The 9th annual Burning Man Global Leadership Conference is officially underway! From humble beginnings in 2007, where 70 regional contacts joined us at Burning Man HQ, the GLC has since grown to include over 400 participants from around the world.
These highly-energized folks are Burning Man’s global representatives and community leaders, ambassadors of Burning Man culture in their regions who throw any of 65 regional events in 20 countries. They participate in the GLC to share ideas, best practices and inspiration, and to make the invaluable face-to-face connections that may just lead to the next big thing.
This morning, Rachel Klegon, Matthew Naimi and Ryan Doyle kicked off the proceedings with an inspiring talk about creative placemaking and “The Next Creative Renaissance”. They should know a thing or two about that topic, as they hail from Detroit, Michigan, where one of the most fascinating urban renaissances is happening.
And what better topic, since Burning Man is all about supporting contexts where connections, creative inspiration and collective action can thrive. These folks have done incredible work using art, community and sheer determination to foster recycling programs, engage the youth of Detroit to take control of their futures, and energize rejuvenation of this economically devastated region. Here’s their presentation:
Their talk was followed by (literally) goosebump-inducing updates from around the Regional Network, including report-outs of goings-on in Lithuania, Asia and Brazil. Want to see how Burning Man is translating around the world? Check it out:
The international report included this video recap of the second Burning Man European Leadership Conference in Amsterdam:
Burning Man co-founder Crimson Rose gave an update on Burning Man Art, and spoke passionately about the emotional experience of building and burning of David Best’s Temple in Derry~Londonderry. Watch:
The next few days are going to be long and exhausting, challenging GLC participants to pack as much information and ideas and conversation into their brains as possible before heading back to their region to bring the seed home. One thing’s for sure, they’ll leave as tired as they are inspired.
Oh and here’s Larry Harvey in a worm costume:
Video of Larry’s talk is up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAKQk7VR49w&list=PLvI7u3Blon02v7QMmhvklf4zH-sbNGdiM&index=1
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Burning Man has become a corporate entity with no soul, when I see pictures on Instagram of Larry Harvey with Bob Zangrillo who in another Instagram post was thanking Kola Aluko for the use of his yacht, I knew that Bunring Man is not was it was and is long gone to these nasty bed fellows. I mean Kola Aluko is known for human rights and environmental violations as well as being wanted by Interpol. These are the bed fellows of Burning Man CEOs and such.
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