ECOTOPIA 2010 1st WEEK NEARLY OVER
News
In Russia big parts of the country are standing on fire, because it hasn't been raining for months, in Pakistan big parts of the country are under water since it has been raining.... in China.... in.... the climate change is happening, just as we speak, new ways of living together with our natural environment and which eachother are needed more than ever before. Ecotopia is one of those place where we try to find these new ways, we invite all of you who are not yet there to come in the coming two weeks and help us creating this new living together....
The first week of Ecotopia will end tomorrow, by now all the infrastructures which were not the fully 100% finished by the beginning, last Sunday, are up and more than running, some are even improved already. We have for example in the middle of Ecotopia a waste research institute which takes care that we will be a real 0% waste camp, or at least that all our waste is checked and double checked before we give it the wastecollectors, remarkable how much less waste we produce since this institute started working.
Like on every Ecotopia the night from 5 on 6 September was a night to remember Hiroschima, with about 50 Ecotopians we joint a very moving remembering celibration in the nearby town of Bad Belzig. The celibration took place on a lake side, a very impressive film was shown how the bomb was dropped and afterwards the local female Mayor remind that mankind should not longer invest money in the destruction of the world but try to find way to save her. Than 65 candles were let in to the water representing the 65 years which went by since the bomb was dropped.
On Thursday the artproject/symposium "Planet B" has started, straight next to the central village sqaure of Ecotopia a group of artists from all over Europe are creating their view on our planet. Rumours are going around Ecotopia what happens in those big white tents, but besides the artists nobody really knows, we are looking forwards to next monday when they will open their gates and share their creations with the rest of the world.
Besides from many 100's of daily visitors, from whom surprisingly are coming a lot directly from the surrounding, say the "normal" families and "housewives" who are very interested in what is happening in their neighbourhood and open for talks... it is not like "monkey-looking" in the zoo as we were a bit afraid of in the beginning, also over 300 Ecotopians have stayed or are still staying at Ecotopia, on this moment (Saturday 7 August there are about 234 people staying at Ecotopia).
Another surprise is our Eco-Rate, our own currency, works, and better as we hoped for, we said that 1 Eco represent 1/1000 of somebodies monthly income and some of us were afraid that the exchange rate would be rather low in the end, that the average exchange rate would be something even less as 0.50 Euro as we hoped for, however at this moment the exchange rate stands at 0,81 Euro, which we think is a succes. B ut talking about finance after just one week is not so clever, we are still hoping that we will be able to close Ecotopia in two weeks without looses and hope enough people will come the next two weeks to make that possible.
You have still more than 2 weeks to come and see for yourselfs, in the coming two days the last "missing lnks" will be finished and ..... (come and see)
Follow Ecotopia on the Website (fotos: http://ecotopia2010.org/en/ecotopia-2010/gallery) or Facebook
Or on German Television, tonight (Saturday 7 August at RBB Aktuell)
ECOTOPIA
by Juan Antonio Postigo Martín
Intro: Em C D Em (bis)
E
Because this time of change
C
challenges us to make
D Em
this world a better place,
E
let's make and hug new friends,
C
let's kneel and kiss the earth,
D#dim6 Em
let's give more and take less.
C Em
Welcome to Ecotopia,
B7-9 Em
let's sing, let's dance and play,
B7-9 Em
let's listen to each other
C B7
let's build and celebrate.
E
For it's time to take care,
C
it's time to keep aware
D Em
it's time to love and share;
E
let's make and hug new friends,
C
let's kneel and kiss the earth,
D Em
let's give more and take less.
CHORDS:
Em: 0 2 2 0 0 0
C: x 3 2 0 1 0
D: x x 0 2 3 2
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
D#dim6: x x 1 2 1 2 (if you find this hard you can use B7)
B7-9: x 2 1 2 1 2 (if you find this hard you can use B7)
B7: x 2 1 2 0 2
News
A very small first newsletter from Ecotopia to tell you that it has started, most old-Ecotopians who arrived yesterday were surprised with the amount of things and facilities which already were build up and working, the sentence "this is the first Ecotopia I have been to were the .... has already build up and is even working" was heard regurlarly on the camp. Other new comers, yesterday more than 100 people arrived, were just surprise by the camping ground... "I feel I have jump in an other world" more than one person said....
