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The 888 Project wishes to ask all European nations to hitchhike from all corners of the European continent (whether it is from Belfast, Istambul, Helsinki or Lisbon) to arrive in Paris on 888...August 8th, 2008.
==The History of the 888 Project==
First, there was the "[[Tokyo|TOKYO]]" hitchhiking sign that two hitchhikers drew to go back from Rotterdam to Lille...
Then, there were the free plane tickets to "Tokyo" that Erik Van Loon offered to the two hitchhikers.
But they called him back too late...
==The checkpoint cities==
The goal [[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the checkpoint cities is to help [[Paris]] [[signs]] for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers through their journey through evening meetings gathered and having volunteers on camped in front of the spot every at dawnEiffel Tower.]] The goal of having several rings is == Meet-Up ==We welcome the Paris community to ensure that we help host us hitchhikers , coming to progressively get Paris on 888. Please come to Paris Champs de Mars [http://turl.ca/888 here] and join in all safety.to welcome us!
*The Morning VolunteersWe will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this [http://turl.ca/888 exact location]: from anytime during the day until around 23:00 (or later even maybe). We are still calling for adventurous hosts from Paris to show up and spontaneously host all of us - but you might want to bring your tent!
There will be volunteers helping hitchhikers leave any given city on any given ring on the actual hitchhiking spot at dawn. The volunteers will provide hitchhikers with tips and advice.== Coordinate! ==
*__TOC__The Evening Meetings'''888 Project''' seeks to ask you to hitchhike from all corners of Europe and beyond (whether from [[Belfast]], [[Istanbul]], [[Helsinki]] or [[Lisbon]]) to arrive at the Eiffel Tower - this world-renowned French lighthouse - in [[Paris]] on 888, August 8th, 2008. Participate in the first European Hitchhiking Week and Day and take part in the open space day on Saturday: "How to live a nomad-life", on hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange.
Every evening, in any given city, there will be an evening meeting.
People who do not have any accomodation and find a place to stay.
Hitchhikers can exchange good stories and share tips and advice.
Please write down your name next to your city and mention whether you would like to be a morning volunteer or a meeting organizer:
*If you are a meeting organizer, you can then edit the meeting details once you click on your city[[File:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]]
===Start on 388...August 3rd, 2008...Ring 1 (2500 to 3000Ks away)===
* [[St. Petersburg]] (3000km)
* [[Athens]] (2955km)
* [[Moscow]] (2847km)
* [[Odessa]] (2763km)
* [[Istanbul]] (2700km)
* [[Tirana]] (2585km)
* [[Tallinn]] (2565km)* [[Chisinau ]] (2512km)* [[Kalamaria]] (2497km)* [[Kiev]] (2438km)== The Program ==* [[Helsinki]] File:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(2341kms)* [[Tampere]] a, http://www.laris-s-a.com" (2334kmwith inspiration from Luis Pacheco)* [[Bucharest]] (2304km)* [[Skopje]] (2286km)* [[Riga]] (2256km)* [[Sofia]] (2242km)* [[Sarajevo]] (2241km)* [[Pristina]] (2205km)* [[Minsk]] (2205km)* [[Belgrade]] (2163km)Here's the program so far:
===Start on 588...August 5th, 2008...Ring 3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)==='''FRIDAY EVENING'''
===Start on 688...August 6th, 2008...Ring 4 (1000 to 1500Ks away)==='''SATURDAY'''
===Start on 788...August 7th, 2008...Ring 5 (500 to 1000Ks away)==='''SUNDAY'''
* These 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[ZürichProject 888/Workshops|open space day]] on Saturday (590km)* [[Bordeaux]] (585km)* [[Geneve]] (540km)* [[Amsterdam]] (503km)* [[Köln]] (490km)* [[Utrecht]] (471km)* [[Lyon]] (465km)* [[Rotterdam]] (449km)* [[Liege]] (374km)* [[Luxemburg]] (366km)* [[Rennes]] (366km)* [[Brussels]] (312km)* [[Lille]] (226kmin progress).
=== Long-Distance Hitchhiking: Starting from more than 3000ks away===* The OrganizersOnce the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the organizers will address the hitchhikers.
You can [[File:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]* HitchhikingThis address will be followed by the speech of course start your European [http://ludovichubler.com Ludovic Hubler] (a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking event from further away journey around the world. During his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than the 6th RING200 schools, met a large number of NGOs and organized some international events to create a network between them.
You are free * The Sustainable Side of the ProjectA French association called [http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre] supports the projectThe association aims at promoting sustainable development through a certain number of programs and the 888 project is one of the key projects of Nature Propre.Guillaume Mouton and Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached to start from wherever you wantthe project.
===Hosting===We are hitching from different locations, see here an overview of the [[Project 888/Cities]], categorized according to distance from Paris. In some of the cities we hold [[Project 888/Meetings]] in the week towards the 8th of August.
We need to contact Sign up in the Paris community in order to host all cities you depart form or arrive. You can use the Europeans who are coming to Paris on [[Project 888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.'''
If you cannot find a host through [http://www.couchsurfing.com Couchsurfing], [http://www.hospitalityclib.org Hospitality Club] or [http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] then:== Paris 8 8 8- The Film ==
Please register on the [[I Need A Place To Stay Sign Up PageFile:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]] if you are looking for a place to stay
Please register on the [[I Can Host Hitchhikers Sign Up Page]] if you live in Paris and you are willing to host people.
===Call Center===Early August 2008. Radek, Pascal, Martin and Lilyembarked on a hitchhiking adventure to Paris. One common goal united them:to arrive under the Eiffel Tower on August 8th to be part of the first EuropeanHitchhiking Week.
