centre of varna where they hold lessons/ workshops/ parties, etc.
• united wheelers in bucharest (http://unitedwheelers.blogspot.gr/)
• pikpa on the island of levbos, a welcome centre for asylum seekers & refugees (http://lesvos.w2eu.net/tag/pikpa/)