The Multilingualism Project	[last update 16-December-2010]

[internal note to translators: Our basic communication is in English, but your translations aims to offer a very convenient access, to make people curious for the carfree ideas and for the members behind the network]

All WCN websites for translation
Listed in order of Priority

Priority 1	World Carfree Network in [your language]
	NOTE TO TRANSLATORS
Priority 2	Global Network
Priority 3	Global Charter
Priority 4	Contacts
Priority 5	Becoming a Member Organisation
Priority 6	Becoming an Individual Member 
Priority 7	Support us
Priority 8	World Carfree Day
Priority 9	World Carfree News
	These first 9 pages are the most important ones for WCN. If you still have some time, continue with the following 2 pages:
Priority 10	Resource Centre
Priority 11	E-Bulletin Archive
	FINAL NOTE TO TRANSLATORS

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Priority 1

http://www.worldcarfree.net/english-for-translations.php [version of 12 December 2009]
[internal note: there are already a few translations, some of them might to be updated.]

World Carfree Network in [your language]

Websites in [your language]: 
Home > World Carfree Network in [your language] (this page) 
About Us > Global Network - Introduction | Global Charter 
Join Us > Overview | Becoming a Member Organisation | Becoming an Individual Member 
Support us > Support us
Contacts > Contacts 
Resource Centre > Resource Centre
E-Bulletin > World Carfree News | Archive 
World Carfree Day > World Carfree Day (WCFD) 
Green Pages > Organisations from [countries with your language] xx | xx | xx

World Carfree Network

World Carfree Network (WCN, [translation of the name in your language]) is the hub of the global carfree movement. The network aims to bring together organisations and individuals dedicated to promoting alternatives to car dependence and automobile-based planning at the international level and working to reduce the human impact on the natural environment while improving the quality of life for all. Such alternatives are proposed, analysed and realised by individuals and organisations from around the world.

World Carfree Network supports carfree ways of life and demands a stop to the automobile-oriented planning of our cities and communities. Automobilism is a threat to all of us: the noise, exhaust gases, waste of resources, loss of public space and deathly dangers in street traffic. We want a better, safer, more peaceful and environmentally-friendly future for us all - the young and the elderly, the healthy and the sick, the poor and the rich people.

Worldcarfree.net is a clearinghouse of information from around the world and offers resources for architects, planners, teachers/professors, students, decision-makers and engaged citizens - like movies, books and scientific studies. Not to forget stickers, t shirts and other fun stuff.

More about us: 
• Global Network - Introduction (Global Network - Introduction)
• Global Charter (Global Charter)

World Carfree Network welcomes new Member Organisations (Global Member Organisations). Groups that support our goals can join the network by downloading the Global Charter (network`s Charter) in the original English version, signing it, and sending it in to our Prague office. Details:
• Becoming a Member Organisation (Becoming a Member Organisation)
• WCN Global Charter (PDF, 110 kb, english)

For more information about our projects (Our Projects) - for example the annual conference series Towards Carfree Cities (Conference), the Carbusters Magazin (Carbusters), the international contact directory Green Pages (Green Pages), the Resource Centre (Resource Centre) - you may contact (contact) us at the following address:

World Carfree Network (WCN)
International Coordination Centre (ICC)
Kratka 26
100 00 Prague 10
Czech Republic
email: info [at] worldcarfree [dot] net (General information) 

Persons who speak [your language here] are among the staff in our office in Prague (ICC Staff), in the Steering Committee (Steering Committee), in the Advisory Board (Advisory Board) - and of course among the Member Organisations (Global Member Organisations).

[Translation: [date], [your name], [your contact and/or website, if available & if you want]

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NOTE TO TRANSLATORS:

The links to internal WCN web pages in the beginning of this page will be only listed (here in: "Websites in [your language]") if they exist as translation, that means if you or someone else translated them.

Translate "World Carfree Network" only one time in the text ( > In the first paragraph: “World Carfree Network (WCN, [translation of the name in your language]) is the hub …”). Later in the text, keep it in English, because it is a name.

