Template:Baltic Sea Info Tour 2010 - Preparation

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Preparation of the Tour

In this section we will give transparency about the status of preparation of the project.

Next Meeting

We will have a meeting to make more things clear from April 17-19, 2009 in Stockholm (Sweden).

It is planned to have a public information event, maybe an action and an organizing meeting. We want to invite local people to these events and ask them to join the organizing processs of the Baltic Sea Info Tour or to help by connecting us with other people or organizations.

The next meeting & public workshop after April will be at the Nuclear Climate Camp 20-26 July 2009.

A meeting in autumn 2009 is also proposed.

Timeline

This is planned in the meeting 19.4.09

Funding

• EU applications?
  • action 1.2 Transnational Youth Initiative (possible to get up to 10,000 EUR)
  • action 1.1 one or several (in the different countries) Youth Exchanges (possible to get up to some tenthousands of EUR)
• support from NGOs etc?
• autonomous fundraising (f.ex. support gigs)?

We might need lots of money!

• biggest cost might be gas (see logistics: veg oil car possibility)
• note from original workshop in Loviisa 10.2008: First decide what you want to do, then find out how to fund it:)

EVS?

• Maybe as two persons from different countries, that are both involved in the project, who are "exchanged" (=2 paid campaign workers for 1 year)
• so people who would work on preparation of the project anyway could get some money for this time...
• we could ask a German project for support of the tour by providing the evs possibility

Logistics

How would the tour take place?

• With cars? other forms of transport? combinations?
• outsourcing of transport? (f.ex. to activist bus collectives)
  • diesel cars can be modified to run on veg oil: could save huge gas costs! (and be green!)
    • info on internet, f.ex. http://www.journeytoforever.com
    • can be ordered from bulgaria-contact

Time?

• how many days per place?
  • rest days also needed to take into account
  • time per place might depend on local situation
• when will the whole tour be?
  • original idea: summer 2010
  • for information spreading autumn might be better (f.ex. for universities & schools)
  • how long will the whole tour be?
• enjoyment, not just work! Good life on the road...

What people will participate?

• We need people who can drive...
• people could participate only part of the tour
• or the tour could be divided among different groups/organizations?

What places to go to/stop at?

• university towns?
• local communities affected by nuclear industry
• nuclear industry locations

Who's interested in hosting the tour?

• Russian ecological NGO can arrange hosting in st petersburg & kaliningrad
• look for contacts/connections!
• murmansk PiM interested in cooperation
  • maybe joint event in northern finland? (who hosts?)

What resources have we? what are we able to do? what do we want to do?

Content

Maybe different focus in different places? (Needs coordination!)

• scandinavia: uranium mining, NPP proliferation, waste storage plans, "future nuclear colonies"
  • saami, europe's only indigenous people
• 'lithuania: very dependent on NPP ignalina, green NGOs campaign for nuclear-free Li.
• denmark: nuclear-free, lots of renewable energy
• greifswald (de): example of closed plant (also Barsebäck in Swe)
• murmansk (ru): there is a campaign (in norway?) to appeal to russian authorities to shut down power plant in murmansk region)

Aims / topics?

• support for affected communities
• networking, contact
• awareness raising & information
  • along (future) routes of nuclear material
  • about nuclear issues around the baltic sea
    • distribute map of nuclear industry activity around the baltic sea
    • the baltic sea is radioactive (MILKAS?)
    • Uranium Tails: UF6 transported over the baltic sea
  • alternatives
    • downscaling & localizing, not just "green" version of status quo
    • Knowhow & DIY info: f.ex. small-scale renewable energy
      • specialized business? (f.ex. renewable energy)
• suggestion: Public Campaign for a Nuclear Free Baltic
  • Not only information, but give some "future" (Message: nuclear-free baltic is possible).
  • Also good countermove against the threat of scandinavia becoming a "nuclear colony"

What profile?

• we're not "professional", or experts, just people (and that's ok!)
• activities should be determined by local groups/people!
  • we could provide different options: seminars/workshop "packages", action, info material