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<!--<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> == 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.
We 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!
==Helping outCoordinate! == __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 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.
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* Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a successuccess!
* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!
* Inspire other people to hitchhike!
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[[File:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]] '''Help organising! Things to do:'''* Organise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Use an [[888_PROJECT_Meetingsproject 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_accommodationFinding accommodation#Hospitality_exchange_networksHospitality exchange networks|hospitality exchange]] community, etc, and ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add] your meeting''. * Translate the [[888_PROJECT_Pressproject 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 would like to learn and share on Saturday during the [[888_PROJECT_WorkshopsProject 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]]
Here's the program so far:
'''FRIDAY EVENING'''
* Meeting under / in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (you know how we will look like), [http://turl.ca/888 here]* We will Meet, exchange stories and play some [[Project 888/Games|Games]]* We will all move Move to a camp-ground/ or your host.
'''SATURDAY'''
* We will be having an [[888_PROJECT_WorkshopsProject 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] starting at 11:00. The theme of this day is Theme: "How to live a nomad-life", on . 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.
'''SUNDAY'''
* 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.
[[ImageFile: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== Participants are hitching from different locations. To make an overview of who is hitching from where, and to make coordination a bit easier, there is an overview of the [[Project 888/Cities]]. The cities are categorized according to distance from Paris. In some of the cities there are also [[Project 888/Meetings]] that are held in the week towards the 8th of August. You are asked to sign up in the cities you are departing from, or crossing. You can use either the event-pages on Couchsurfing, or the [[Project 888/Cities]]. '''Participants are also using [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 this group] to discuss different routes.''' ==The Documentary Project== [[Image:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]]
Sign up in the cities you depart form or arrive. You can use the [[Documentary Project instructions for cameramen888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.'''
Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.
* [http://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]
* [http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.htm Routard]
* http://membreshitching.lycosfree.fr/bpierret/autostop/wiki/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==
== 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.renucci [at] hotmailgmail.frcom+(33)612871824678627985
[[User:Robino|Robino]]
Dieuwke
[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]
[[fr:Projet 888]]
[[Category:Hitchgathering]]