Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Ed Fletcher and the Good Medicine of Burning Man
Ed Fletcher is a filmmaker, journalist, and the president of Sacramento Valley Spark, a nonprofit organization started in 2012 that ...Read More
Posts about Serious Stuff
Serious opinions on serious topics from (mostly) serious people.
What if “Burning Man Education” is More About Relationships Than Training?
This will probably be my last piece on Burning Man “education” for a while, as I think it’s the last ...Read More
Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Erin Douglas and the Black Burner Project
Erin Douglas started Black Burner Project in 2018, a project that aims to spread awareness of the people of color ...Read More
Trust Your Team to Laugh: How “Burning Man Education” Works at Retreats and Symposiums
In my first post about what "education" and "learning" means in Burning Man culture, I focused on the big questions ...Read More
What is Burning Man Leadership? A Model
It’s a cliché at this point to suggest that there is a crisis of faith in leadership and expertise across ...Read More
What Is “Burning Man Education” and Why? A Manifesto
When Burning Man started offering “educational programming” or “educational content” depends on what you think that is. The first survival ...Read More
The State of the Diversity Conversation (Observations From the Field)
I don’t want to talk about diversity right now — I don’t have anything new to say about diversity at ...Read More
Am I a “Burner?”
I’ve recently been traveling around the U.S. talking to people in open forums about Burning Man’s philosophy and culture, and ...Read More
Decompression Challenge
Yeah, Decompression is real. But don't stew in upset at how the Default World is not like Black Rock City. ...Read More