Biketourparticipants2019 February 2024

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Ecotopia?? Tell us what you think about our name
by . 26 Feb '24

26 Feb '24

> Hello! > > Ecotopia?? > > One of the topics that came up during the meeting in December 2023 was > about the name of the biketour. More specifically, if we want to > change it. > > The name has a lot of history – it was first used as a name of a bus > tour and later gathering from many years ago, starting in 1986, then a > biketour was attached to the gathering in 1990, and then the gathering > stopped happening in 2008, and since then there is just the biketour! > > This isn’t the first time we have discussed the idea of changing the > name. It has already come up a few times in meetings over the last > years, but the decision to change it was never made. When we discussed > the idea in the last meeting, we came to conclusion that the > organisation group is too small to make this decision and we want to > ask more people what they think. > > The main reason we discussed, as a reason to change the name, is to > have something that reflects more of the values that we try to > practice. Sustainability and the environmentalist approach are still > main points on our agenda, however some felt like the name “Ecotopia” > can give the impression that we are only that. And since many > eco-/sustainability-/climate movements in Europe are very white, > ableist and cis/heteronormative, we worry that the name “Ecotopia > Biketour” paints that same image instead of the intersectional > approach that we want to have. The biketour has changed a lot over the > years and has a wider focus than just environmental issues. > > On the other hand, we are quite widely known under the name Ecotopia, > we have lots of connections and it’s easier for us to receive funding, > while we have this long history. > > As a small group we couldn’t reach any decisions or concrete ideas, so > we want to ask all previous participants, current participants, hosts, > friends and community, what you all think. Below is a link to a poll > where we want to hear from you what you think. > > Here is the poll > <https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/7LwFw7T5WvS620tZMpnY22UcjIk2L4SvxKIv…> > > > https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/7LwFw7T5WvS620tZMpnY22UcjIk2L4SvxKIv… > >

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