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Aloha Blazin Raisins!
The rumors are not true….Blazins will be on the playa once again this year ready to create that magical, heart centered, safe haven community space that feels like home. We apologize for the long lapse of communication. As you all know our busy lives take over in the days between playa fun. We are excited to hear from the pods and have the Best Year EVER!!!
Congratulations Raisins! : As many of you know, we received acknowledgement from the Earth Guardians last year as an example of a green camp. This year they have asked us to be models for other villages and will put us on the map as a place for folks to visit who want to learn how to be green! Exciting stuff and we are ready to STEP it UP!!!
This year's Green Man theme has inspired us organizers to focus and create Blazin Raisin as a living example of what we can do to have a smaller impact on both the sacred desert that becomes our home for a transformational week in our lives, and on the planet!
With this in mind, we have created the "Greener Blazin Raisin Plan" and as a part of this community we request all Blazin Pods to follow, improve upon, and take full responsibility for as members of Blazin Raisin.
The plan goes like this:
-10% of this years dues will go to a Carbon offset organization. We are attempting to mitigate our carbon production transportation costs, both to and from the Burn.
- Dramatic on site waste reduction by 60%.! This will mean effort on all pods to communicate with your podlings about the following requirements:
There are absolutely NO non reusable plastic water jugs allowed in camp. That's right. (We are a no watermelon no gallon water jugs in camp kinda place). 5-7 gallon reusable plastic jugs are awesome and can be filled up in Reno rather conveniently at the water oasis. Directions pasted at end of page.
-Buy in bulk! Precycle, and remove all excess packaging before heading to the playa! We encourage pods to also coordinate funds for your own pod in hopes of reducing waste. Meaning if you put into the pot of your pod, not everyone needs to bring pots, bags o chips, etc. The more we can pre-organize, the less waste we will create!
-Reduce MOOP!! (Material out of place). This was our greatest criticism from the Earth Guardians last year ----our trash scene was not together! So in effort to improve this, we are requiring each pod to have Real Trash Receptacles with lids! Each pod should have at least 4 to 6. Each Pod needs to have a recycling can, a compost receptacle, burnable trash receptacle, and removable trash receptacle. Imagine how awesome it will be to go from pod to pod and know exactly where to put your trash.
-All members of the pod will need to read and acknowledge the following guidelines:
www.coolingman.org/About/about.html
- Any "greener" questions, suggestions, comments please communicate directly with the Blazin Raizin Green Guru, Andrea; andevec@yahoo.com
SETTING UP CAMP~ Scholarship Possibility
Bradley and Adam, otherwise known as BrAdam, have fine tuned the layout of this years camp. The layout creates a tighter
community around the parachute, alleyways, emergency access or car exit, and as always a beautiful design. We have registered and are waiting to here about our exact coordinates, but are hoping to go back to our location of 2 years ago directly across from the Otters. As always, we need every participant of Blazin Raisin to pitch in and help create the magic of the camp.
**We especially need a few strong members who can help BrAdam with setting up the parachute, coming to the playa early, and more then anything helping with the transportation (Loading and Unloading) of our camp. This has been our greatest hurdle and we would love to have the muscles of many to bring Raisin to the Playa. Please let us know who you are!!! We will offer full scholarship including ticket cost and camp dues to anyone who is available pre/post/and during to help set up, maintain, and breakdown camp. Whose it gonna be????**
To get an idea of the layout 2007 you can go to:
blazin-raisin.tribe.net/photos...d114a67
PODS R' US
As you all know, Blazin Raisin is made up of individual pod communities who are autonomous by pod, but crucial for the whole. We are sticking with the camp size cap at 150 participants made up of the following pods:
Seed Pod
Santa Barbara Pod
Grove Pod
Punta Mona Pod
If you are receiving this email but are not associated with one of the pods listed above, let us know. Minimum pod size is 5 people and you must be completely autonomous with your shade, kitchen, clean up etc.
As summer and life are busy, we are really trying hard to minimize one on one email communication. We are kindly requesting that all communication comes from your pod focalizers. We also request that each pod has a "Greener Blazin Raisin" representative. We will post updates, major concerns, coordinate info up both on Tribe and our upcoming website courtesy of our beloved Larry.
blazinraisin.tribe.net/
In order to confirm your pod's real estate, we are requesting that pod leaders collect Blazin Raisin camp dues ($55 per podlilng) from your podmates and send your entire pod fund, member list, and participants emails to AJ by August 1st.
Please send check or money order to:
Alice-Jane Pell
2025 Essex St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
**paypal will also be up and running soon. If you choose to pay by pay pal please put your pod name in the notes section.**
COSTS & CONTRIBUTIONS
Our dues are $55 per person. This money goes to the transportation and support of the infrastructure of Blazin Raisin as well as our fabulous parties, beautification, and greening. We will also have a camp grey water evap and compost drying racks that all camps can use. As always, any projects that you would like to contribute to the camp are greatly appreciated and welcomed. We encourage you to do the research and leg work and have the help in line before you arrive to the playa when setting up any large infrastructure.
** For the sake of transparency, we are happy to send a complete cost breakdown of funds to anyone interested
We will post more links and updates as they come. Please filter questions as much as possible to tribe postings and pod focalizers.
and remember…..
