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The 888 Project seeks 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.
Hitchhikers will first have to reach the Eiffel Tower, this world-renowned French lighthouse.
They will then have to join on a march to the Palais de Tokyo--located right across the Eiffel Tower--at 8p.m.
(http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Harajuku+sta+tokyo&ie=UTF8&ll=35.66997,139.702519&spn=0.001848,0.003616&t=h&z=18&om=0 )
*We need you == Hitchhike to take part Paris on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888 ==On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and organize this official European Hitchhiking Event counting) will join up to hitchhike to Paris from every single country different places around Europe and further. Join this event with fellow hitchhikers, for an amazing adventure and a great weekend in EuropeParis. Show up, and [[project 888|sign up]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.
*We need you to succeed and get hitchhiking recognized as a genuine means of transportation.
*We need you to convince people to hitchhike and pick up hitchhikers.
Hitchhike to Paris on 888...August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888
==The History [[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the [[Paris]] [[signs]] for the [[Project 888 Project]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]] == Meet-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!
Before we organized We will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this project, there were a large number [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 signs regarding Tokyo.us - but you might want to bring your tent!
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...== Coordinate! ==
==__TOC__The checkpoint cities=='''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.
The goal of the checkpoint cities is to help hitchhikers through their journey through evening meetings and having volunteers on the spot every at dawn.
The goal of having several rings is to ensure that we help hitchhikers to progressively get to Paris in all safety.
*The Morning Volunteers
There will be volunteers helping hitchhikers leave any given city on any given ring on <div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* Participate to make the actual first European Hitchhiking Week a success!* Get hitchhiking spot at dawn. recognized as a real means of transportation!* Inspire other people to hitchhike!The volunteers will provide * Have drivers pick up hitchhikers ! * Share your skills with tips others and advice.inspire!</div>
*The Evening Meetings[[File:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]]
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 morning volunteer you can then edit the information regarding the spot hitchhikers have to leave from and how to get there
===Start on 388...August 3rd, 2008...Ring 1 (2500 to 3000Ks away)==='''FRIDAY EVENING'''
===Start on 488...August 4th, 2008...Ring 2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)==='''SATURDAY'''
===Start on 588...August 5th, 2008...Ring 3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)==='''SUNDAY'''
* These 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[PortoProject 888/Workshops|open space day]] on Saturday (1577km)* [[Krakow]] (1536km)* [[Gdansk]] (1525km)* [[Göteborg]] (1515km)* [[Budapest]] (1484km)* [[Rome]] (1437km)* [[Zagreb]] (1396km)* [[Bratislava]] (1311km)* [[Madrid]] (1262km)* [[Ljubljana]] (1253km)* [[Wien]] (1237km)* [[Copenhagen]] (1212km)* [[Liverpool]] (791km +1 boatin progress).
===Start on 788...August 7th* The OrganizersOnce the European hitchhikers will have arrived, 2008..the organizers will address the hitchhikers.Ring 5 (500 to 1000Ks away)===
* [[BerlinFile:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]] (1053km)* [[Prague]] (1046km)Hitchhiking* This address will be followed by the speech of [[Barcelonahttp://ludovichubler.com Ludovic Hubler]] (1038km)* [[Salzburg]] (987km)a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking journey around the world. * [[Hamburg]] (890km)* [[Milano]] (851km)* [[Munich]] (841km)* [[Toulouse]] (763km)* [[Marseille]] (776km)* [[Stuttgart]] (624km)* [[London]] (421km + 1 boat)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.
===Start on 888* 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.August 8th, 2008..Guillaume Mouton and Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached to the project.Ring 6 (less than 500Ks away)===
* [[Zürich]] (590km)* [[Bordeaux]] (585km)* [[Geneve]] (540km)* [[Amsterdam]] (503km)* [[Köln]] (490km)* [[Utrecht]] (471km)* [[Lyon]] (465km)* [[Rotterdam]] (449km)* [[Liege]] (374km)* [[Luxemburg]] (366km)* [[Rennes]] (366km)* [[Brussels]] (312km)* [[Lille]] (226km)== The checkpoint cities ==
=== Long-Distance Hitchhiking: Starting We are hitching from more than 3000ks away===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.
You are free to start from wherever you want.== Paris 8 8 8- The Film ==
==The European==[[File:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]]
==Help from Paris on 888==
===Hosting===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.
We need Martin, [the Suit] decided to dress up to increasehis chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [the Philosopher] opted forstarting from Spanish country roads to contact embrace mother nature and escape thesmells of large motorways. Pascal, [the Paris community in order all worked out Quebequois], resolvedto host hitch rides all the Europeans who are coming way from Asia to Paris on 888make it a little bit moreinteresting. Lily, [the first-timer] hoped she would not become theprey of some ill-intentioned male counterparts .
