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- Global Eco-village network This is the BIGGEST DATABASE OF ECO-VILLAGES on the web. You can search by region, by theme, country … so sustainable lifestyle doesn´t mean one has to be absent from the web.
- sustainable settlements in the UK Eco-villages? Communes? Alternative settlements? There are more of them than you might think. Especially in the UK! Here´s a link that will prove it. So if you wanna search for projects on the island – get on it!
- Website for action in France (Alpes)
- Website for action in Greece You are going to Greece, you want to help the local activists AND you can read greek? This is the perfect website then …
- Website for action in Spain Alternative environmental and political action, direct action, workshops, demonstrations, people´s kitchen, … this website may help you to help spanish activists – or to meet them if you´re there …
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- food-coop – do-it-yourself supermarket as you would want it to be: local and organic A food-coop is a collective of people who order products with local producers. Their food did not come by airplane from the other half of the globe and is organic in most cases. This link is a directory for food-coops in Germany.
- Whatever you are planning to do – there is a green way of doing it. The Green Guide tells you how. What to look for when buying paint? What vegetables are seasonally now? Small but important steps towards more sustainability are lited here.
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- Are you living as if we had 2.34 planets? Knowledge is power and here is some of it. Packed lunch? Chemical-free laundry balls? Read here what you could do to treat the planet as a singular thing
- E-cosystems under construction motivated people created this platform for you to fill it with information about green events, eco-communities and other stuff.
- Website for action in France (Angers) Demosphere calling for action in Angers
- Website for action in France (Gironde) This website makes activist´s life much easier – especially when living in Gironde. On demosphere you will find environmental, political and cultural events, announcements of demonstrations and proposals for actions.
- Website for action in France (Paris and region) Going to Paris? If you are up for environmentalist or political action, for meeting other activists and to work the international network – have a look what is going on in and around Paris.
- What is Online Activism? Some organizations are actually providing you with the rare privilege to become an activist without moving away from your beloved screen. Here is just one example of an “action” performed in the cyberspace
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- E-cosystems under construction motivated people created this platform for you to fill it with information about green events, eco-communities and other stuff.
- Eco-friendly technology You are not one of the back-to-the-roots people, not up for returning to the forest yet? Still you can be eco-friendly with all your gadgets around you!
- Grassroot radio round the world – a collection of independent frequencies Annoying publicities after every second minute, copypasted news and the same song over and over again … had enough? Diversity on your radio is what this link can offer.
Recycle
- Reduce, reuse, freecycle – get stuff for free If you do not need it this does not mean nobody else could use it – and the other way around: find your local freecycle network, subscribe and get rid of useless things, make your secret material dreams come true – all free of charge and environmentally f
- Whatever you are planning to do – there is a green way of doing it. The Green Guide tells you how. What to look for when buying paint? What vegetables are seasonally now? Small but important steps towards more sustainability are lited here.
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- Couchsurfing – You can sleep for free at people´s places all over the planet. Check out how it works This is a sustainable alternative to staying in hotels where loads of waste is generated every day (disposables, plastic packaging, paper), enery efficiency is mostly ignored and not local economy but some big hotel chain profits from your stay.
- Global Eco-village network This is the BIGGEST DATABASE OF ECO-VILLAGES on the web. You can search by region, by theme, country … so sustainable lifestyle doesn´t mean one has to be absent from the web.
- sustainable settlements in the UK Eco-villages? Communes? Alternative settlements? There are more of them than you might think. Especially in the UK! Here´s a link that will prove it. So if you wanna search for projects on the island – get on it!
- Whatever you are planning to do – there is a green way of doing it. The Green Guide tells you how. What to look for when buying paint? What vegetables are seasonally now? Small but important steps towards more sustainability are lited here.
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Tag Archives: Germany
Squatting for Utopia – other forms of direct action (8)
The experience of running an anti-capitalist social and cultural centre that was working on erasing different forms of oppression and hierarchy, united a group of people. A network with lots of smaller affinity groups was created. It was large enough, to hope that it´s local struggle would not remain without an outcome. Other forms of direct action, other than squatting are all well possible and easily feasable in an urban context. The activists decided to go out into the city, it´s squares and markets, in front of the city hall and inside it. Continue reading
Posted in How people live in communes, Political and environmental sustainability
Tagged affinity, anarchists, blog, blogging, city, decentralised, Demonstration, direct action, disturbance, Europe, eviction, forms, Germany, hegemony, local struggle, movement, politics, reapropriation of public space, reclaim the streets, Right to the City, RTS, social movement, squat, street art, Sustainable Alternatives, town hall
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Squatting for Utopia – out of action? (7)
Behind the police blockade few hundred metres down the street everyone gathered and formed a noisy group that grew bigger and bigger with every person who got carried away by policemen. Two activist clown were cheering up the squatters playing jokes on the police. At sunrise some tears poored out of some squatter´s eyes because it became obvious that the project was over for the moment. Continue reading
Posted in How people live in communes, Political and environmental sustainability
Tagged 2012, action, activism, after, agitate, alternative, autonomous, blog, blogging, consensus, continue, culture, direct, end, engage, Europe, eviction, experience, experiment, Germany, group dynamics, history, house, little, local, Mainz, modern, night, Obere Austraße 7, police, political, procedure, sense, squat, squatting, summer, Sustainability, today, utopia
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Squatting for Utopia (5)
Meanwhile the local public opinion was strongly in favour of the squatters. Some political parties and foundations expressed their solidarity with the squat.