We Love You
The rumors are not true….Blazins will be on the playa once again this year ready to create that magical, heart centered, safe haven community space that feels like home. We apologize for the long lapse of communication. As you all know our busy lives take over in the days between playa fun. We are excited to hear from the pods and have the Best Year EVER!!!
Congratulations Raisins! : As many of you know, we received acknowledgement from the Earth Guardians last year as an example of a green camp. This year they have asked us to be models for other villages and will put us on the map as a place for folks to visit who want to learn how to be green! Exciting stuff and we are ready to STEP it UP!!!
This year's Green Man theme has inspired us organizers to focus and create Blazin Raisin as a living example of what we can do to have a smaller impact on both the sacred desert that becomes our home for a transformational week in our lives, and on the planet!
With this in mind, we have created the "Greener Blazin Raisin Plan" and as a part of this community we request all Blazin Pods to follow, improve upon, and take full responsibility for as members of Blazin Raisin.
The plan goes like this:
-10% of this years dues will go to a Carbon offset organization. We are attempting to mitigate our carbon production transportation costs, both to and from the Burn.
- Dramatic on site waste reduction by 60%.! This will mean effort on all pods to communicate with your podlings about the following requirements:
There are absolutely NO non reusable plastic water jugs allowed in camp. That's right. (We are a no watermelon no gallon water jugs in camp kinda place). 5-7 gallon reusable plastic jugs are awesome and can be filled up in Reno rather conveniently at the water oasis. Directions pasted at end of page.
-Buy in bulk! Precycle, and remove all excess packaging before heading to the playa! We encourage pods to also coordinate funds for your own pod in hopes of reducing waste. Meaning if you put into the pot of your pod, not everyone needs to bring pots, bags o chips, etc. The more we can pre-organize, the less waste we will create!
-Reduce MOOP!! (Material out of place). This was our greatest criticism from the Earth Guardians last year ----our trash scene was not together! So in effort to improve this, we are requiring each pod to have Real Trash Receptacles with lids! Each pod should have at least 4 to 6. Each Pod needs to have a recycling can, a compost receptacle, burnable trash receptacle, and removable trash receptacle. Imagine how awesome it will be to go from pod to pod and know exactly where to put your trash.
-All members of the pod will need to read and acknowledge the following guidelines:
www.coolingman.org/About/about.html
- Any "greener" questions, suggestions, comments please communicate directly with the Blazin Raizin Green Guru, Andrea; andevec@yahoo.com
SETTING UP CAMP~ Scholarship Possibility
Bradley and Adam, otherwise known as BrAdam, have fine tuned the layout of this years camp. The layout creates a tighter
community around the parachute, alleyways, emergency access or car exit, and as always a beautiful design. We have registered and are waiting to here about our exact coordinates, but are hoping to go back to our location of 2 years ago directly across from the Otters. As always, we need every participant of Blazin Raisin to pitch in and help create the magic of the camp.
**We especially need a few strong members who can help BrAdam with setting up the parachute, coming to the playa early, and more then anything helping with the transportation (Loading and Unloading) of our camp. This has been our greatest hurdle and we would love to have the muscles of many to bring Raisin to the Playa. Please let us know who you are!!! We will offer full scholarship including ticket cost and camp dues to anyone who is available pre/post/and during to help set up, maintain, and breakdown camp. Whose it gonna be????**
To get an idea of the layout 2007 you can go to:
blazin-raisin.tribe.net/photos...d114a67
PODS R' US
As you all know, Blazin Raisin is made up of individual pod communities who are autonomous by pod, but crucial for the whole. We are sticking with the camp size cap at 150 participants made up of the following pods:
Seed Pod
Santa Barbara Pod
Grove Pod
Punta Mona Pod
If you are receiving this email but are not associated with one of the pods listed above, let us know. Minimum pod size is 5 people and you must be completely autonomous with your shade, kitchen, clean up etc.
As summer and life are busy, we are really trying hard to minimize one on one email communication. We are kindly requesting that all communication comes from your pod focalizers. We also request that each pod has a "Greener Blazin Raisin" representative. We will post updates, major concerns, coordinate info up both on Tribe and our upcoming website courtesy of our beloved Larry.
blazinraisin.tribe.net/
In order to confirm your pod's real estate, we are requesting that pod leaders collect Blazin Raisin camp dues ($55 per podlilng) from your podmates and send your entire pod fund, member list, and participants emails to AJ by August 1st.
Please send check or money order to:
Alice-Jane Pell
2025 Essex St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
**paypal will also be up and running soon. If you choose to pay by pay pal please put your pod name in the notes section.**
COSTS & CONTRIBUTIONS
Our dues are $55 per person. This money goes to the transportation and support of the infrastructure of Blazin Raisin as well as our fabulous parties, beautification, and greening. We will also have a camp grey water evap and compost drying racks that all camps can use. As always, any projects that you would like to contribute to the camp are greatly appreciated and welcomed. We encourage you to do the research and leg work and have the help in line before you arrive to the playa when setting up any large infrastructure.
** For the sake of transparency, we are happy to send a complete cost breakdown of funds to anyone interested
We will post more links and updates as they come. Please filter questions as much as possible to tribe postings and pod focalizers.
and remember…..
We Love You
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