You have still almost 3 weeks to come and see for yourselfs, in the coming two days the last "missing lnks" will be finished and ..... (come and see)
Follow Ecotopia on the Website (fotos: http://ecotopia2010.org/en/ecotopia-2010/gallery) or Facebook
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http://ecotopia2010.org
ONE WEEK TILL ECOTOPIA 2010 STARTS
Message for new Ecotopians
We do our best to answer all participants applications and private emails at this moment but don't be angry if we haven't send you anything so far. Let's say to we accept all partipants, also those who did not send an application (yet).
Intro
This is probably the last Ecotopia 2010 newsletter before it starts. We can write whole books about what has happened in the last two weeks, but better is you come and see for yourself, by now it is possible. In the last week almost 50 people already stayed at the place and every day some arrive or leave (to get other people) and something special is happening.
During the last days some friends from the "travelling kitchen of rumours" (der fahrende geruechte kueche) brought the last toiletwagen from Berlin and decided to stay. They had a whole bus full of circus materials and if you come on Ecotopia you suddenly see somebody passing by on stilts practicing the diabolo.
Or it can happen that you sit on a long table in the mid of Ecotopia and eat lunch with the other Ecotopians and Täve Schur, who won the Road Race at the Road World Cycling Championships in 1958 and 1959 and is still one of the most famous sportmen of the (former) GDR comes around the corne is 79 years old now and visit Ecotopia with a group of bikers for Peace on their way from Paris to Moscow. He explained the people that he understood that the future of the world is not in using more raw-materials, showing his newest carbon racing bike, but to use less, and told that he had heard that bike made from Bamboos are coming to Ecotopia.
Even the wheater became good friends with us, in the last two weeks it looked and felt like we were living in the middle of the warmest part of southern european countries with an absolute ban on everything which produce open fire on Ecotopia... (no campfire...) hanged during the last day, it became cooler and it rained during the night. So for the first time we could have an open campfire.
This is how it looked like last Sunday (18 July) very early in the morning, around 6 o'clock a group of volunteers from the region together with the tentbuilders started with laying out of what would become the biggest "house" of Ecotopia, more ore less you may say the "peoples center". It almost took a whole day to get the tent into place...
News
As already said, Ecotopia has citizins now, besides almost 20 members of an international workingcamp from IJGD who arrived last weekend, also more and more people arrive to join the pre-ecotopia time, which means that the place is alive and you are invite to come already. However we are not able to feed everybody for free at this moment, so if you come we more or less hope that you help building up the place and spend whatever you can miss to our magic head.
This foto was made last weekend and in the back you can see for example the solar mobile which drives around our region.
Thanks to farmers in the region and voluntary cooks from Berlin we are feeded alreday the almost 50 citizins and more over even the local supermarkets in Wiesenburg have order biological products since the suddenly noticed that the new "tourist" in their village asked for it. One of the first noticable chances in the town. Besides that more and more citizins from the town find their way to Ecotopia and pass by to see what is happening. So far we can say that they are very "honoured" with the sudden grow of their small town. Also the cooperation with the local authorities has been friendly, in the last week we got all the official "papers".
The only sorrow of the last weeks was the ongoing dry period, not that we do not have water enough on the place, but the forest around us is getting dry and looks a bit like the puzsta in Hungary, which makes the handling with fire not as easy as we had hoped. Even the local firedepartment said that they are sorry that they had to tell us that open campfires are not possible when it stays that dry. They said they were sorry since they can imagen that a main part of a camp are the campfires in the evening. So don't be surprised when we are happy if some rain will fall.
Besides the Rampenplan kitchen, the big circustent this will the most important place on Ecotopia, the (beach)bar, if you arrive on Ecotopia this is the place to go, here you will get besides something to drink also information, it will be besides that the major point where you can asked for help.
Last but not least as said in the beginning there is a lot of information and things we should have send to you but we simply do not have the time at this moment, finishing the infrastructure of the place has the highest priority, this newsletter was mostly ment to make clear to you that we are working on it to make this year Ecotopia to an event you never will forget, positively speaking of course....
How to come there...
For those who like to play with online maps... the coordinates of Ecotopia are Latitude 52.102166° and Longitude 12.434504°
By Train
One of the most environmental ways to come to Ecotopia is by train, since the place is directly next to the Railway Station of Wiesenburg/Bahnhof...
At this moment the train from Berlin to Roslau and v.v. is not driving every hours and not very late, but that will change in the coming years, a pity not before Ecotopia this year, but nice for the future. However the train from Berlin to Belzig, what is about 10 km from Wiesenburg is driving more regurlar, when you arrive too late in Berlin, you still can take the train to Belzig, in the trainstation there you will find Ecotopia information and a telefon number you can call, we take care that there will be a kind of shuttle driving....
