Checking in on Playa Restoration
It certainly was an unusual year out in the Black Rock Desert, but every year of building, experiencing, then tearing ...Read More
Posts about Leaving No Trace
Wherever we go, we seek to leave the places we visit in better shape than we found them.
Black Rock City Disappears — Leaving No Trace at Burning Man 2023
Black Rock City, including the remnants one might expect to see after a torrential storm in a temporary city of ...Read More
Leaving No Trace the Playa Restoration Way: DIY MOOP Sweeps, MOOP Map and LNT Test
By DA
TLDR: MOOP (Matter Out of Place) Sweeps are your friend! Don’t put off the MOOP sweeps at your camp until ...Read More
A Message from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to All BRC Citizens
By Leslie Moyer
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe has been residents and stewards of the land in and around the Black Rock Desert ...Read More
Watch “Going Solar” – Experiential Learning for a Sustainable Future
Burners are tinkerers. More than that, many of us are makers and technologists who venture out into the Black Rock ...Read More
Leaving No Trace 2022: MOOP Maps, Inspection, and the New #1 MOOP
By DA
Leaving No Trace: A Critical Moment and a Call to Action This was not our cleanest victory. Returning to the ...Read More
End of the Line: Playa Resto Gets Ready To Wrap It Up
The ephemeral nature of our desert metropolis is a large part of what makes Black Rock City what it is. ...Read More
So, You Want to Visit the Playa This Summer … Part 4: Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe + Gerlach News
A series about visiting the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2021, with updates from the Bureau of Land ...Read More
Year Two Update: Progress On Burning Man Project’s Sustainability Roadmap
Two years ago this week, Burning Man Project shared a 10-year Environmental Sustainability Roadmap. Our goals are to sustainably manage waste, ...Read More
So, You Want to Visit the Playa This Summer… Part 3: Responsible Recreation, LNT, and Your Safety
A series about visiting the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2021, with updates from the Bureau of Land ...Read More