About the last paragraph (“Persons who speak …”):
This paragraph aims to encourage foreign people to get in direct contact with people from the network who speak your language. We can help you to find out, if there are people in WCN who speak your language (and if yes, in which committee or group they are).

The system of links to the original pages in English and links to those pages you translated is:

- If there IS a page translated in your language, you translate the name of this page into your language and we link it in the text.

- If the page exists only in English, then translate the name of it into your language, and after that we add the English name in brackets and link it.

- Generally, all links have a small pop-up that titles the link with an info about the language of the link.

- If that sounds too complicated, don`t care about, we will deal with it when we see your translation.

About HTML-Characters: Please do NOT change characters in html code (like <à> into <&agrave;>). WE do it later.

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Priority 2

http://www.worldcarfree.net/about_us/global/index.php [24 November 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German, French & Portuguese]

Global Network

Back to the [your language] start page

Who We Are

World Carfree Network brings together organisations and individuals dedicated to promoting alternatives to car dependence and automobile-based planning at the international level and working to reduce the human impact on the natural environment while improving the quality of life for all.

The idea is to build a decentralised, structured network in which anyone agreeing with the goals of the network can take an active part. The network aims to provide a voice for its members at the international level, and to create a framework for its members' international projects.

The network grew out of the activities of Car Busters, an international organisation within the carfree movement founded in 1997. (The name Car Busters continues to be used for Carbusters magazine.)

More about our mission, aims and methods, can be found in our Charter (Charter) and Statutes (Statutes).

What We Do

The network runs many projects, all of which are listed and described on our Projects page. Some of these are run by the network's International Coordination Centre (ICC). Others are coordinated in a decentralised manner by network members. Others still, such as the Towards Carfree Cities conference series, function by consensus between a project coordinator at the ICC and one or more local partners.

World Carfree Network's active projects include:

- World Carfree Network Website and resources
- World Carfree News monthly e-bulletin
- Carbusters Website (former quarterly magazine)
- Towards Carfree Cities conference series
- The promotion of World Carfree Day (WCD)
- World Carfree Network Resource Centre
- Carfree Green Pages online directory
- Visegrad Publications Project (Central Europe)
- Carfree_Network discussion list 
- Cut-My-Car-Use discussion list 

About the Website

Worldcarfree.net is a clearinghouse of information from around the world on how to revitalise our towns and cities and create a sustainable future. It is based on the premise that efforts to build high-quality, livable human settlements should not attempt to accommodate the automobile - for both social and environmental reasons, as explained in the network's charter. In addition to serving World Carfree Network members, Worldcarfree.net offers resources for architects, planners, teachers/professors, students, decision-makers and engaged citizens.

Legal Status

While World Carfree Network as a global entity does not have legal status, it exists as a functioning network organised with a Charter, Statutes, an International Coordination Centre (ICC), a Steering Committee and an Advisory Board. See the links above for details.

What is the Carfree Movement?

World Carfree Network uses the term "carfree movement" rather broadly, to refer to:

- those promoting alternatives to car dependence and car culture, including alternative modes such as cycling, walking and public transport; 
- those promoting carfree lifestyle choices, within either a car-dependent, car-lite* or carfree local context; 
- those promoting the building of (usually mixed-use) carfree environments# on either brownfield or greenfield sites (usually sited to ensure easy access to a variety of non-automotive transport modes); 
- those promoting carfree days, using the events as tools to bring about long-term on-the-ground change in infrastructure and priorities (example: Bogota); and 
- those promoting the transformation of existing villages, towns and cities (or parts of them) into carfree environments.# 

* Car-lite - Either a person or place that is not completely carfree, but uses or allows for a variety of alternative transport modes in addition to the car. (Car-lite environments tend to still devote at least half the street space to the automobile, with street widths usually similar to those in car-dependent environments.) The New Urbanists - an influential North American group of architects, developers and planners - are an example of people who promote and build car-lite environments, expressly stating that the automobile must be accommodated.