1.17 hrs. from Berlin Mainstation (mostly going from platform 14)
Weekdays
4.54, 5.54, 6.54, 8.54, 11.54, 12.54, 13.54, 14.54, 15.54, 16.54, 18.54, 20.54, 22.54
Saturday
4.54, 6.54, 8.54, 10.54, 12.54, 14,54, 16.54, 18.54, 20.54
Sunday (same as Saturday)
but allso at 21.54
0.27 hrs from Roslau (Elbe) (coming from Liepzig, Dessau, Magdenburg)
Weekdays 5.28, 6.24, 7.24, 8.24, 10.24, 13.24, 14.24, 15.24, 16.24, 17.24, 18.24, 20.24, 23.37
Saturday 5.28, 7.24, 9.24, 11.24, 13.24, 15.24, 17.24, 19.24, 21.24, 23.37
Sundays Same as Saturdays, starting at 7.24
By Bike
An other elegant and propriate way to come to Ecotopia is ofcourse to come by bike. The nicest way is to get to the R1 (http://www.euroroute-r1.de), which goes with it 3500 km straight through Europe and nearly passes by Ecotopia... The nearest place it passes by is the small Village of Grubo, between Belzig (coming from Berlin) and Roslau (coming from the west), so if you follow the R1, coming from Berlin or Lutherstadt Wittenberg, and leave the R1 in Grubo, going north to Jeserig in the direction of Wiesenburg, you will pass by Wiesenburg/Bahnhof the Ecotopia entrance is to be found if you go directly right after passing the rails and follow the signs (about 400 meter).
By Car (or Bus or Camper)
But maybe there are still people who can't come any other way than by car, we have parking place (also special for Camper), to find Ecotopia you have to drive to Wiesenburg and from there to Wiesenburg/Bahnhof (direction of Jeserig), coming from Wiesenburg you will pass by an old tankstation at the right side of the streets, about 150 meter further you will see at the left side of the road the Ecotopia parking place, park your car there, walk 100 meter back on the B107 and on your right there will be a little road bringing you straight into the middle of Ecotopia.
What to bring...
First of all bring your clothes, and think about it that Ecotopia is camp and not and not a hotel, allthough we have more stars above it. Try NOT to bring anything what can hurt the environment, so choice envronmenetal friendly soap, shampoo, ect. to bring wth you, avoid throw-away material, we really like to have the absolute minimum of waste. When you have one bring a tent with you. And if possible come by bike, or bring your bike with you in the train. If you play or want to play an instrument, please bring it with you, there are many people you can preform for, or practice with. You don not bring spoon, knife, plate, and so, since Rampenplan has everything with them you need to eat with. Try to avoid to bring drink and food to Ecotopia produce by multi nationals who are not respectng the human and nature rights. Would be fine if you bring a good spirit with you, not needed but it makes life easier. Ofcourse all the needed document to come into Germany.
Do not forget to bring material with you from your action group, your organisation, etc.
We are looking for people who...
Ecotopia is self-organised...that means that most of the activties and "jobs" will be announced every morning on the "morning circle" and people can volunteer for them, however there are ofcourse some "jobs" who are a bit more "specialised". Jobs like helping with first aid, helping with the particiapants registartion, making the online and printed newsletter, camp fire making (during the summer our area is really dry, therefor making fire need some experience), cooking for the workcamp (from 17 Juli onwards), water, electricity, sanitation jobs, helping creating a youth programme... if anybody outthere think she or he has some experience with one of those "jobs" please contact us
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. If you have other qualities from whch you think they can be helpfull please let us know about it.
Travelling together to Ecotopia
We have opened a new page on our website where you can ask for or offer a place to or from Ecotopia (by bke, by car, by train), http://travel.ecotopia2010.org do not hesitate to use it. If you like to travel together this is one of the places to look for somebody to travel with you.
We also like to give you the tip to ask for travel space in your local action paper, internet blog, social network, you never know what they come up with, and it is a bit of promotion for Ecotopia as well.
Futheron on our website we have a forum and in this forum we have a special part for organising your travels to Ecotopia together, however up to now not many people have use the forum and this possibility, nevertheless we get all most every second days private emails from people who like to travel together or looking for a possibility to come cheaply to Ecotopia 2010, for example this one from one of the music groups which plays in Ecotopia: " .... anything beyond that is a blessing for which we would be grateful.
