ecotopia 2005 in moldova

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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL-OUT FOR PARTICIPATION:

We would like to invite you to E C O T O P I A 2005

taking place in the Saharna nature reserve, in the Republic of Moldova from 1st to 14th of August.

This year's theme is Alternative Technologies [AT],
but as always the program will be created by the participants.

We choose AT as the theme to encourage skill-sharing on issues such as renewable energy, solar power, waste management and recycling, green building and eco-housing, organic food production, windmills, green economy, green design and architecture, and green-everything.

Beside the AT, focus will be on east-west issues in Europe, planning local and global actions and developing ideas for new projects and campaigns on the European level.

The special thing about Ecotopia is that the program is made by participants. We are inviting you to come and give a workshop on AT, east-west or any topic you are interested in (climate change, sustainable transport, GMOs, organic food, action planning, alternative media, global politics and economics, migration, racism and xenophobia, etc.)

How to apply?

http://www.eyfa.org/ecot05applic.html

The best way to come to Ecotopia is the annual Ecotopia Biketour.
This year, it starts in Banja Luka on June 17th, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Hope to see you at ecotopia!!

EYFA and the ecotopia hosts:
AVI-Moldova,
SalvaEco,
Environmental Movement of Moldova,
and Gutta-Club

What is ecotopia?

Ecotopia is an international gathering of young people from all over Europe involved or interested in environmental and social justice issues. Ecotopia takes place every summer since 1989, each year in a different country. It is organised by EYFA (European Youth For Action) and by a local grassroots environmental organisation as host organisation. This year, the 17th edition will take place in Moldova.

Ecotopia is a place for learning, exchanging experiences and spreading information about environmental, social, political and other issues. Around 200 - 600 people attends Ecotopia each year, to share skills and discuss about a wide range of themes related to environmental problems: climate change, transport and mobility, GMOs, organic food, eco-building and sustainable infrastructure, global politics and global economic system, strategies for actions, experiences of campaigns, alternative media, migration, racism and xenophobia, cultural issues, influence on and of people...

Ecotopia is also a functional model of self-sustainable community that puts into practice the principles of an environmentally friendly life-style: waste recycling, vegetarian kitchen, consensus decision-making, the use of alternative energy...Where possible, Ecotopians participate in regional actions and clean ups, try to get local people interested in ecological problems and empower local organizations.

Ecotopia is horizontally and self- organised; everyone is asked to take part in runnig the camp, solving problems and decision-making. And everybody is responsible for creating the programme!

Ecotopia operates on the ecorates system -

http://www.eyfa.org/ecorates.html - an alternative economic system based on living standards and income of people rather than financial markets, which means that you pay for food at Ecotopia the same amount as you would pay for it in your own country.

One of the best ways to come to Ecotopia has always been the Bike ToUr:

http://www.thebiketour.net.

Past ecotopias

2004 Netherlands

2003 Ukraine

2002 Ireland / photos

2001 Bulgaria

2000 Finland

1999 Romania

1998 Germany

1997 Scotland

1996 Czech Republic

1995 Poland

1994 Romania

1993 France

1992 Bulgaria

1991 Estonia

1990 Hungary

1989 Germany

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Romanian (more here:

http://romania.indymedia.org/ro/2005/06/902.shtml)

Te invitam la E C O T O P I A 2005!

care va avea loc la Saharna, Republica Moldova, in perioada 1-14 august 2005. Anul acesta tema festivalului va fi Tehnologiile Alternative(TA), dar ca si in anii precedenti, programul va fi creat de catre participanti.

Noi am ales TA ca tema de discutie pentru a incuraja raspindirea informatiilor privind energia solara, managementul si reciclarea deseurilor, constructii ecologice, produse alimentare organice, mori de vint, economie ecologica, arhitectura si design ecologic. O alta tema de discutii o va constitui relatia Est-Vest in Europa si anume planificarea unor actiuni la nivel local si global si propunerea unor idei de proiecte si campanii la nivel European.

Ceea ce caracterizeaza Ecotopia este ca participantii sunt acei care creeaza programul. Noi va invitam sa desfasurati un atelier fie la tema TA, fie relatii est-vest in Europa sau la orice tema care va intereseaza pe voi (schimbarea climei, transport ecologic, mass media alternativa, politicile globale si economia, migratia, rasism si xenofobia, etc.)

PROCEDURA DE APLICARE

http://www.eyfa.org/ecot05applic.html

Cel mai bun mod de a veni la Ecotopia este Ecotopia Biketour, care porneste anul acesta pe 17 iunie de la Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Va asteptam la Ecotopia!
Organizatori : EYFA
Organizatiile gazda:
AVI-Moldova,
SalvaEco,
Miscarea Ecologista din Moldova,
si Gutta-Club

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Russian:

Priglashaem Vas v Ekotopiyu 2005!

Kotoraya budet prohodit' v Saharne, prirodnoi rezervacii v Respublike Moldova s 1 go po 14 avgusta.

Tema Ekotopii 2005- Al'ternativnye Tehnologii (AT), no v bol'shei stepeni programma budet sozdana samimi uchastnikami

My vybrali AT, chtoby pooshrit' obmen opytom v takih voprosah, kak vozobnovlyaemye istochniki energii i al'ternativnaya energetika, sortirovka i pererabotka musora, eko-stroitel'stvo i organicheskoe sel'skoe hozyaistvo, vetryanye mel'nicy, zelenaya ekonomika, ekologicheskii dizain i arhitektura i vse ostal'noe/'yarko-zelenoe'

Krome AT, festival' budet sfokusirovan na voprosah 'Vostok-Zapad' v Evrope, planirovanie lokal'nyh i global'nyh akcii, razvitie idei o novyh proektah i kampaniyah na Evropeiskom urovne.

Kak obychno, kazhdyi uchastnik vnosit svoi vklad v programmu lagerya. My priglashaem Vas v Ekotopiyu i predlagaem organizovat' workshop/lekciyu na temu AT, Vostok-Zapad ili lyubuyu druguyu interesuyushuyu vas temu (global'noe poteplenie, transport i mobil'nost', geneticheski-modificirovannye organizmy, organicheskaya eda, eko-stroitel'stvo, dolgosrochnaya infrastruktura, global'naya politika i global'naya ekonomicheskaya sistema, strategii deistviya, opyt kampanii, al'ternativnye sredstva massovoi kommunikacii i informacii, migraciya, rasizm i ksenofobiya, kul'tura i mnogie drugie.)

Zayavlenie na uchastie

http://www.eyfa.org/ecot05applic.html

Luchshii sposob priehat' v Ekotopiyu eto ezhegodnyi VeloTur (Ecotopia BykeToUr) V etom godu Velo Tur startuet v Ban'ya Luka, 17 iyunya, Bosniya i Gercegovina

Uvidimsya v Ekotopii!!!
Organizatory:
EYFA (Niderlandy)
AVI Moldova,
SalvaEco,
Environmental Movement of Moldova,
Gutta - club

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Some pictures of Saharna from local organizers (Nora & Olya):