# Carfree environments - Places that do not accommodate (permit the entry of) automobiles. (An "environment" can be a an entire village, town or city; a portion of a village, town or city; or a place such as a resort, intentional community or university.) Some carfree environments allow motorised vehicles for deliveries and emergency services; other such places use non-motorised alternatives for some or all of these purposes, which is preferable if feasible. Some carfree environments have peripheral parking, and are thus still somewhat car-dependent; therefore solutions should be sought to avoid this. Some people take things a step further and work to encourage local use of local products, thus reducing the dependence of their carfree environment on long-distance goods transport and supporting the local economy over the transnational economy. 

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Priority 3

http://www.worldcarfree.net/about_us/global/charter.php [1 December 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German, French, Portuguese, Spanish & Italian]

Global Charter

Back to the [your language] start page

The charter of World Carfree Network outlines our vision and purpose. Organisations wishing to join the network should sign onto the charter (available as a downloadable PDF file here) and send it in to our Prague office.

The Heavy Costs of Automobile Dependence

Automobile dependence has led to the global spread of an environmentally and socially destructive way of life. In 1950, the world had 70 million cars, trucks and buses. By 1994, there were nine times that number, or 630 million - which since 1970 has been growing at the rate of 16 million vehicles per year. If this growth continues, by the year 2025 there will be well over 1 billion motor vehicles on the world's roads.1 They consume 37 million barrels of oil a day - half of the world's petroleum consumption.2 They are responsible for nearly half of our air pollution and at least one-third of our greenhouse gas emissions.3

Cars4 - whether labelled 'clean', 'green' or otherwise - have become one of the leading causes of injury and death in almost every nation. Motor vehicle traffic kills four times as many people as wars - 1.26 million people a year.5 That's more than 3,000 people killed on the world's roads every day, not even counting the contribution to asthma, cancer, leukemia and lung disease. When the 10-15 million annual road injuries and disabilities are factored into the equation,6 along with the deaths and injuries caused to animals, the problem reaches truly catastrophic proportions.

Adding to the tragedy, automobiles shape and distort our urban environment. They replace lively, pleasant, walkable, human-scaled communities with low-density, sprawled-out environments designed for getting elsewhere as fast as possible. With wide streets devoted to car traffic and vast seas of asphalt devoted to parking, our daily destinations are placed increasingly out of reach of our feet. Space for social interaction and cultural exchange is diluted and dispersed, inhibiting the informal social contacts that bind societies together. Life is pushed indoors, separated and compartmentalised.

Our society's dependence on an expensive, inequitable technology - the most resource-intensive means of locomotion ever devised - has expanded to achieve a radical monopoly in much of the industrialised world. This automobile-motorway-petroleum system denies free mobility to children, the elderly, the poor and the physically handicapped. Public transport, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure is tacked on as an afterthought, if at all. Our physical and emotional health suffers and our level of physical activity plummets, contributing to a global obesity epidemic. By accommodating the car at all costs, our society creates an urban wasteland that substitutes sense of place and sense of community with isolation and alienation.

Carfree Communities for the Future

With the car responsible for such a litany of negative impacts on humanity and nature, carfree communities are a logical cornerstone of a sustainable society. By following ecological and socially inclusive principles, we can build exciting, beautiful and harmonious environments on a human scale. By creating pedestrian-oriented, bicycle-friendly human habitats, we can reintroduce routine physical activity into people's daily lives. We can make destinations easily accessible to children, the elderly, the poor and the physically handicapped. We can transform existing villages, towns and cities into more desirable places to live and work, with a healthy density and mix of homes, shops, businesses and cultural destinations. We can at the same time minimise our ecological footprint by dramatically reducing our contribution to oil dependence and climate change.

In addition to building carfree communities, we will work to improve the viability of alternatives within the car-dependent context. We will promote alternative transport infrastructure that physically replaces car lanes and parking space, in order to tangibly reduce car traffic and car-based pollution. We will campaign against proposals for new roads, road widenings and new parking facilities. We will promote clean and efficient public transport to supplement human-powered mobility. We will point out that social and ecological health cannot be achieved simply by using cars less, or switching to 'greener' cars - which displace pollution while leaving the car-based urban form intact, along with its patterns of high consumption and energy use.