If you cannot find a host through * [http://www.couchsurfingyoutube.com Couchsurfing], [http://www.hospitalityclib.org Hospitality Club] or [http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcomewatch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer] then:
Please register on the * [[I Need A Place To Stay Sign Up Page]http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information] if you are looking for a place to stay
Please register on the [[I Can Host Hitchhikers Sign Up Page]] if you live in == How to hitchhike out of Paris and you are willing to host people.? ==
===Call Center===Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.
This subgroup was designed to find 2 teams who can work on D-Day- 888- to answer hitchhikers' phonecalls.What these two teams will need to do to help the 8 8 8 projectAlternative resources:
Please register on the [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 1 == Sign Up Page]] or the Now ==
==How to hitchhike out of Paris?== You can find all the spots to leave the city on the following page:See [[Paris]User:Robino|Robino]. ==Register Now== You can register on the [[Sign Up Page]] to take part in the Hitchhiking Event. You can register on the [[Long-Distance Hitchhikers Sign Up Page]] if you will a hitchhiking from further away than 3000ks ==Contact Us== Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:
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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{{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 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 their way* 7/8/8 It's happening! 20 hitchers arrived 1 day ahead of time. Just imagine 8/8/8</div>
'''Things to do:'''*If you are 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 meeting organizerlocal bar, etc), invite other people through your favourite [[Finding accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|hospitality exchange]] community, etc, you can then and ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add] your meeting''. * Translate the meeting details once [[project 888/Press|press-release]] and ''spread'' it.* Help organising events in Paris:** read [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.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 click would like to learn and share on your citySaturday 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]]
== The Program ==
[[File:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, http://www.laris-s-a.com" (with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)]]
Here's the program so far:
* [[St. Petersburg]] Meeting under/ in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (3000kmyou know how we will look like)* , [[Athenshttp://turl.ca/888 here]] (2955km)* Meet, exchange stories and play [[MoscowProject 888/Games|Games]] (2847km)* [[Odessa]] (2763km)* [[Istanbul]] (2700km)* [[Tirana]] (2585km)Move to a camp-ground or host.
* [[TallinnProject 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] (2565km)* 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 [[Chisinau ]] (2512km)* [[Kalamaria]] (2497km)* [[Kiev]] (2438km)* [[Helsinki]] (2341km)* [[Tampere]] (2334km)* [[Bucharest]] (2304km)* [[Skopje]] (2286km)* [[Riga]] (2256km)* [[Sofia]] (2242km)* [[Sarajevo]] (2241km)* [[Pristina]] (2205km)* [[Minsk]] (2205km)* [[Belgrade]http://turl.ca/888 here] (2163km), same place as the Friday meet-up.
* [[Vilnius]] Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (2062km)* [[Lviv]] (1891km)* [[Stockholm]] (1860km)* [[Timisoara]] (1814km)* [[Oslo]] (1809km)* [[Lisbon]] (1739km)* [[Sevilla]] (1729km)* [[Napoli]] (1635km)* [[Warsaw]] (1600km)* [[Dublin]] (872km + 2 BOATS)* [[Belfast]] (1111km + 2 BOATS)* [[Edinburg]] (1051km + 1 BOAT)* [[Glasgow]] (1054km + 1BOAT?), or same place as the Friday meet-up?
===Start on 688...August 6th, 2008...Ring 4 (1000 to 1500Ks away)=Speeches ==
Sign up in the cities you depart form or arrive. You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than use the 6th RING[[Project 888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.'''
* Have a landline phone number -Be at home on the 8[http://www.hitchbase.8com/ergebnisse.8 throughout the whole day and evening php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=169 Hitchbase]* Know the hitchhiking spots on a circumference of 200 ks around Paris [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/HHGTE.html Bernd Wechner]* Know the Paris transportation system so that the hitchhikers who are lost can easily reach the Palais de Tokyo [http://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]* Have a list of people who can host (they do not necessarily need to be on C[http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.Shtm Routard]* http://hitching. on Hfree.Cfr/autostop/wakka.php?wiki=EnglishVersion* we will establish this list and send it to the two teams)http://home.wanadoo.nl/agghanebbah/navigator/france/paris/paris000.htm
[[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 2 Project 888|Sign Up Page]] if you would like to volunteer in one of our teams.
== 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:
Fabrice Renucci- renucci.fabrice [at] gmail.com
+(33)678627985
