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Camille [Measure your ecological foot print during the Tour]
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 The Tour will be the opportunity to better understand the concept by **demonstrating** what reducing one's ecological footprint means in practice. ​ The Tour will be the opportunity to better understand the concept by **demonstrating** what reducing one's ecological footprint means in practice. ​
  
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 Both the participants and the facilitators will **experience an eco-friendly lifestyle** thanks to the **eco-camp** you will set up together on the ground of the hosting organisation. ​ Both the participants and the facilitators will **experience an eco-friendly lifestyle** thanks to the **eco-camp** you will set up together on the ground of the hosting organisation. ​
  
-The **simplicity** of the living conditions (cf. Chapter 5. > Subchapter //"​Logistics and practical arrangements"​ //) will most probably **contrast** with the participants usual confort ​and give them food for though.  +The **simplicity** of the living conditions (cf. Chapter 5. > Subchapter //"[[guide:​implementation:​logistics|Logistics and practical arrangements"​]]//) will most probably **contrast** with the participants usual comfort ​and give them food for thought.  
-You might have already described the living conditions you will offer and explained the choices you made to the participants during the preparation phase (cf. Chapter 4. //How to select and prepare the participants?​ //) but we recommend to talk about it again at the very beginning of the journey, when arriving at the venue. ​+You might have already described the living conditions you will offer and explained the choices you made to the participants during the preparation phase (cf. Chapter 4. //[[guide:​participants|How to select and prepare the participants?​]] //) but we recommend to talk about it again at the very beginning of the journey, when arriving at the venue. ​
  
 In addition to explaining how you designed the eco-camp and how each equipment of the camp works, we advice you to take time to **collectively set up a common board of values** in the first days of the Tour. It will strongly help the participants to acknowledge the rules and adopt some practices regarding accommodation,​ food, transport, energy consumption,​ etc. that meet both their needs and the **local constraints and context**. In addition to explaining how you designed the eco-camp and how each equipment of the camp works, we advice you to take time to **collectively set up a common board of values** in the first days of the Tour. It will strongly help the participants to acknowledge the rules and adopt some practices regarding accommodation,​ food, transport, energy consumption,​ etc. that meet both their needs and the **local constraints and context**.
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   * ** A few other tips to save water **   * ** A few other tips to save water **
  
-Adopting a vegetarian diet and buying **locally produced and seasonal food** are good ways to reduce the virtual water you will consume. For tips and advice, refer to the Chapter 5.1: "//​Logistics and practical arrangements//"​. ​+Adopting a vegetarian diet and buying **locally produced and seasonal food** are good ways to reduce the virtual water you will consume. For tips and advice, refer to the Chapter 5.1: "//[[guide:​implementation:​logistics|Logistics and practical arrangements]]//"​. ​
    
 Another way of reducing directly your personal water consumption could be having cold water showers only! But maybe you should discuss it with the group: they might find a less extreme solution to take shorter showers... Another way of reducing directly your personal water consumption could be having cold water showers only! But maybe you should discuss it with the group: they might find a less extreme solution to take shorter showers...
  
-{{ :​guide:​implementation:​saving_water.png?​400 |Greywater usage to grow bananas and sugar cane.}}+{{ :​guide:​implementation:​saving_water.png?​direct&400 |Greywater usage to grow bananas and sugar cane.}}
  
 ===== Adopt an energy saving lifestyle ===== ===== Adopt an energy saving lifestyle =====
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 Whatever you decide to do, **take time to inform the participants** about it and to **open a discussion on the matter**. At a time when most people (and especially the youngest) are used to have an almost permanent access to their (smart)phone,​ to a computer with an internet connection, to an outlet to charge any of their electronic devices, and to a wide range of electronic appliances for cleaning or cooking, limiting your consumption of electricity might become a challenge. But it is definitively worth it if we want to enjoy the Earth longer! ​ Whatever you decide to do, **take time to inform the participants** about it and to **open a discussion on the matter**. At a time when most people (and especially the youngest) are used to have an almost permanent access to their (smart)phone,​ to a computer with an internet connection, to an outlet to charge any of their electronic devices, and to a wide range of electronic appliances for cleaning or cooking, limiting your consumption of electricity might become a challenge. But it is definitively worth it if we want to enjoy the Earth longer! ​
  
