Our Leave-no-trace plan is our mutual commitment to a Burning Man experience with zero-impact on the playa. We all see taking care of the playa as our personal responsibility. We will all help each other remember and fulfil this commitment.

We were an Earth Guardian “Model Camp” in 2004, 2005, and 2006 and we won “Camp of the Day” in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, and 2011. The Earth Guardians have helped us refine our practices and we’ve embraced many of their suggestions. We continue as an active participant in the Burning Man Sustainability Project.

Our holistic approach is to not make a mess in the first place! We’ll bring less and store it better. We actively work with our camp members prior to the event to reduce packaging and minimize the use of materials that need to be disposed of. We have embraced the playa composting project. Our goal is to have zero trash at the end of the event and to take home what we generate until we reach that goal.

We’ll prepare and coordinate so that whoever is in camp can secure any personal items, camp items, and infrastructure during a storm. We’re ready for a storm whenever it happens. That coupled with our normal vigilance will mean less time spent cleaning up for everyone and less chances of debris blowing away that someone else will have to clean up for us.

We have made a commitment to convert to only solar/battery power throughout camp. Until then, we still rely on propane for our camp stoves. We have minimized the number of vehicle that drive to the playa.

Less is More

Our philosophy is: less is more

We bring less stuff that doesn’t matter and spend more time enjoying Burning Man. We’ll certainly bring fun stuff like costumes, camping equipment, art projects, etc., that allow us to interact with our fellow citizens of BRC. And we’ll bring things to keep ourselves comfortable and well-fed regardless of the conditions. Of course we’ll have tools and a few extra materials — we have to anticipate the unexpected to reasonably balance the will of the desert. But we’re making a conscious effort to bring less and do more with it.