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Hitchhike {{888}}<!--<kaltura-widget size='M' align='R' kwid='ZDZsdTAyOWpoY3w2ODF8NjgxMDB8UGFyaXMgTWF0Y2ggUmVwb3J0fHhyNW5yazRuMDh8NTlhYTFiMWRmZQ==' />--><div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 75px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* The gathering was a great success, and next year will see a sequel to Paris it: [[789]]. * Check out the post-888 [[Project 888/Newsletter|newsletter]] * Fill in your [[888/Evaluation|888-Evaluation]]* Read the [[888/Reports|reports]] from participants / Write your own* 8/8/8 over 150 hitchhikers arrived; and more are still on 888...08082008..their way* 7/8/8 It's happening! 20 hitchers arrived 1 day ahead of time.Just imagine 8/8/8</div>
We need you to organize and take part in this European Hitchhiking Event.
We need you to succeed and get hitchhiking to be recognized as a genuine means of transportation.
We need you to create together the official European Hitchiking Day.
Hitchhike to Paris on 888...08082008...
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...
But N-O-W: the "Tokyo" project is getting bigger...and bigger...
We need you all to organize a hitchhiking race to the Eiffel Tower from every single country in Europe.
Let's organize the official "European Hitchhiking Day" together!
We need you to show to the world that hitchhiking is a safe and fun social means of transportation...
The goal We will gather in front of the checkpoint cities is 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 help hitchhikers through their journey through evening meetingsThe goal show up and spontaneously host all of having several rings is to ensure that we help hitchhikers us - but you might want to progressively get to Paris in all safety.bring your tent!
*The Morning Volunteers== Coordinate! ==
There will be volunteers helping hitchhikers leave any given city __TOC__The '''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 any given ring 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 the actual hitchhiking spot at dawn. The volunteers will provide hitchhikers , sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with tips games, workshops, skill-sharing and adviceknowledge exchange.
*The Evening Meetings
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 contact us if you would like <div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* Participate to be make the first European Hitchhiking Week a morning volunteer or success!* Get hitchhiking recognized as a meeting organizer in any given city of any real means of the six rings.]]transportation!===Start on 388...030808...Ring1 (2500 * Inspire other people to 3000Ks away)===hitchhike!* Have drivers pick up hitchhikers! * Share your skills with others and inspire!</div>
* [[SANKT PETERBURGFile:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]] (3000k)* [[ATHENS]] (2955k)* [[MOSKVA]] (2847k)* [[ODESSA]] (2763k)* [[ISTANBUL]] (2700k)* [[TIRANA]] (2585k)
===Start on 488...040808...Ring2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)===
* [[TALLINN]] (2565k)
* [[CHISINAU]] (2512k)
* [[KALAMARIA]] (2497k)
* [[KIEV]] (2438k)
* [[HELSINKI]] (2341k)
* [[TEMPERE]] (2334k)
* [[BUCHAREST]] (2304k)
* [[SKOPJE]] (2286k)
* [[RIGA]] (2256k)
* [[SOFIA]] (2242k)
* [[SARAJEVO]] (2241k)
* [[PRISTINA]] (2205k)
* [[MINSK]] (2205k)
* [[BELGRADE]] (2163k)
===Start on 588...050808...Ring3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)===
* [[PORTO]] (1577k)* [[KRAKOW]] (1536k)* [[GDANSK]] (1525k)* [[GOTENBURG]] (1515k)* [[BUDAPEST]] (1484k)* [[ROME]] (1437k)* [[ZAGREB]] (1396k)* [[BRATISLAVA]] (1311k)* [[MADRID]] (1262k)* [[LJUBLJANA]] (1253k)* [[WIEN]] (1237k)* [[KOPENHAGEN]] (1212k)* [[LIVERPOOL]] (791k +1 boat)'''FRIDAY EVENING'''
===Start on 788...070808* Meeting under/ in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (you know how we will look like), [http://turl.ca/888 here]* Meet, exchange stories and play [[Project 888/Games|Games]]* Move to a camp-ground or host..Ring5 (500 to 1000Ks away)===
* [[BERLIN]] (1053k)* [[PRAGUE]] (1046k)* [[BARCELONA]] (1038k)* [[SALZBURG]] (987k)* [[HAMBURG]] (890k)* [[MILANO]] (851k)* [[MUNICH]] (841k)* [[TOULOUSE]] (763k)* [[MARSEILLE]] (776k)* [[STUTTGART]] (624k)* [[LONDON]] (421K + 1 boat)'''SATURDAY'''
===Start on * [[Project 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] 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.080808.Place yet to be determined, possibly [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the Friday meet-up.Ring6 (less than 500Ks away)===
* [[ZURICH]] (590k)* [[BORDEAUX]] (585k)* [[GENEVE]] (540k)* [[AMSTERDAM]] (503k)* [[KOLN]] (490k)* [[UTRECHT]] (471k)* [[LYON]] (465k)* [[ROTTERDAM]] (449k)* [[LIEGE]] (374k)* [[LUXEMBOURG]] (366k)* [[RENNES]] (366k)* [[BRUSSELS]] (312k)* [[LILLE]] (226k)'''SUNDAY'''
=== Long* Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (?), or same place as the Friday meet-Distance Hitchhiking: Starting from more than 3000ks away===up?
You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than the 6th RING.== Speeches ==
You are free to start from wherever you wantThese 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[Project 888/Workshops|open space day]] on Saturday (in progress).