Two days before the actual eviction would take place, the information about it somehow got through to the squatters and the necessary preparations began … Continue reading
Posted in How people live in communes, Political and environmental sustainability
Tagged action, activism, activists, alternative, Anti Fascist Action Network, blog, blogging, communities, culture, Europe, eviction, Germany, left, Mainz, modern times, night, Obere Austraße 7, parties, police, politics, prepare, squatting, sustainable, Sustainable Alternatives, today
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Squatting for Utopia (4)
It was decided, that no violence would emanate from the squatters. As soon as the people sleeping in the attic of the house were waking up, some of them would have meetings with local politicians and/or journalists. Others would have a breakfast with self made vegan chocolate, jam and cakes all made from food, skipped with love. Then they would immediately throw themselves into organising the next workshop, welcoming guests, writing texts for the website of the project … some of the people doing so day by day almost four weeks long experienced the first burn-out of their lifetime. Continue reading
Posted in How people live in communes, Political and environmental sustainability
Tagged besetztes Haus, blog, blogging, community, day to day, Europe, eviction, Gegenvorschlag, Germany, group dynamics, journalist, life, local, Mainz, modern, night, Obere Austraße 7, organise, politician, project, recent, RLP, social, squat, squatting, Sustainable Alternatives, today, try, typical, urban, workshop
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Squatting for Utopia (1)
In the night between the 2nd and the 3rd of august they went into an empty building in an industrial zone in Mainz, Germany, hung banners on the facade of the building and spoke to about 50 supporters in front of the building.
It was the beginning of an attempt to create a self-managed utopia that lasted for almost four weeks before it was evicted by an overdimensioned police operation. But first comes the story : … Continue reading
Posted in How people live in communes, Political and environmental sustainability
Tagged activists, alternative, august, autonomous cultural centre, blog, blogging, culture, Europe, eviction, Freiraum, Germany, group, house, Mainz, newspaper, Obere Austraße 7, political, self-managed, squat, squatting, Sustainable Alternatives, urban
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Mainusch (3)
… like many autonomous centres house Mainusch developed its very own little suburb: A caravan place popped out of the ground just next to the house. The house also got a lease agreement with the University of Mainz on whose grounds it used to squat. The number of inhabitants on the caravan place grew happily and continuously – a second caravan place popped out of the ground few hundred metres away from the old spot. Continue reading
Posted in Political and environmental sustainability
Tagged agreement, alternative, alternatives, autonomous centre, caravan place, communication, culture, december, Dezember, end, Ende, Europe, eviction, Food, Gelände, Germany, inhabitants, kitchen, lease, life, Mainusch, Mainz, Mobi, mobilisation, mobilising, solidarity, squat, sustainable, town, university, vegan lunch, Vertrag, volunteer, Wagenplatz, work
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Squatting history (4)
In 2005 something happened: the inhabitants of Lu15 decided to become totally autonomous from the student union and joined the cooperative housing syndicate. They took on a huge credit to buy the house to make it a communal property. Since 2005 Lu15 started to change back … Continue reading
Posted in How people live in communes
Tagged 2005, blog, blogging, buy, change, common, communal, commune, communes, community, cooperative housing, credit, culture, Europe, Germany, history, life, Lu15, party, people, political, property, spirit, squat, Sustainable Alternatives, syndicate, Tübingen
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Squatting history (3)
The inhabitants of Lu15 were offered to remain a self-managed and autonomous community with no risk of eviction for paying a small monthly rent to the student union. By then composition of the inhabitants of Lu15 had changed and the community decided to accept the offer. With the high fluctuation of inhabitants the cultural and political activities of Lu15 became less radical, but the cultural centre in the basement, as well as the free shop and some of the graffitis inside the house remained. Continue reading
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Tagged 1970ies, 1980ies, 70ies, 80ies, Art, authority, blog, blogging, cultural centre, culture, Europe, eviction, free shop, Germany, gift shop, graffiti, history, house, radical, squat, stencil, suqatting, Sustainable Alternatives, sustainable politics
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Squatting history (2)
You will also notice that the exterior of the house has been freshly refurbished and that the tags and the paint on it is placed carefully and consciously – just the opposite of vandalism. The new organic insulation of Lu15 was paid by the cooperative housing syndication of which Lu15 is a member. The inhabitants tried to redecorate the façade and make it look like back in the late 70ies and early 80ies when Lu15 was still a squatted house. Continue reading
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Tagged beginning, blog, blogging, caravan park, commune, community, cooperative housing, exterior, Germany, history, insulation, Lu15, network, Organic, squat, squatting, story, tag, trailer, Zelle
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