All posts by Jane Lyons

Jane Lyons (a.k.a Lioness) is a Melbourne, Australia-based Burner who first hit Black Rock City in 2009. She has since spent an inordinate amount of time building theme camps, artwork, communications teams, Regional burns, Decompressions, and Burner communities in Australia and overseas.

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#WeekofMaking: Making the Most of Citizen Brigades, Smart Cities and Communities

June 18, 2017 By Jane Lyons

Civic Ninjas are putting the power back into people’s hands when disasters strike. The Tulsa-based group of makers, developers, designers, ...Read More

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#WeekofMaking: Beats and Streets — Making a Difference in Troubled Teen Lives

June 17, 2017 By Jane Lyons

John Weiss has transformed his life-long passion for tinkering into a project that teaches at-risk teens in San Francisco how ...Read More

Regionals

GLC 2017: And That’s a Wrap

April 6, 2017 By Jane Lyons

Another Global Leadership Conference (GLC) has ended, and the last of its participants are trickling out of the city and ...Read More

Regionals

GLC 2017: Burning Man Challenges Participants to Step Up With Project Citizenship

April 2, 2017 By Jane Lyons

Last year, once the dust had settled on another Burning Man event, Operations Director Charlie Dolman didn’t focus on the ...Read More

Regionals

GLC 2017: City of Oakland’s Roberto Bedoya on Burning Man’s Role in Creative Place-Making

March 30, 2017 By Jane Lyons

On Friday, the City of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Manager, Roberto Bedoya, will help open the Global Leadership Conference (GLC) with ...Read More

Regionals

GLC 2017: Politics, Picket Lines and the Ten Principles

March 29, 2017 By Jane Lyons

Burning Man’s 11th Global Leadership Conference begins in Oakland on Thursday, with over 630 Regional Contacts and community leaders converging ...Read More