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Important Information

Jakob had started his bike tour, as we know, at the beginning of November 2017 in Lisbon, destination Tallin. Some countries on the way there, towards north-east, he arrived in Turkey a few weeks ago. A serious accident has stopped him - not with the bike but as a passenger in a car. Jakob will not be able to continue his tour. One leg is seriously injured and he is now receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Munich. Understandably, his father Carsten has also interrupted his tour on foot to Tallinn. He wants to see how Jakob's health is developing.
The initiative Go Europe !, especially Carsten and Jakob, would like to see interested people get on the road for our cause - whether by bike or on foot. We appreciate your message.

Sincerely
Team Go Europe!

Thank you Bordeaux.

Very warmly and with great interest Carsten Witt was received on
his hiking trail from Lisbon to Tallinn in the city hall of Bordeaux. Olivier Ramanour, Director of International Relations, discussed ways and means by which civil society can contribute to the preservation, maintenance and enhancement of Europe: living security in peace, the diversity of regions, responsibility in a global context.

Special thanks go to Marie-Elisabeth Sapain, Head of Unit, who facilitated and accompanied this meeting.

Olivier Ramanour, Carsten Witt, Marie-Elisabeth Sapain, Bordeaux/March 2018

As part of the event Europe Weeks 2018 in Munich

Presentation and discussion

14th May 2018, 7 pm – 9 pm
münchner zukunftssalon, Waltherstr. 29 Rgb, 80337 München

What will we do with Europe? The civil society has answers

Human and civil rights, democracy, the rule of justice and cultural traditions – these are principals that make Europe sustainable! The much used catch phrases “United States of Europe” or the “ever ongoing European Union” are not a satisfying perspective. We should instead work together to develop a new order. This can be driven forward by European citizens, European regions, European parties and a European civil society. Europe is far too important to be left to politics. Europe is much more.

Presentation: Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Maecenata Stiftung München/Berlin
Entrance free, wheelchair accessible registration necessary: fl@go-europe.eu

Promoter: Go Europe! e.V., Global Challenges Network e.V., oekom e.V., Selbach-Umwelt-Stiftung

M.E.G.T. photo diary

Impressions of our great tour across Europe

2nd stage: Since November the 27th we are dicovering country and people in Spain.

 

1st stage: Portugal 2nd to 26th of November

 



Carcoboso Agroecológico Fair

2nd & 3rd of December, Carcaboso, Spain

Go Europe! is proud to have been invited to take part in the Carcoboso Agroecológico Fair, which promotes sustainable agriculture and rational land use planning. We believe sustainable land use can only be achieved if the preservation and biodiversity of the whole system are taken into account. Today's generation has the responsability to manage its resources in a way that our quality of life can be shared by all future generations. Please visit the website below for more information about the Municipality of Carcaboso.

www.carcaboso.es
Invitation Flyer (pdf)


Off weg go! „Make Europe Greater Tour“ has officially started





On November 2nd, the "Make Europe Greater Tour" started as planned from the Praco do Commercio in Lisbon. Initiator Carsten Witt set off on foot, his son Jakob and friend Max began their tour by bicycle. We are looking forward to the people who are going to join us on various legs of our yearlong Go Europe! tour. Interested? Please contact us!

After much preparation, the organization team finally arrived in Lisbon. The one year M.E.G.T began in the Portuguese capital. A „guarded" street parade, which spanned the region from Praça do Chile to Praça Martim Moniz took place. Maurícia Barreira Neves awaited us, where she performed a dance called „The power of unknown CHAOS“. (Photos: Peralta Rui)

Full of optimism, we started from Munich on October 21st by electric car. Admitted: The journey to Lisbon is not managable on a single day by "normal" car either. Our two drivers, though, finally arrived on October 27th. A lot of frustration, bordering to desperation, was caused by disfunctional, incompatible or missing charging stations along the whole route. Our compensation: beautiful landscapes and - above all - many helpful people. Europe may not yet be ready for smooth electromobility, but it sure is beautiful and full of nice humean beings.

Vytvářet budoucnost: Naše vize evropského centra setkání




Projekt: Evropské místo setkání: Patarei

Umožnit setkání tam kde dříve vládl diktát: To je vize Go Europe! zakladatele Carstena Witta pro bývalou pevnost a věznici Patarei v Talinu, hlavním městě Estonska.
Patarei - 1840 vybudována jako přímořská pevnost, sloužila za různých režimů jako kasárna, koncentrační tábor, tábor nucených prací a věznice.
V minulých letech byla pevnost otevřena veřejnosti i turistům, kteří tak měly možnost chodit objektem plném stop nedávné hrůzné minulosti. Hlavně dostavby komunistického vězení a zdravotnické oddělení zanechaly velmi názorné prostorové svědectví. Snahy o vypořádání se z minulostí a jakého si pochopení utrpení a následného neutralizování prostoru se ujala celá řada zvaných i samozvaných umělců. A tak dnes, kdy je pevnost kvůly nebezpečí úrazu již zavřená, v ní nacházíme vedle formulářů zdravotnických karet psaných azbukou i různá velmi impresivní umělecká díla. Pro znovu zprovoznění areálu existuje již několik zájmových skupin. Jednou z nich je Go Europe! - na 4 ha velkém pozemku má vzniknout evropské centrum setkání. Go Europe! již navázalo kontakt k odpovědnými osobamy a institucemi z Talinu. Podle naší vize se Patarei má stát místem interkulturního dialogu napříč společností - Symbolem bezpečnosti v dialogu, symbolem Evropy současnosti.


Zakladatel: Dr. Carsten Witt

Carsten Witt - Kreslič ocelových konstrukcí, diplomový stavební inženýr, promovaný sportovní psycholog - působil v letech 2009 - 2013 na gymnáziu v Obermenzing. V rámci evropského programu COMENIUS cestoval s žáky a kolegy do mnoha evropských měst. Během cesty v lednu 2016 do Tallinnu vedly Carstena Witta jeho četné zkušenosti a otázka nového využití komplexu Patarei k nápadu založení iniciativy Go Europe!

Video na Youtube
Interview s Carstenem Wittem
"Patarei comes to life" – documentary about Patarei (Estonian with English subtitles)

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