Apply for Ecotopia
More than about 1200 people in the last year informed us that they are planning to come to Ecotopia in August, a lot less however really had fill in our application forms on our website (http://apply.ecotopia2010.org) or the one at facebook (Facebook Application side). Of course you are welcome to come without applying before but you make it a bit easier for us if you announce your coming beforehand, we are sure that we have enough food, but.... so please apply...
Invitations and Travelcost Reimbursement
(this information is esp. for those of you living outside schengen countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area). our question to you is, if there is anything we can do for you to make your travel to ecotopia2010 easier, esp. for those who need visa an invitation might come in handy (if you do need visa you can check it at http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/WillkommeninD/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/StaatenlisteVisumpflicht.html). please write a message to
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.
At this moment we are busy to send out those special invitations by snail-mail (normal post) to does people who need such an invitation to get a visa for the Schengen region (or for Germany only), since all those invitation have to be done by hand and normal post is not the fastest way to send things you may have not got your invitation yet, but if you applied for it and send us your home address be sure it is coming, when it s NOT there yet, please
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. Those people who haven't applied for an invitation yet, or have not send their data to us, but need an invitation are kindly requested to do so soon, the sooner you have your invitation the less stress you have in getting your visa. By the way, we can only help you with getting a visa, we can't help any person with travel reimbursements.
Facebook
Our Facebook Page (short cut http://fb.ecotopia2010.org has nearly 2100 participants, we are aware that NOT all of them will come, but it is nevertheless a good mailinglist for us, and is getting more and more also a discussion forum with interesting entries on the "wall", if you are on facebook we asked you to invite your friends (http://fbinvite.ecotopia2010.org).
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Intro
Only 3 weeks to Ecotopia... that means we do not make real big newsletters anymore up to the beginning, if you want to have fast information you can look at out website http://ecotpia2010.org or write your remarks, ideas, plans, questions to
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In the next newsletter we will publish a telephone number so you can phone us directly on Ecotopia, on this moment the German Telekom just connected the lines, which we have digg in in the last weeks.
The pre-opening Party...
At the 10th of July it was 25 years ago that the flagschip "Rainbow Warrior" of Greenpeace was attacked by the French secret service and the Chilian-Dutch Photographer Fernando Pereira was killed during this attack. Therefor we decided that on this day we gave the main "road" of Ecotopia the name "Rainbow Warrior Path". Together with almost 150 people from the direct surroundings and a bus full of Dutch activist, who started 28 years ago the Dutch Marching Action Band "De eerste liefdesnacht" (The first lovenight) we had a very colourfull and ecotopia-like concert on the place. It became a very nice evening and the local newspapers wrote today a very positive story making the people in this area very aware what may happen on Ecotopia next month....
Pre-Ecotopia...
From now on you can stay already on the Ecotopia fields, we have installed water, toiletwagen, some electricity and a small field kitchen, the coming weeks we will be there building the rest of what is needed. From 17 July onwards an International Workcamp from IJGD will be on the place and on the 18 July the big circus tent which will be the main meeting hall will be erected.
How to come there...
For those who like to play with online maps... the coordinates of Ecotopia are Latitude 52.102166° and Longitude 12.434504°
By Train
One of the most environmental ways to come to Ecotopia is by train, since the place is directly next to the Railway Station of Wiesenburg/Bahnhof...
At this moment the train from Berlin to Roslau and v.v. is not driving every hours and not very late, but that will change in the coming years, a pity not before Ecotopia this year, but nice for the future. However the train from Berlin to Belzig, what is about 10 km from Wiesenburg is driving more regurlar, when you arrive too late in Berlin, you still can take the train to Belzig, in the trainstation there you will find Ecotopia information and a telefon number you can call, we take care that there will be a kind of shuttle driving....
