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...
==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.
First, there was the "[[Tokyo|TOKYO]]" hitchhiking sign that two hitchhikers drew to go back from Rotterdam to Lille...
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...
[[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 cities: Ring1Meet-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!
Hitchhikers who wish to participate We will gather in our race and who live further away than front of the checkpoint citiesEiffel Tower, can start at this [http://turl.ca/888 exact location]: from those on 080808anytime during the day until around 23:00 (or later even maybe). Contact We are still calling for adventurous hosts from Paris to show up and spontaneously host all of us if - but you would like might want to be a city organizer for any of the following cities:bring your tent!
* [[Amsterdam]] (1037k)* [[Bilbao]] (831k)* [[Genova]] (920k)* [[Hamburg]] (890k)* [[Leeds]] (784k)* [[Liverpool]] (820k)* [[Milano]] (835k)* [[Prague]] (1047k)* [[Salzburg]](985k)== Coordinate! ==
=== Starting __TOC__The '''888 Project''' seeks to ask you to hitchhike from more than 1000ks away===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.
You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than the checkpoint cities.
You are free to start from wherever you want.
==Help from Paris on 888: Hosting==
We need <div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* Participate to contact make the Paris community in order first European Hitchhiking Week a success!* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!* Inspire other people to host all the Europeans who are coming to Paris.hitchhike!* Have drivers pick up hitchhikers! * Share your skills with others and inspire!</div>
==Help From Paris on 888[[File: Call Center==080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]]
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 project:
* Have a landline phone number -Be at home on the 8.8.8 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 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)
==Art Project 1: "Hitchhiking" exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo on 8 8 8 ==
===Inspired by the hitchhiking spirit'''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==edit add] your meeting''. The 8 8 8 * Translate the [[project primarily seeks to get hitchhiking recognized as an authentic means of transportation888/Press|press-release]] and ''spread'' it.In order to reach this goal we also need artists to give way to their inspiration* Help organising events in Paris:** read [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]You ** Find a nice open spot for the Saturday where we can NOW submit your painting, patchwork, sculpture or photo-- in relation meet and exchange workshops** Think of what you would like to hitchhiking--learn and share on Saturday during the [[Project 888/Workshops|Open Space]] day''' ''Check the [[Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to the Palais de Tokyosee how you can help making 888 a success !'' '''The exhibition will be launched on the arrival of * Design/ read the hitchhikers...on 8 8 8...[[Project 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]]
==Art The Program ==[[File:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project 2logo by Laris(s)a, http: //www.laris-s-a.com"Hitchhiking" artwork made of photos of our drivers==(with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)]]Here's the program so far:
===The Concept===*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...'''FRIDAY EVENING'''
===The Goal===* 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.
Create an artwork that fits on the first piece of lawn located south of the Eiffel Tower.'''SATURDAY'''
==* [[Project 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] starting at 11:00. Theme: "How to hitchhike out of Paris==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 [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the Friday meet-up.
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]].'''SUNDAY'''
==Contact==* Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (?), or same place as the Friday meet-up?
== Speeches ==
These 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[Project 888/Workshops|open space day]] on Saturday (in progress).
* The Organizers
Once the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the organizers will address the hitchhikers.
[[File:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]
* Hitchhiking
This 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.
* The Sustainable Side of the Project
A French association called [http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre] supports the project
The 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 the project.
== The checkpoint cities ==
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.
Sign up in the cities you depart form or arrive. You can use the [[Project 888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.'''
== Paris 8 8 8- The Film ==
[[File:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]]
Early August 2008. Radek, Pascal, Martin and Lily
embarked 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 European
Hitchhiking Week.
Martin, [the Suit] decided to dress up to increase
his chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [the Philosopher] opted for
starting from Spanish country roads to embrace mother nature and escape the
smells of large motorways. Pascal, [the all worked out Quebequois], resolved
to hitch rides all the way from Asia to make it a little bit more
interesting. Lily, [the first-timer] hoped she would not become the
prey of some ill-intentioned male counterparts .
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]
* [http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information]
== How to hitchhike out of Paris? ==
Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.
Alternative resources:
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=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
== Sign Up Now ==
[[Project 888|Sign Up Page]]
== 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:
Pascal Dumond Fabrice Renucci- dumont_376 renucci.fabrice [at] hotmailgmail.com+(33)678627985 [[User:Robino|Robino]] Dieuwke [[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]
Fabrice Renucci - fabrice.renucci [at[fr:Projet 888]][[Category:Hitchgathering]] hotmail.fr