In seeking alternatives to our present system of industrialised traffic, the concept of access by proximity7 can be much more useful than mobility. Human settlements, we often forget, were built to maximise the opportunities for interaction - to bring people and destinations together and to minimise transport of goods and people. Therefore - in addition to promoting alternative transport - we will work to reallocate dead, empty, car-dominated spaces to destinations such as shops, workplaces, gathering places, playgrounds, parks and community gardens. Utilising carfree days, Bike to Work Weeks and other innovative programmes, we will work together to improve local livability and build broad public support for transport reform.

Footnotes

1 American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA), World Motor Vehicle Data 1993 (AAMA, Washington, D.C., 1993), p. 23 and American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA), Motor Vehicle Fact and Figures 1996 (AAMA, Washington, D.C., 1996), p. 44. Cited in World Resources 1998-1999, produced by The World Resources Institute, UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank.

2 US Energy Information Administration, Official Energy Statistics from the US Government, 2002 average; Table 4.6: World Oil Demand, 1970-2002. Additional note: The transportation sector is responsible for almost 60% of petroleum consumption in OECD countries - 68% in the United States (World Energy Outlook 2002, International Energy Agency; US Energy Information Administration, 2001 figure). Also see US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2000. 

3 The Clean Machine, a documentary produced for CBC TV Canada by Debi Goodwin, Nov. 27, 1997. 

4 While the explicit intention of the World Carfree Network is to discourage use of cars, it also implies discouraging the use of unsustainable private motor vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, Segways (in cases where they must share limited infrastructure with pedestrians, such as on sidewalks), tuk-tuks or motorized three-wheelers, while promoting public and preferably non-motorised forms of transport. In order to generalise this statement, please take this clarification into account when reading "car" or "automobile." For example, motorcycles are not mentioned in this Charter, however they are private motorised vehicles that the World Carfree Network does not intend to encourage at all. 

5 World Health Organisation, May 2003; figure for 2000, reported by Reuters on May 12, 2003. 

6 Road Traffic Injury Prevention, World Health Organisation. Division by 365 days/year results in an approximate figure of 30,000 serious road injuries per day worldwide. However, in its conference resolution "Road Traffic Safety and Health Equity: A Call to Action", the Road Traffic Injuries and Health Equity Conference (April 10-12, 2002, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) cites a higher global figure of 20 million road injuries and disabilities. 

7 Term coined by Richard Register of Ecocity Builders, Berkeley, California, USA. In other words, instead of facilitating transportation between destinations placed increasingly further apart, we can bring people and destinations closer together - by increasing density; mixing shops, businesses and residences together within buildings and districts; and minimising road widths and transportation infrastructure. 

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Priority 4

http://www.worldcarfree.net/contact/index.php [9 September 2009]
[internal note: there are translations in: German, French & Portuguese]

Contacts 

Back to the [your language] start page

World Carfree Network Europe's office, known as the International Coordination Centre, closed at the end of August 2010. The Global Network is now being operated on a virtual basis, with activities decentralised to groups and individuals around the world. However, we are still receiving mail at the following address for the time being:

World Carfree Network
International Coordination Centre
Krátká 26
100 00 Prague 10
Czech Republic 	

Email contacts: 	
General questions/comments:
Press inquiries:
Carbusters Magazine:
Monthly E-bulletin:	info [at] worldcarfree [dot] net
See our press page
editors [at] carbusters [dot] org
bulletin [at] worldcarfree [dot] net	

The network's main activities are co-ordinated by volunteers and staff from around the world, who can be contacted directly concerning the topics highlighted in their short biographies.

A list of active members of the Network can be found in the About Us section (About Us). 

[Translation: [date], [your name], [your website, if available]

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Priority 5
Note 16 December 2010: Both pages about membership (for organisations and individuals) will be re-written in the future with the longer, more detailed text. At the moment we need only the short version.

http://www.worldcarfree.net/join/organisations.php [12 December 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German (updated) & Portuguese (not updated). The Spanish Version is neither completed nor updated.]

Becoming a Member Organisation

Back to the [your language] start page

Note 16 December 2010: The following text is the short version. That`s what we need now.
World Carfree Network has suspended membership in light of the closure of our Prague office. We hope to re-launch with a range of membership benefits tailored to your region of the world in late 2011. We would like to apologise for any disappointment and thank you for your understanding.