==Help from Paris on 888==* The OrganizersOnce the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the organizers will address the hitchhikers.
===Hosting===[[File:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]* HitchhikingThis address will be followed by the speech of [http://ludovichubler.com Ludovic Hubler] (a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking journey around the world. During his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than 200 schools, met a large number of NGOs and organized some international events to create a network between them.
We need to contact * 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 Paris community in order substainable side attached to host all the Europeans who are coming to Parisproject.
This subgroup was designed to find 2 teams who can work on D-Day- We are hitching from different locations, see here an overview of the [[Project 888- /Cities]], categorized according to answer hitchhikers' phonecallsdistance from Paris.What these two teams will need to do to help In some of the cities we hold [[Project 888/Meetings]] in the week towards the 8 8 8 project:8th of August.
* Have a landline phone number -Be at home on Sign up in the 8cities you depart form or arrive.8.8 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 You can easily reach use the Palais de Tokyo * Have a list of people who can host (they do not necessarily need to be on C[[Project 888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.Scouchsurfing. on Hcom/group.Chtml?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.* we will establish this list and send it to the two teams)'''
===Art Project 1[[File: "Hitchhiking" exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo on 8 8 8 ===images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]]
Inspired by the hitchhiking spirit?
The 8 8 8 project primarily seeks to get hitchhiking recognized as an authentic means of transportationEarly August 2008.Radek, Pascal, Martin and LilyIn order embarked on a hitchhiking adventure to reach this Paris. One common goal we also need artists to give way to their inspiration...united them:You can NOW submit your painting, patchwork, sculpture or photo-- in relation to hitchhiking--arrive under the Eiffel Tower on August 8th to the Palais de Tokyo!The exhibition will be launched on the arrival part of the hitchhikers...on 8 8 8..first EuropeanHitchhiking Week.
===Art Project 2: "Hitchhiking" artwork made Martin, [the Suit] decided to dress up to increasehis chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [the Philosopher] opted forstarting from Spanish country roads to embrace mother nature and escape thesmells of photos large motorways. Pascal, [the all worked out Quebequois], resolvedto hitch rides all the way from Asia to make it a little bit moreinteresting. Lily, [the first-timer] hoped she would not become theprey of our drivers===some ill-intentioned male counterparts .
The Concept* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]
The Goal== How to hitchhike out of Paris? ==
Create an artwork that fits on Check the first piece of lawn located south of page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the Eiffel Towercity.
===Art Project 3Alternative resources: /.\|===
This subgroup was designed to help hitchhikers to leave Paris with their thumb up! You can find all the spots to leave the city on the following page:See [[Paris]].== Sign Up Now ==
==Contact==[[Project 888|Sign Up Page]]
Pascal Dumond Fabrice Renucci- dumont_376 renucci.fabrice [at] hotmailgmail.com+(33)678627985
Fabrice Renucci - fabrice.renucci [at[User:Robino|Robino]] hotmail. Dieuwke [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] [[fr:Projet 888]][[Category:Hitchgathering]]
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==The History Hitchhike to Paris on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888 ==On the 8th of the 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.
[[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the [[Paris]] [[signs]] for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]] ==The checkpoint citiesMeet-Up ==We welcome the Paris community to host us hitchhikers, coming to Paris on 888. Please come to Champs de Mars [http://turl.ca/888 here] and join in to welcome us!
'''Things to do:'''* Organise a local [[VILNIUSProject 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] (2062k)* in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Use an [[LVIVproject 888/Meetings|invitation]] , and adapt it to your local context, organise a location (1891kyour home, your host's home, a local bar, etc)* , invite other people through your favourite [[STOCKHOLMFinding accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|hospitality exchange]] (1860k)* community, etc, and ''[[TIMISOARAhttp://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add]] (1814k)your meeting''. * Translate the [[OSLOproject 888/Press|press-release]] (1809k)and ''spread'' it.* [[LISBON]] (1739k)Help organising events in Paris:* * read [[SEVILLAhttp://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]] (1729k)* [[NAPOLI]] (1635k)* [[WARSAW]] (1600k)Find a nice open spot for the Saturday where we can meet and exchange workshops* [[DUBLIN]] (872k + 2 BOATS)* Think of what you would like to learn and share on Saturday during the [[BELFASTProject 888/Workshops|Open Space]] (1111k + 2 BOATS)day* ''' ''Check the [[EDINBURGHProject 888/Volunteer]] (1051k+ 1 BOAT)pages for coordination and to see how you can help making 888 a success !'' '''* Design/ read the [[GLASGOWProject 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]] (1054k + 1BOAT)
==The Program =Start on 688=[[File:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, http://www.laris-s-a.060808...Ring4 com" (1000 to 1500Ks awaywith inspiration from Luis Pacheco)===]]Here's the program so far:
===Call Center=The checkpoint cities ==
==Art ProjectsParis 8 8 8- The Film ==
*Each hitchhiker can feel free to take photos of each of their drivers... *Once they arrive to the Palais de Tokyo, we will upload them unto a computer... *We will then print them out on a given format..[http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information]
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=How to hitchhike out of Paris=169 Hitchbase]* [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/HHGTE.html Bernd Wechner]* [http://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
== Contact Us Now ==
[[File:8888.jpg|thumb|right|300px|early logo sketch]]
Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:
