Action:Infotour Around The Baltic Sea

Frontcover of the Postcard to promote the 2010 Baltic Sea Info Tour

Backcover of the Postcard

Baltic Sea - the most radioactive sea in the world!

Baltic Sea Map with locations of nuclear industry

Shortcut to this page: http://baltic-tour.nuclear-heritage.net

The Baltic Sea, The Eastern Sea... It does not matter how you call it. It is our sea and it is the most polluted sea in the world. Horrifying, isn't it? This is why we must become active. And we do - by organizing the "Baltic Sea Infotour".

Schedule of the Baltic Sea Info Tour 2010 (short version)

• Turku (FIN): June 19-21
• Åland (FIN): June 22-24
• Loviisa/Isnäs (FIN): June 26-28
• Helsinki (FIN): June 30 - July 2
• St. Petersburg (RUS) and Riga (LV): July 6-8
• Riga (LV): July 11-13
• Belarus and Vilnius (LT): July 15-17
• Jezioro Żarnowieckie (PL): July 21-23
• Greifswald (D): July 26-28
• Copenhagen (DK): July 30 - August 1
• Malmö (SE): August 3-5
• Stockholm (SE): August 9-11
• Olkiluoto/Rauma (FIN): August 14-16
• Oulu (FIN): August 18-20

check also the detailed schedule

Stop Nuclear Power - Baltic Sea Info Tour 2010

The Baltic Sea is the most radioactive sea in the world PDF flyer - thus we think it makes sense to inform about nuclear power and its risks. The idea is to arrange a (maybe caravan-) infotour around the Baltic Sea in summer 2010. That way we want to come in contact with local initiatives, carry out actions, take part in information events and organize some of those events ourselves, have network meetings with local activists, spread information about nuclear issues and maybe other topics, too.

Getting Started

The idea of it arose at the NUCLEAR weekEND in Isnäs (FIN) in October, 2008. A first bigger planning and promotion meeting (Minutes) took place at the Youth Environmental Congress in Frankfurt/Main on 1 January, 2009. On April 17th-19th, 2009 another preparation meeting (Minutes) was organized in Stockholm. A virtual meeting was held on June 13th, 2009 via Skype. The Tour's project was also presented at Nuclear Climate Camp in Tervola, Finland in July 2009 where new poeple joined the project. Another prepartion meeting was held at the Youth Environmental Congress near Hamburg from December 25th, 2009 to January 2nd, 2010 ans the next one took place at the International Anti-nuclear Network Meeting on March 25th-29th, 2010 in Helsinki. The Tour itself will take place in summer 2010 from June 22nd to August 21st.

The next preparation meetings will be held in Greifswald (D) on April 26th-27th, 2010. Before the Baltic Sea Info Tour starts there will be a last preparation meeting - we will inform about the details at this place as soons as possible.

• Preparation of the Baltic Sea Info Tour

To Do

(slightly modified from the notes from the JUKSS workshop )

• contact & invite local (or regional) groups or people to cooperate with (invitation sketch)
• invite other people for preparation & tour
• start planning & organizing funding (has to be done by January 2010 to have a realistic chance to get funding from the EU programme "YOUTH IN ACTION")
• gather existing material & info (flyers, documents, etc)
• prepare own content (f.ex. workshops)
  • separate working group is working on the map project
    • this will also help in planning route, location, & what groups to contact
• Falk should contact former BYCO network organizations and ask if they are interested in this project: http://www.byco.info/

Nuclear Baltic Map

One central project within the infotour project will be to create a map showing the locations of all kinds of nuclear activities in the countries around the Baltic Sea and compiling information about them. The idea is to distribute this map and information on the tour. It will also be a helpful tool for planning the tour (route, contacts, issues etc.).

We will use this subpage for gathering and compiling the information.

Our Partner Groups for the Tour

• Finland: Youth for a Nuclear Free Finland (YNUFF)
• Germany: Greenkids
• Latvia: Baltic Sea Info Tour Support Group
• Russia: ECOperestroika group

Contact Us

• E-Mail: contact AT nuclear-heritage.net
• phone Falk: +44 7624 194877

Background Information And Other Stuff

• Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission Long-lived radionuclides in the seabed of the Baltic Sea - Report of the Sediment Baseline Study of HELCOM MORS-PRO in 2000–2005
• Background information flyer about the radioactive contamination of the Baltic Sea
• Short film to become active against the pollution of the Baltic Sea by Pirates of the Baltic Sea
• Webpage of Pirates of the Baltic Sea Finnish