Please note that Carbusters Online will be updated on a regular basis from early 2011, but there will be no printed version for the foreseeable future. Any outstanding subscriptions will be honoured as soon as we are able to launch a new printed magazine. Thank you for your patience.

Your support will make a real difference assisting us in promoting socially and environmentally sound future!

You can continue to support World Carfree Network by making a donation here.

Questions? Contact us at info@worldcarfree.net.

Note 16 December 2010: The following text is the old, long version. Something like this will be the version when new memberships are possible again. So at the moment we don`t need the translation of this following long version. Please keep prepared for an e-mail from us with the wish for translation …

World Carfree Network welcomes new member organisations. Groups that support our goals can join the network by downloading the network's charter (charter), signing it, and sending it in to our Prague office. 

World Carfree Network
International Coordination Centre
Kratka 26
100 00 Prague 10
Czech Republic

- Download the charter: [PDF file, 110kB]
- Send the Membership Fee [via Kagi] [via PayPal] [via cheque or bank transfer]

Benefits for Member Organisations:
- assistance with fundraising, capacity building, outreach and networking 
- a voice at the international level, with ongoing opportunities to shape the direction of the network and its projects 
- a profile of your organisation on Worldcarfree.net 
- subscription to Car Busters magazine 
- opportunities to start up or join existing network projects, in conjunction with other Member Organisations 
- free announcements and discounted advertisements in network publications 
- discounted attendance of our annual conference 
- access to the network's annual meeting and other network events 
- first priority for any travel reimbursement funds to network events 
- discounted bulk orders on network publications and resources 

Responsibilities of Member Organisations:
We encourage groups to maintain an active involvement in the network. The following guidelines are from Article 5 of the network statutes:

In order for a member organisation to maintain its membership status (once having signed the charter), the member organisation must fulfill at least three of the following criteria within each calendar year:

- publicise the work and goals of the network;
- send in news and/or campaign reports for the network's publications; 
- attend the network's annual meeting, or submit written input on pertinent matters of network development/direction in advance of the meeting; 
- include the "Member Organisation - World Carfree Network" logo/link (below) on the homepage of the organisation's website; 
- be involved as a project coordinator or partner in at least one project or working group of the network; 
- assist with the distribution of Carbusters magazine. 

Membership fees:

The Network’s Annual General Meeting in 2008 decided that membership fees of organisations under the World Carfree Network umbrella have become obligatory *).The current annual rates are as follows:

- [$115 / 80€] NORMAL: This rate applies to medium-sized organisations.
- [$220 / 150€] FULL: This rate applies to larger organisations as well as those organisations who are financially able to, are encouraged to pay the full rate.
- [$60 / 40€] REDUCED: This rate applies to small organisations as well as those who face budget constraints.

Ten easy steps to become an active network member:
1. Print out and send in your signed network charter (charter)
2. Send in your annual membership fee 
3. Join the carfree_network discussion list (Discussion Lists)
4. Sign up for World Carfree News (monthly bulletin) (E-Bulletin)
5. Add the WCN logo/link to your website (Logos)
6 Add or verify your organisation's listing in the Carfree Green Pages (Green Pages)
7. Join an existing network project, or launch a new one (our Projects)
8. Send in news/announcements for the magazine and bulletin (to info [at] worldcarfree [dot] net)
9. Send in the annual member survey (when requested) 
10. Attend the network's annual meeting, or submit opinions/proposals in advance 

Our address:

We accept cheques from the USA and Britain. Please make cheques out to 'Car Busters.' Please note (Canadians especially) that US cheques must be drawn on a US bank (the bank address on the cheque must actually be in the USA).

We also accept international postal money orders (cashable in CZK or USD), and cash in EUR, GPD, AUD, CAD or USD. 