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 ===== Produce no waste ===== ===== Produce no waste =====
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 It is also possible to **refuse some products** because of their negative impact. In that case, we recommend to share this information with the participants so that they can understand your choices and learn from it to tend towards a more sustainable lifestyle back home too. It is also possible to **refuse some products** because of their negative impact. In that case, we recommend to share this information with the participants so that they can understand your choices and learn from it to tend towards a more sustainable lifestyle back home too.
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 Composting will significantly help you to reduce your daily waste production. It will apply to feces, thanks to the use of dry toilets (also called **composting toilets**) and to kitchen waste, which we believe should all be **composted** in a Heterotopia Tour, including paper and cardboard without plastic films. In case the venue has none yet, building a composting system will be a great workshop to include in the program. ​ Composting will significantly help you to reduce your daily waste production. It will apply to feces, thanks to the use of dry toilets (also called **composting toilets**) and to kitchen waste, which we believe should all be **composted** in a Heterotopia Tour, including paper and cardboard without plastic films. In case the venue has none yet, building a composting system will be a great workshop to include in the program. ​
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 After refusing, reducing and composting, try to **reuse** or **up-cycle** waste as much as possible, either during the Tour or during later workshops led by the organizing team or some of your local partners. ​ After refusing, reducing and composting, try to **reuse** or **up-cycle** waste as much as possible, either during the Tour or during later workshops led by the organizing team or some of your local partners. ​
 At last, **recycle meticulously** your waste, so that in the end **no waste from a Tour ends up in a landfill**. ​ At last, **recycle meticulously** your waste, so that in the end **no waste from a Tour ends up in a landfill**. ​
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 ===== Promote ecological and natural hygiene products ===== ===== Promote ecological and natural hygiene products =====
  
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 If you don't have in your team a person that has experience in doing all these eco-friendly products yet, you can **look for someone in your area who can make them for you or teach you how to**. Don't be afraid to try! You might be surprised to discover how easy it is to do, and there are already various books available with instructions to guide you. You can also **download HERE** the **recipes** we have used in our previous Tours. ​ If you don't have in your team a person that has experience in doing all these eco-friendly products yet, you can **look for someone in your area who can make them for you or teach you how to**. Don't be afraid to try! You might be surprised to discover how easy it is to do, and there are already various books available with instructions to guide you. You can also **download HERE** the **recipes** we have used in our previous Tours. ​
  
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 ===== Measure your ecological foot print during the Tour ===== ===== Measure your ecological foot print during the Tour =====
    
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 In previous Tours, for example, we did it through a **brainstorming exercise in small groups** on various topics such as **water**, **energy**, **waste**, **food** and **traveling**. Pencils and paper were given to the groups so they could write down what they came up with and then to present them to the whole group. ​ In previous Tours, for example, we did it through a **brainstorming exercise in small groups** on various topics such as **water**, **energy**, **waste**, **food** and **traveling**. Pencils and paper were given to the groups so they could write down what they came up with and then to present them to the whole group. ​
  
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-This will help the participants to connect the Tour experience with their REALITY. It might be decisive for the project to have an impact. For this reason, we suggest you to be as **practical and realistic** as possible during the cession. ​+This will help the participants to connect the Tour experience with **their reality**. It might be decisive for the project to have an impact. For this reason, we suggest you to be as **practical and realistic** as possible during the cession. ​
  
 ===== Act to compensate the ecological impact of travelling ===== ===== Act to compensate the ecological impact of travelling =====
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 To complete the circle, try your best to **offset the Tour's negative ecological impacts** because there will be some, no matter how good you were to reduce it, and it wouldn'​t be honest of you to neglect it.  To complete the circle, try your best to **offset the Tour's negative ecological impacts** because there will be some, no matter how good you were to reduce it, and it wouldn'​t be honest of you to neglect it. 
  
-Traveling to the venue will be the **largest part of your ecological impact**, because most of the participants will travel by plane (as it is more convenient and often also cheaper than by other means). To reduce this impact is actually difficult, as travel costs are restricted by most grants and so is travel time more often than not. As a solution we suggest you **compensate** for this negative impact by for example **planting trees** in the venue that over time will absorb and fix the amount of carbon dioxide that was emitted or by **supporting other carbon off-setting projects**. ​+Traveling to the venue will be the **largest part of your ecological impact**, because most of the participants will most probably ​travel by plane (as it is more convenient and often also cheaper than by other means). To reduce this impact is actually difficult, as travel costs are restricted by most grants and so is travel time more often than not. As a solution we suggest you **compensate** for this negative impact by for example **planting trees** in the venue that over time will absorb and fix the amount of carbon dioxide that was emitted or by **supporting other carbon off-setting projects**. ​
  
 In practice, try to **calculate** the distance traveled by all the participants for the Tour and the quantity of carbon dioxide that was emitted. Then **define what could be done** to compensate and **take action**. In practice, try to **calculate** the distance traveled by all the participants for the Tour and the quantity of carbon dioxide that was emitted. Then **define what could be done** to compensate and **take action**.
    
-For example, the participants from Greece, Italy, France and Portugal traveled to the Heterotopia Tour we organized in Portugal in June 2018 in total **115 041 km (roundtrip)**. By this **19.1 tones of carbon dioxide** were emitted. We calculated that we would need to plant 191 trees by using a conservative conversion of 1 tonne CO2 per 10 trees. Some have been planted on the venue during the Tour and the rest during a public tree planting event in November 2018. **So make sure that you plant trees or create vegetable gardens in the venue to compensate for the travel foot print of your Heterotopia Tour!! +For example, the participants from Greece, Italy, France and Portugal traveled to the Heterotopia Tour we organized in Portugal in June 2018 in total **115 041 km (roundtrip)**. By this **19.1 tones of carbon dioxide** were emitted. We calculated that we would need to plant 191 trees by using a conservative conversion of 1 tonne CO2 per 10 trees. Some have been planted on the venue during the Tour and the rest during a public tree planting event in November 2018.  
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