Radical City: Permanent Meets Temporary at the 2019 European Leadership Summit
Greetings Radical Citizens of Planet Earth! Aarhus city activist Jeppe Spure Nielsen Each year the Burning Man European Leadership Summit (ELS) is held in a different European city. On April 11-14,...
View ArticleELS 2019: Fostering Local and International Partnerships
The European Leadership Summit (ELS) begins tomorrow, April 11, in Denmark, and we can’t wait to welcome 200 participants from 22 countries to Aarhus, the “City of Smiles” and host to the 2017 European...
View ArticleBurning Man Citizenship, Leaning into Challenges and Good Leadership
As the June solstice nears and our global community marks the day it all began, we share some thoughts from Burning Man Project’s CEO Marian Goodell on what it means to be part of an ever-growing...
View ArticleThe Silver Seed Tour of America
From May 1 to July 31, 2001, Danger Ranger (aka Michael Mikel) drove across America in the “Silver Seed”, a 30-year old RV styled as a self-contained theme camp enclosed in an aluminum skin. His...
View ArticleParty pics
It’s easy to have mixed feelings about Decompression gatherings. On the one hand, it always feels great to be digging out the playa wear and smelling the dust again. Ah, the smell of the dust. Even if...
View ArticleComposting Contraption: Request for Proposal
ScrapEden SF: Request for Proposals Composting Contraption $10,000-$15,000 Timeframe: Proposal Due to BRAF 3/15/10, Grant Award Announced 4/1/10 Project Completed by 6/1/10 The Black Rock Arts...
View ArticleThe Other 51 Weeks of the Year
Burning Man 2009 Once again, the outreach groups of Burning Man ([BWB], The Black Rock Arts Foundation, [BRS] and The Regional Network) have teamed up to create a unified presence on the playa:...
View ArticleThe State of the Man
Mr. Harvey addressing his guests Larry Harvey had a bunch of people over for dinner last night, and he told them that he and the other board members were going to turn the Burning Man LLC into a...
View ArticleBurn-BQ at SXSWi!
For the last few years, Burning Man staffers have attended the SXSWi conference in Austin, TX to learn, connect and develop our minds around community organizing and technology, discovering what’s...
View ArticleThe Black Rock Arts Foundation Collaborates with Levi Strauss a Co. Community...
The [BRAF] helped Levi Strauss & Co. with their May 5th Community Day, during which Levi’s employees in San Francisco leave their regular office responsibilities behind and volunteer at Bay Area...
View ArticleBurning Man at SXSWi
If you’ve spent time in Black Rock City, you know what it’s like to be inspired. You know what it feels like to design and build incredible things for the sake of how it makes you feel, rather than...
View ArticleDecompression and beyond
Sunday was the day to strut your dusty playa duds one more time before putting all those summer outfits away for the season. It’s getting chilly and wet now, and sparkle shorts and bikini tops won’t...
View ArticleBurning Man at the Conference on World Affairs
Fresh off her well-received (and lightning-speed) talk about Burning Man at The Economist’s Ideas Economy forum, we’re excited that Andie Grace is now representing Burning Man at the Conference on...
View ArticleThe Great Scavenger Hunt of No Spectators Day
Future’s Past by Kate Raudenbush (the starting point), photo by George Post What: Burning Man Project Presents….THE GREAT SCAVENGER HUNT! When: Saturday July 28, noon – 4 PM Where: Hayes Green near...
View ArticleUrban Prototyping Festival, October 20th
The Burning Man Project is proud to support Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) in their collaboration with Intersection for the Arts (IFTA), IDEO and Rebar, as they produce the Urban...
View ArticleBurning Man Project Hosts FREE Day of ‘Maker’ Workshops
Looking for a different way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend? Join Burning Man Project for Cinco De Make-O, a free day of maker workshops on Saturday, May 4th from 1 – 3 p.m. here at Burning Man...
View Article“This is Burning Man” Event Explores Burning Man’s Past & Future
Larry Harvey (photo by Scott London) Burning Man co-founders Larry Harvey and Michael Mikel (aka Danger Ranger) join “This is Burning Man” author Brian Doherty for an evening exploring the past,...
View ArticleLarry Harvey Speaks at the Commonwealth Club, July 31
Larry Harvey (photo by Jim Urquhart, c/o Reuters) On July 31st, INFORUM at the Commonwealth Club is hosting an amazing event that gives its attendees unique insight into the founding of Burning Man and...
View Article“This Is Burning Man”
Brian Doherty, Larry Harvey and Michael Mikel at Z Space on Thursday night in San Francisco.(All photos by Erica Bartel) Larry Harvey his own self got us in a desert mood the other night, talking about...
View ArticleSF Gets Decompressed
We went to San Francisco’s version of Decompression on Sunday, and the cool grey city of love was looking anything but cool and grey: sunshine and late-summer warmth carried the day. Esprit Park was...
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