Bank transfers (wire payments) can be made to the following account (if you pay the fees of both the sending and receiving bank at the time of transfer):

In the EURO ZONE

Account holder: World Carfree Network Europe o.s.
Bank: Ceskoslovenska Obchodna Banka, a.s.
Bank address: Namestie SNP 29, 815 63 Bratislava, Slovakia
Account number: 4009235744
Bank code: 7500
BIC/SWFT code: CEKOSKBX
IBAN: SK8275000000004009235744

Outside the EURO ZONE

account holder: World Carfree Network Europe o.s.
bank: UniCredit Bank Czech Republic
bank address: Jugoslavska 29, 120 01, Praha 2, Czech Republic
account number: 48846005
bank code: 2700
BIC code: BACXCZPP
IBAN: CZ2627000000000048846005

Questions? Contact us at info [at] worldcarfree [dot] net.

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Note 2 December 2010: Both pages about membership will be re-written in the next weeks. Do not translate the following text version. Please wait, and check the website for the new text.

http://www.worldcarfree.net/join/individuals.php [18 March 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German (updated) & Portuguese (not updated)]

Becoming an Individual Member

Back to the [your language] start page

Note 16 December 2010: The following text is the short version. That`s what we need now.

World Carfree Network depends on the financial support of people around the world who value our work. By joining us as a member, you help us promote carfree thinking and carry out our projects more effectively.

Unfortunately the closure of our Prague office has left us with no choice but to suspend membership in the short-term. Your money will be used to re-launch the Network in 2011, and as a current member you will continue to enjoy registration discounts at Network events such as the TCC X Conference in Guadalajara. We would like to apologise for any disappointment and thank you for your understanding.

Please note that Carbusters Online will be updated on a regular basis from early 2011, but there will be no printed version for the foreseeable future. Any outstanding subscriptions will be honoured as soon as we are able to launch a new printed magazine. Thank you for your patience.

Your support will make a real difference assisting us in promoting socially and environmentally sound future!

Support World Carfree Network by making a donation here.

Questions? Contact us at info@worldcarfree.net.

Note 16 December 2010: The following text is the old, long version. Something like this will be the version when new memberships are possible again. So at the moment we don`t need the translation of this following long version. Please keep prepared for an e-mail from us with the wish for translation …

World Carfree Network depends on the financial support of people around the world who value our work. By joining us as a member, you help us promote carfree thinking and carry out our projects more effectively.

Accordingly, we have established four membership levels, each including a subscription to Car Busters magazine and some extra gifts to thank you for your generosity:

Advocate includes a one-year magazine subscription, an assortment of bike stickers, and one of these treats: Selection of CB`s back issues (4 copies) , Roadkill Bill by Ken Avidor, or The Little Driver by Martin Wagner. (EUR 30, USD 40, GBP 20)

Supporter includes a one-year magazine subscription, an assortment of bike stickers, selection of CB's back issues (4 copies) and Roadkill Bill by Ken Avidor, or The Little Driver by Martin Wagner. (EUR 50, USD 65, GBP 33)

Saviour includes a one-year magazine subscription, an assortment of bike stickers, selection of CB's back issues (4 copies), one of these books: Roadkill Bill by Ken Avidor, or The Little Driver by Martin Wagner, and a T-shirt from our carfree collection.. (EUR 100, USD 130, GBP 66)

Student/Limited Income includes a one-year magazine subscription. (EUR 15, USD 20, GBP 10)

YES, I want to support World Carfree Network by becoming a member

For other payment options than a credit card – Please see the instructions

If you wan to renew or upgrade your old or existing membership just simply rejoin at any of the membership levels above.

Active WCN members (as opposed to those who only wish to support the Network financially) are encouraged to participate fully in the Network’s projects and activities by

- promoting the Network by publicising the work and goals of the Network;
- getting involved in Network projects and working groups;
- contributing to Network's publications and online activities;
- contributing to Network development;
- assisting the ICC in its coordinating tasks related to Network projects, fundraising, administration and outreach 

Active members are entitled to certain member benefits such as

- access to the Network's annual meeting and other network events
- discounted bulk orders on Network publications and resources
- discounted attendance of Network events
- priority for any travel reimbursement funds to Network events

Your support will make a real difference assisting us in promoting socially and environmentally sound future!