1.17 hrs. from Berlin Mainstation (mostly going from platform 14)
Weekdays
4.54, 5.54, 6.54, 8.54, 11.54, 12.54, 13.54, 14.54, 15.54, 16.54, 18.54, 20.54, 22.54
Saturday
4.54, 6.54, 8.54, 10.54, 12.54, 14,54, 16.54, 18.54, 20.54
Sunday (same as Saturday)
but allso at 21.54
0.27 hrs from Roslau (Elbe) (coming from Liepzig, Dessau, Magdenburg)
Weekdays 5.28, 6.24, 7.24, 8.24, 10.24, 13.24, 14.24, 15.24, 16.24, 17.24, 18.24, 20.24, 23.37
Saturday 5.28, 7.24, 9.24, 11.24, 13.24, 15.24, 17.24, 19.24, 21.24, 23.37
Sundays Same as Saturdays, starting at 7.24
By Bike
An other elegant way to come to Ecotopia is of course to come by bike. The nicest way is to get to the R1 (http://www.euroroute-r1.de), which goes with it 3500 km straight through Europe and nearly passes by Ecotopia... The nearest place it passes by is the small Village of Grubo, between Belzig (coming from Berlin) and Roslau (coming from the west), so if you follow the R1, coming from Berlin or Lutherstadt Wittenberg, and leave the R1 in Grubo, going north to Jeserig in the direction of Wiesenburg, you will pass by Wiesenburg/Bahnhof the Ecotopia entrance is to be found if you go directly right after passing the rails and follow the signs (about 400 meter).
By Car (or Bus or Camper)
But maybe there are still people who can't come any other way than by car, we have parking place (also special for Camper), to find Ecotopia you have to drive to Wiesenburg and from there to Wiesenburg/Bahnhof (direction of Jeserig), coming from Wiesenburg you will pass by an old tankstation at the right side of the streets, about 150 meter further you will see at the left side of the road the Ecotopia parking place, park your car there, walk 100 meter back on the B107 and on your right there will be a little road bringing you straight into the middle of Ecotopia.
What to bring...
First of all bring your clothes, and think about it that Ecotopia is camp and not and not a hotel, allthough we have more stars above it. Try NOT to bring anything what can hurt the environment, so choice envronmental friendly soap, shampoo, ect. to bring with you, avoid throw-away material, we really like to have the absolute minimum of waste. When you have one bring a tent with you. And if possible come by bike, or bring your bike with you in the train. If you play or want to play an instrument, please bring it with you, there are many people you can preform for, or practice with. You don not bring spoon, knife, plate, and so, since Rampenplan has everything with them you need to eat with. Try to avoid to bring drink and food to Ecotopia produce by multi nationals who are not respecting the human and nature rights. Would be fine if you bring a good spirit with you, not needed but it makes life easier. Of course all the needed document to come into Germany.
Do not forget to bring material with you from your action group, your organisation, etc.
We are looking for people who...
Ecotopia is self-organised...that means that most of the activities and "jobs" will be announced every morning on the "morning circle" and people can volunteer for them, however there are ofcourse some "jobs" who are a bit more "specialised". Jobs like helping with first aid, helping with the participants registration, making the online and printed newsletter, camp fire making (during the summer our area is really dry, therefor making fire need some experience), cooking for the workcamp (from 17 Juli onwards), water, electricity, sanitation jobs, helping creating a youth programme... if anybody out there think she or he has some experience with one of those "jobs" please contact us
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
. If you have other qualities from whch you think they can be helpfull please let us know about it.
Travelling together to Ecotopia
We have opened a new page on our website where you can ask for or offer a place to or from Ecotopia (by bke, by car, by train), http://travel.ecotopia2010.org do not hesitate to use it. If you like to travel together this is one of the places to look for somebody to travel with you.
We also like to give you the tip to ask for travel space in your local action paper, internet blog, social network, you never know what they come up with, and it is a bit of promotion for Ecotopia as well.
Futher on on our website we have a forum and in this forum we have a special part for organising your travels to Ecotopia together, however up to now not many people have use the forum and this possibility, nevertheless we get all most every second days private emails from people who like to travel together or looking for a possibility to come cheaply to Ecotopia 2010, for example this one from one of the music groups which plays in Ecotopia: " .... anything beyond that is a blessing for which we would be grateful.
Apply for Ecotopia
More than about 1000 people in the last half year informed us that they are planning to come to Ecotopia in August, a lot less however really had fill in our application forms on our website (http://apply.ecotopia2010.org) or the one at facebook (Facebook Application side). Of course you are welcome to come without applying before but you make it a bit easier for us if you announce your coming beforehand, we are sure that we have enough food, but.... so please apply...
Invitations and Travelcost Reimbursement
(this information is esp. for those of you living outside schengen countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area). our question to you is, if there is anything we can do for you to make your travel to ecotopia2010 easier, esp. for those who need visa an invitation might come in handy (if you do need visa you can check it at http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/WillkommeninD/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/StaatenlisteVisumpflicht.html). please write a message to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
.