This subgroup was designed Martin, [the Suit] decided to find 2 teams who can work on D-Day- 888- dress up to increasehis chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [the Philosopher] opted forstarting from Spanish country roads to answer hitchhikers' phonecallsembrace mother nature and escape thesmells of large motorways.Pascal, [the all worked out Quebequois], resolvedWhat these two teams will need to do hitch rides all the way from Asia to help make it a little bit moreinteresting. Lily, [the first-timer] hoped she would not become the 8 8 8 project:prey of some ill-intentioned male counterparts .
Please register on the * [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 1 Sign Up Page]http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information] or the
[[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 2 Sign Up Page]] if you would like == How to volunteer in one hitchhike out of our teams.Paris? ==
==The European==Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.
==How to hitchhike out of Paris?==Alternative resources:
You can find all the spots to leave the city on the following page* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=169 Hitchbase]See * [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/HHGTE.html Bernd Wechner]* [Parishttp://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]* [http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.htm Routard]* http://hitching.free.fr/autostop/wakka.php?wiki=EnglishVersion* http://home.wanadoo.nl/agghanebbah/navigator/france/paris/paris000.htm
You can register on the [[Project 888|Sign Up Page]] to take part in the Hitchhiking Event.
You can register on the == Contact Us Now ==[[Long-Distance Hitchhikers Sign Up PageFile:8888.jpg|thumb|right|300px|early logo sketch]] Please feel free to contact us if you will a hitchhiking from further away than 3000kswish to bring your help to the project:
==Contact Us==Fabrice Renucci- renucci.fabrice [at] gmail.com+(33)678627985
Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project[[User:Robino|Robino]]
Pascal Dumont - dumont_376 [at] hotmail.comDieuwke
Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] hotmail.fr
Erik Van Loon- info [at[fr:Projet 888]][[Category:Hitchgathering]] erikvanloon.com
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== Hitchhike to Paris on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888 ==
On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to hitchhike to Paris from different places around Europe and further. Join this event with fellow hitchhikers, for an amazing adventure and a great weekend in Paris. Show up, and [[project 888|sign up]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.
<div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">*If you are Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a success!* Get hitchhiking recognized as a morning volunteer you can then edit the information regarding the spot real means of transportation!* Inspire other people to hitchhike!* Have drivers pick up hitchhikers have to leave from ! * Share your skills with others and how to get thereinspire!</div>
'''Things to do:'''* Organise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Use an [[project 888/Meetings|invitation]], and adapt it to your local context, organise a location (your home, your host's home, a local bar, etc), invite other people through your favourite [[Finding accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|hospitality exchange]] community, etc, and ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action==Start on 488edit add] your meeting''.* Translate the [[project 888/Press|press-release]] and ''spread'' it.* Help organising events in Paris:** read [http://www.August 4th, 2008.couchsurfing.com/group_read.Ring 2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)=html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]** Find a nice open spot for the Saturday where we can meet and exchange workshops** Think of what you would like to learn and share on Saturday during the [[Project 888/Workshops|Open Space]] day''' ''Check the [[Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to see how you can help making 888 a success !'' '''* Design/ read the [[Project 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]]
* [[Vilnius]] (2062km)* [[Lviv]] (1891km)* [[Stockholm]] (1860km)* [[Timisoara]] (1814km)* [[Oslo]] (1809km)* [[Lisbon]] (1739km)* [[Sevilla]] Meeting under/ in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (1729kmyou know how we will look like)* [, [Napolihttp://turl.ca/888 here]] (1635km)* Meet, exchange stories and play [[WarsawProject 888/Games|Games]] (1600km)* [[Dublin]] (872km + 2 BOATS)* [[Belfast]] (1111km + 2 BOATS)* [[Edinburg]] (1051km + 1 BOAT)* [[Glasgow]] (1054km + 1BOAT)Move to a camp-ground or host.
* [[PortoProject 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] (1577km)* starting at 11:00. Theme: "How to live a nomad-life". On hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange. Place yet to be determined, possibly [[Krakow]] (1536km)* [[Gdansk]] (1525km)* [[Göteborg]] (1515km)* [[Budapest]] (1484km)* [[Rome]] (1437km)* [[Zagreb]] (1396km)* [[Bratislava]] (1311km)* [[Madrid]] (1262km)* [[Ljubljana]] (1253km)* [[Wien]] (1237km)* [[Copenhagen]] (1212km)* [[Liverpool]http://turl.ca/888 here] (791km +1 boat), same place as the Friday meet-up.
* [[Berlin]] Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (1053km)* [[Prague]] (1046km)* [[Barcelona]] (1038km)* [[Salzburg]] (987km)* [[Hamburg]] (890km)* [[Milano]] (851km)* [[Munich]] (841km)* [[Toulouse]] (763km)* [[Marseille]] (776km)* [[Stuttgart]] (624km)* [[London]] (421km + 1 boat?), or same place as the Friday meet-up?
===Start on 888...August 8th, 2008...Ring 6 (less than 500Ks away)=Speeches ==
==Help from Paris on 888The checkpoint cities ==
* Have a landline phone number -Be at home on the 8[http://www.8youtube.8 throughout the whole day and evening * Know the hitchhiking spots on a circumference of 200 ks around Paris * Know the Paris transportation system so that the hitchhikers who are lost can easily reach the Palais de Tokyo * Have a list of people who can host (they do not necessarily need to be on C.S. on H.C.* we will establish this list and send it to the two teams)com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]
==Register Sign Up Now==