Support World Carfree Network by making a donation here

Questions? Contact us at info [at] worldcarfree [dot] net.

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Priority 7

http://www.worldcarfree.net/support/index.php [16 December 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German]

Support us

Back to the [your language] start page.

Day Support the Carfree Cause – Please Donate to World Carfree Network

World Carfree Network depends on the financial support of people around the world who care for the carfree cause and value our work.

The ongoing year has not been easy for us. The global economic recession has hit the WCN hard making it very difficult for us to keep our projects running. Yet at the same time the need for alternatives to our society’s car dependence is greater than ever.

If you have it in you to support the carfree cause and the WCN projects, now is the time.
- After all, our joint carfree vision is only as strong as the people who support us!

Your contribution will make a real difference assisting us in promoting socially and environmentally sound future.

YES, I want to support World Carfree Network by becoming a member
(here you can also renew your membership)

YES, I want to support World Carfree Network by making a donation

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Priority 8

http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/index.php [1 December 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German, French]

World Carfree Day

Back to the [your language] start page

Every September 22, people from around the world get together in the streets, intersections, and neighbourhood blocks to remind the world that we don't have to accept our car-dominated society.

But we do not want just one day of celebration and then a return to "normal" life. When people get out of their cars, they should stay out of their cars. It is up to us, it is up to our cities, and our governments to help create permanent change to benefit pedestrians, cyclists, and other people who do not drive cars.

Let World Carfree Day be a showcase for just how our cities might look like, feel like, and sound like without cars…365 days a year.

As the climate heats up, World Carfree Day is the perfect time to take the heat off the planet, and put it on city planners and politicians to give priority to cycling, walking and public transport, instead of to the automobile.

So take the time, browse the links and resources provided, and join in on the celebrations!

World Carfree Day Has Gone Wiki!
[note: This “Wiki” is not the well-known “Wikipedia”. Our “Wiki” here means a website based on the wiki technology that is also used by Wikipedia]

Our promotion of World Carfree Day events on September 22 online has taken a natural step in evolution: wiki. The WCN staff in Prague cannot possibly update online all the countless festivities taking place from Colombia to China, so don't hesitate to help us make this a comprehensive site! It's really simple to input events. Take me there > http://editthis.info/wcd [in english].

Direct links to WCD activities in 2010 and 2009.

The idea behind the wiki page: to provide a list of activities surrounding World Carfree Day, listed in a geographic order. This simple, yet useful wiki page is to be seen as an addition to what we have on offer on this page - action ideas, media advice and more.

In case you are not that familiar with wikis: they are incredibly simple - you will only need 5 or 10 minutes to register your event, and then the whole world can know! We have created a simple formula you can use, and you only need to put the most essential details, any links to further information or contacting methods, and presto!

The role of WCN

WCN promotes carfree day activities, but doesn't organise world carfree day itself, rather we provide resources and links on our website (see above). We are also dependent on our members submitting details of local events to our wiki, followed up by evaluation reports after the event each year.

Please be aware that WCD is a decentraliced event, so there  is no single spokesperson with a global overview of all activities.

Becoming active and organising a carfree day: 

Check out our resources and find inspiration there. Find potential allies in your neighbourhood / town. A general tip is to get the local authority and shop owners on your side as early as possible, generally nine months before the event, if you intend to close one or more streets to private cars for the day.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to let us know. See our press page for contacts or drop an email to: info [at] worldcarfree [dot] net

We hope to see you on the streets!

In this section: [do not translate the following listings in the text box, as they may change too often]
- Wiki-Listings
- Register your event
- event reports
- press release 2008
- WCD Contacts
- Resources and Links
- Videos
- History

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Priority 9

http://www.worldcarfree.net/bulletin/index.php [6 December 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian & Czech]

World Carfree News

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Stay informed on the latest developments in the carfree world with the World Carfree News bulletin, available in several separate language versions (English, Czech, German French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian). Every bulletin is packed full of the latest news and announcements from the carfree movement. Send in your own news by the last Friday of every month.

