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The Systemic Cycles tours overview

Piedmont - Italy

the original Systemic Cycle tour

The Italian Piedmont region with a focus on the High Po river watershed was the prototype of Systemic Cycles in its current format. This rich agricultural diverse region stretches from Torino to the highest point of the Southern Alps, Monte Viso (3842m asl). Locally organized by the MonViso Institute (MVI), this tour is based on long-term contacts to partners from various sectors, such as stone pits as building materials, vineyards, limestone and hemp, mountain tourism, organic micro breweries, bicycle shops and community actors, and many more. The tour finishes at the MVI mountain campus in the community of Ostana with some joint synthesis mapping and a local outdoor food event with regional actors.

Tour details

multiple day tour
road and offroad terrain

Tour dates and context

2021: our foundation Systemic Cycle Tour
2023: our first Systemic Cycle Tour with participants of the CAS ETH in Regenerative Systems (link)
This is a recurring tour. Check what's next for next tour dates

Hemsedal and Oslo - Norway

exploring Northern space, culture and climate

Mountains and fjords, sea to sky, glaciers to apple orchards, traditional mushroom diets to questionable salmon fish farms, traditionally painted wood cabins to stunning contemporary structures, oil industry and electric mobility - Norway is a country of beauty, space, design and contrast. We explore Nordic cultures in Western Norway and interact within a dichotomous picture of culture, land use, and economy.

tour details

Hemsedal: multiple single day cycles with students
Oslo: half day cycles

tour dates and context

2020, 2022: Hemsedal
2021: Oslo, first executive program Systemic Cycle tour
2024 as part of the DRRS CAS
This is a recurring tour. Check what's next for next tour dates

Innovative Berne - Switzerland

surprising progression in an exciting landscape

Bernese people are known as slow and a bit lazy (Martin as a native "Berner" is allowed to say so). As in many areas things are developing now and many interesting things in terms of Sustainability, regional, circular Economy and about Food are ongoing. We interlink some of the regional Actors in a multiple days Systemic Cycle Tour to connect with this system and become part of it.

tour details

multiple day tour
mainly road and gravel

tour dates

experimental tours in 2022, 2023, 2024
Check what's next for next tour dates in the greater area of Berne

"der Aare nah"

We Re-Cycle our Classic: the Berne-Bienne Systemic-Cycles Tour

This is the first SYNCHRONOUS-SC weekend: we will ride in sync with the "il Po" SC-Team

The term "der Aare nah" does not to be explanied to any citizen of the Bioregion Berne: it is a song lyricand expresses the relevance of the largest Swiss river beside of the Rhine emotionally.

We start in the beautiful Swiss capital to then follow the "Aare" towards the lake of Wohlen. We visit local progressive protagonists in the fields of agriculture and food, touching aspects of energy production and the "Seeland", one of the biggest agricultural Areas in Switzerland where we encounter the century-project "Juragewässerkorrektur".

tour dates

2025, November 22th and 23th
Start Saturday Morning in Berne, Start Sunday Morning in Bienne, End in Berne

tour details

two day tour, joining single days is possible
50km/day. Gravel and small roads mainly
we will charge small daily fee of 60/40.- CHF

Beyond Tourism - Mallorca

Mediterranean island diversity

Mallorca as an island is the perfect scale for designing bio-regional regeneration. This is due to its diversity as of topography, soil types, fauna and flora, the combination of sea and mountain, the Mediterranean climate, and also social diversity from traditional farming to expats from around the world, yet all contained within a clearly defined island parameter with the size of a region. Mallorca is a world class cycling gem. So the combination of bio-regional weaving with cycling simply is ideal. Daniel Wahl as a regional weaver lives on Mallorca and introduces us to a rich network of interested actors, secret bathing spots and cool sacred mountain caves.

tour details

3 day bike packing tour
road, gravel, partially offroad

tour dates

2023
2024 asd part of the DRRS CAS
This is a recurring tour. Check what's next for next tour dates

Venice extended - Italy

power, water, art, nature, tourism - Systemic Cycle tour

Venice was a powerful and successful city state in the middleage and now one of the places suffering climate change and overtourism.

During our first Systemic Cycles guide education week we explored Venice by foot, the Lagoon by kayak and the mainland on our Bikes to learn more about the contradiction of the elements of nature, tourism, industrial and actrucultural use and interests.

Homebase for the Tour in the Venice area is Ca'Savio: a progressive Campsite in the east of Venice, pushing Tourism forward towards a future ready sustainable form.

tour details

multiple day tour
mainly road and gravel
momement: walk, bike and kayak
first Systemic Cycles guide education tour

tour dates

2024
This is a recurring tour. Check what's next for next tour dates

Bioregional Sensing - Venice Lagoon

Building Bridges to Resilient Futures

Brenta, Sile, Piave: these rivers, once vital suppliers of fresh water, nutrients, and Sediments to the Venice Lagoon, are central to understand the lagoon’s ecological and socio-economic dynamics. We cycled downstream from the Alps, first following Brenta, passing by the nice Bassano del Grappa, then spliting tree groups to follow Brenta, Sile and Piave to then again together cycle further down to Camping Ca’Savio east of the Venice Lagoon.

Water, stones, aspargus, forest restauration and architecture were Topics that were facing while interacting with local actors, planned, and, unplanned.

The tour concluded with a two-day unconference in Ca'Savio.

tour details

multiple day tour
mainly road and gravel
momement: bike and kayak (unconference)
first Bioregional Sensing tour

tour dates

2025

following the lifeline of a bioregion - "il Po"

From the Alpine source to its delta at the Adriatic Sea

Cycle across Italy’s most iconic river — from alpine springs to the Adriatic Sea — while immersing yourself in a week of systems exploration and cultural discovery. The Systemic Cycles Tour blends the thrill of cycling and adventure with hands-on methods for sensing complexity, mapping living systems, and engaging with local communities. It’s a learning journey, a vacation, and a playful deep dive into the landscapes and stories that shape a whole bioregion.

tour dates

2025, November 16th to 24th

tour details

multi day bike packing tour, 60...80km per day

Systemic-Cycles at the 14th Sustainability Week Zürich

Exploring "Züri-Nord"

During the 14th Sustainability Week Zurich we realized a short tour from coffee to students-innovations along the thriving north of Zürich.

This half-day SC tour demonstrated the potential and power of our Systemic-Cycling approach. Participants' curiosity gets activated and discussions leads to subtle yet significant shifts in the mindset of both, the questioner and the interviewee.

tour dates