At this moment we are busy to send out those special invitations by snail-mail (normal post) to does people who need such an invitation to get a visa for the Schengen region (or for Germany only), since all those invitation have to be done by hand and normal post is not the fastest way to send things you may have not got your invitation yet, but if you applied for it and send us your home address be sure it is coming, when it s NOT there yet, please
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
. Those people who haven't applied for an invitation yet, or have not send their data to us, but need an invitation are kindly requested to do so soon, the sooner you have your invitation the less stress you have in getting your visa.
Facebook
Our Facebook Page (short cut http://fb.ecotopia2010.org has nearly 2000 participants, we are aware that NOT all of them will come, but it is nevertheless a good mailinglist for us, and is getting more and more also a discussion forum with interesting entries on the "wall", if you are on facebook we asked you to invite your friends (http://fbinvite.ecotopia2010.org).
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EREIGNIS: Mit Basisdemokratie und ohne Abfall
MAZ 22.06.2010
WIESENBURG - Schon zeichnen sich die ersten Strukturen auf dem „Ecotopia“-Gelände am Bahnhof ab. Etwa 250 Meter Benjeshecken haben die Organisatoren um Wam Kat und Dorothee Bornath an bisher drei Bauwochenenden aufgeschichtet. Die natürliche Umzäunung markiert den künftigen zentralen Gemeinschaftsplatz auf dem 5- Hektar-Areal ab. Wie nebenbei bietet die aus Ästen und Zweigen geschichtete Hecke vielen seltenen Vögeln Unterschlupf und Nistraum.
Auch nach der Veranstaltung, zu der sich bereits 550 Umweltaktivisten aus 26 Ländern angemeldet haben. Etwa 1000 Teilnehmer werden zwischen 1. und 21. August insgesamt erwartet. Ecotopia – zusammengesetzt aus den englischen Wörtern für Umwelt und Utopie – bezeichnet ein jährliches Festival, das bereits seit 20 Jahren in wechselnden Ländern Europas stattfindet. „Hier treffen sich Menschen mit Interesse an Umwelt und sozialer Gerechtigkeit“, umreißt Dorothee Bornath die Intention der Veranstaltung. „Man arbeitet, berät, lernt, spielt und feiert zusammen, lernt einander dabei kennen und natürlich viel voneinander.“ Das übergreifende Thema dabei ist das umweltverträgliche nachhaltige Leben und Wirtschaften. Das Verständnis von Ökologie schließe dabei nicht nur die Natur, sondern auch den Mitmenschen ein. Niemand könne sich nur aus sich selbst heraus entwickeln, und umgedreht bleibt niemand ohne Einfluss auf seine Umwelt, heißt es erklärend.
Alles, was im weitesten Sinne damit verbunden ist, wird in Workshops, Filmvorführungen, Vorträgen, Schulungen und Kunstaktionen bearbeitet. Bereits geplant sind etwa ein Workshop zum Bau von Komposttoiletten und Solarduschen, zur Internetnutzung und zum Webseitenaufbau, Filmnächte, Trommel-, Gesangs- und Theaterworkshops, Vorträge zu Klimawandel, Verkehr, Lebensmitteln, Erkundungen der ökologischen Besonderheiten des Fläming und vieles mehr.
Und wie es sich für bewusste Ökologen gehört, wird drei Wochen lang auf dem gemeindeeigenen Gelände umweltfreundlich gelebt. Abfall wird vermieden oder recycelt, Energie aus alternativen Quellen gewonnen, vegetarisch gegessen und Basisdemokratie praktiziert.
Vorbereitet wird das Festival von einem Netzwerk aus Privatpersonen und regionalen Vereinen. In kurzer Zeit kamen nach einem Aufruf 6000 Euro als private Darlehen zusammen. Eine kürzlich gegründete Genossenschaft plant zudem, das Bahnhofsgebäude zu erwerben (die MAZ berichtete). Es soll Umweltbildungszentrum und Wandererherberge werden, auch mit Blick auf den Deutschen Wandertag 2012. Dann wird laut Plan das diesjährige Festivalgelände zu einem ökologischen Campingplatz ausgebaut worden sein, den die Region womöglich gut gebrauchen kann.
Informationsveranstaltung über das „Ecotopia“-Festival und weitere Pläne am Bahnhof – morgen, 19 Uhr, Grundschule „Am Schlosspark“ Wiesenburg (Speiseraum). (Von Kerstin Henseke)
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Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:26 | 
Written by burkhard | 