To send items for submission (in English and all other languages except Spanish), please write to bulletin [at] worldcarfree [dot] net

To send items for submission in Spanish, please write additionally to boletin [at] worldcarfree [dot] net
To send items for submission in German, please write additionally to rundbrief [at] worldcarfree [dot] net

Read past bulletins.

Find the bulletin in English and further languages.

Subscribe to the e-bulletin:
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English
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Czech
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German
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French
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Portuguese
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Spanish
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Italian - New!
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Hungarian (planned / New!*)
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Chinese (planned / New!*)
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*Please note that the Hungarian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese & Chinese language bulletin editions are not yet being produced. We will begin translations when we have enough people interested in receiving them. Sign up now to register your interest and become a future recipient. The Japanese and Chinese editions are considered to be translated in the future.

The bulletin is hosted by Riseup.net, which provides free on-line services for radical social change movements. Please consider making a donation to Riseup.net for this service. 

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Priority 10

http://www.worldcarfree.net/resources/index.php [12 December 2010]
[internal note: there are translations in: German, French]

Resource Centre

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- Freesources (Freesources)
- Payment info (Ordering and payment info, in English)

- Catalog (Payment by Mail) (Catalog)
- Catalog (Credit Card orders - external site) (Catalog via KAGI)

The ever-expanding World Carfree Network Resource Centre aims to facilitate the exchange of information and resources between local groups across Europe and beyond.

We actively promote the free use of our resources for local, activist purposes and promote an anti-copyright policy, except when this may interfere with the policies of individual authors and publishers.

We have Freesources (Freesources) - articles, books and other resources - to be viewed online or downloaded as RTF files. Included are some classic works for the anti-car campaigners and activists.

[internal note: next sentence is an old text, to be used when the orders are possible again]
Our resources are supplied by mail order. You can browse our catalog (Catalog) for our selection of books, stickers, videos and miscellaneous extras.

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Priority 11

http://www.worldcarfree.net/bulletin/archive.php [10 June 2008]
[internal note: there are translations in: German & French]

E-Bulletin Archive

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Note: Originally called Car Busters Monthly E-Bulletin, the bulletin was renamed World Carfree News after issue #50; therefore issue #51 became World Carfree News issue #1. Also, not all bulletins are available in all languages.

World Carfree News

Issues 4 and up (January 2004 - today) are stored on an external site, provided by riseup:
Cesky | English | Français | Deutsch | Español | Italiano

Issue #3 - December 2003
Issue #2 - November 2003
Issue #1 - October 2003

Car Busters Monthly Bulletin (Issues 1-50)

Bulletin Template - 	May 2008	
Bulletin #50 - 	September 2003	
Bulletin #49 - 	August 2003	
Bulletin #48 - 	July 2003	
Bulletin #47 - 	June 2003	
Bulletin #46 - 	May 2003	
Bulletin #45 - 	April 2003	- Français - Deutsch	
Bulletin #44 - 	March 2003	- Français - Deutsch	
Bulletin #43 - 	February 2003	- Français - Deutsch	
Bulletin #42 - 	January 2003	- Français	
Bulletin #41 - 	December 2002	- Français	
Bulletin #40 - 	November 2002	- Français	
Bulletin #39 - 	October 2002	- Français	
Bulletin #38 - 	September 2002	- Français	
Bulletin #37 - 	August 2002	- Français	
Bulletin #36 - 	July 2002	- Français	
Bulletin #35 - 	June 2002	- Français	
Bulletin #34 - 	May 2002	- Français - Esperanta	
Bulletin #33 - 	April 2002	- Français - Esperanta	
Bulletin #32 - 	March 2002	- Français - Esperanta	
Bulletin #31 - 	January 2002 	- Esperanta	
Bulletin #30 - 	December 2001 		
Bulletin #29 - 	November 2001	- Français	
Bulletin #28 - 	October 2001	- Français - Esperanta	
Bulletin #27 - 	September 2001	- Français	

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Thank you very much for your translation, this is a great help !

We do NOT recommend to translate further pages, because 1st these 9 (11) translated pages serve only as teasers for the whole website and the Network, and 2nd other pages need to be updated too frequently – and that means too much work for you and us web editors. Thanks again.