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This announcement is directly from the Earth
Guardians. They are a wealth of knowledge and
available to assist you with any questions about
cleaning up and much more, but read on to and see
if they are not answered here already!
________________________________________________
LEAVE NO TRACE Planning Tips for Theme Camps
Black Rock City is like no other. It arises for
one week, and then only its utter disappearance
permits it to reappear the following year-so we
all need to Leave No Trace! But how do we do
that? Here is a summary of the practices that
the Earth Guardians have compiled to help you
plan your camp so that it Leaves No Trace.
(1) LNT Planning,
(2) REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE,
(3) Dispose of Waste Properly,
(4) Be an LNT member of our community,
(5) Burn Responsibly and
(6) Clean up.
Experience is showing that LNT is really a way to
camp smarter, not harder, on the playa. And a
clean, well organized City makes for good times.
(1) LNT PLANNING
Pick a LNT MOOP Czar. You can start by
identifying an LNT leader within your camp. This
person will work LNT into your planning, help set
up the camp so that it doesn't blow away, help to
plan your camp's cleanup and break-down ahead of
time, handle the questions of stinky trash, gray
water disposal, what to burn and what not to burn
and generally keep people feeling good about how
well they are treating the playa. In many small,
practical ways, these efforts will make your camp
easier and more pleasant to live in.
Prepare a LNT Plan, not just a Clean-up Plan. If
you plan and ahead and prepare to LNT, you'll
have less to haul up to the playa, have a happier
playa life and have less to clean-up at the end
of the week. See an example LNT plan:
www.tonyandkarina.us/eg/burn...plan.htm
Ensure that your Camp Structures and Shelters are
LNT. Stake your tents and structures so they
will stay secure in the heavy wind, rain, and
dust storms that are sudden and usual on the
playa. Also consider using materials that can be
reused or repurposed at home or at next year's
event. You'll have less cost and less disposal
headaches at the end of the event. You'll also
save money when preparing for next year.
Plan to avoid digging holes in the playa. Small
postholes (6 inches or less in diameter) used for
structural support are the sole exception. When
digging such a hole it is best to use an auger or
a posthole digger, NOT a shovel. Refill the hole
by carefully tamping the soil back into place.
Repeat this process every few inches while
dampening the soil. Larger holes easily erode
within a year's time, even when carefully
backfilled. They leave a visible mark and create
a serious safety hazard.
(2) REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE
Bring the Right Stuff, Leave The Rest Behind.
Everything you bring, you have to take home. Shop
smart and pack even smarter to leave behind what
you don't need. You'll need that extra space when
you come home; camping gear tends to expand when
covered in playa dust. Plan ahead to have a clean
and well organized camp.
Plan simple, low-dishwashing meals. Avoid
bringing tons of food, and don't bring food that
spoils. Experience says you won't want to do a
lot of cooking; you probably will never get
around to it. Eat finger foods (wraps,
sandwiches) that do not need individual plates.
Bring reusable cups, mugs, utensils, and
dinnerware. Disposable cups tend to blow all over
the playa. Ask visitors to your camp to BYOM
(bring your own mug). If you use paper plates,
save yourself a headache by scraping off the
food, then stack 'em and burn 'em. BYOM! The
Café and many fashionable bars welcome personal
cups, so you can carry one around the City,
easily attached with a carabineer or shower hook.
Repackage and prepare food in advance. Stock up
on sturdy plastic containers and dispose of the
plastic wrap, excess cardboard and other cruddy
packaging. Bring water in big reusable plastic
containers and have a personal canteen. Avoid
bringing glass bottles. There are many good beers
in cans! Check out
www.burningman.com/preparat...inks.html
to find some good beer for this year! Decant your
beverage of choice into a flask. Remember that
every little shard of accidentally broken glass
must be picked up by hand, by someone. Nasty!
Separate and sort trash in your kitchen and
recycle. Bring containers labeled with clear
signs for separating food waste, recyclables,
burnables (paper and wood), and nonburnable
trash. Using mesh bags to dry food waste will
reduce the smell and amount of trash you
generate. Take aluminum cans to Recycle Camp.
Use tubs or sinks to wash dishes and collect grey
water. Seal the small amount of trash you have
left in big plastic bags or in five-gallon
buckets with tight lids. For more tips on keeping
food waste and kitchen MOOP (matter out of place)
to a minimum, check out
www.burningman.com/on_the_p...rash.html
.
(3) DISPOSE OF WASTE PROPERLY
If it doesn't come out of your body it doesn't go
into the Potty. Always use a potty for your body
waste - not the playa. Only toilet paper, single
ply, and human waste, can go in the potties.
Everything must be pumped through narrow pipes
before being trucked to the treatment plant.
How will you dispose of your grey water? An
evaporation pond is only one idea to keep solid
waste and liquid waste (like soap and fats) off
the playa. Some camps have developed technologies
to reuse their water. Others now collect their
grey water in a drum, then take the water to an
appropriate facility off playa or contract with
Johnny on the Spot to let a professional handle
the grey water. With 30 days notice, they will
provide a collection tank for you at the event
that they will pick up at the end for disposal.
If you want to construct an evaporation pond,
remember to keep it shallow (4 inches or less),
use black plastic, experiment with absorbent
materials hanging into the pond and be prepared
to siphon what doesn't evaporate. Do not dump
water from an evaporation pond on the playa
surface! Minimize shower use the last couple days
of the event to reduce amount of grey water that
you'll need to collect and haul home. The web
site,
www.burningman.com/preparat...ater.html
contains more details.
Beware of the Hungry Wind: Bring tethers,
anchors, containers, and covers to keep light
stuff from blowing away. When leaving Black Rock
City, secure your load, especially your trash.
Don't let your trash fly off your vehicle, and do
not dump it on the side of the road or at a rest
stop on the way home! Use an approved dumping
facility or take or home with you. Plan ahead
before you even pack for the playa so you leave
with a minimal amount of trash. Starting home,
take a rest stop early; at the entrance gate, at
a wide pullout, or maybe at the Empire store.
Check your load. It is most likely to fail early
in the trip.
(4) BE A LNT MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY
Promote LNT Neighbors: Be proud of your
neighborhood, work together with your neighbors
to keep your part of the city clean. Every year
some camps get overwhelmed and need help. The
seventh and final principle of LNT practice is
"be considerate of others," which in our city
includes helping neighbors to leave no trace. We
all enjoy the generosity of our theme camps,
artists, and fellow citizens. So look around and
pitch in to help keep things clean: offer a tool,
an extra hand, a gesture of thanks.
Be Prepared: Carry a MOOP bag and water as you
walk around your part of the city and out on the
playa. Our community works together to improve
our life on the playa, rather than rely upon
rules and regulations enforced by outsiders to
keep us in line. Talk to others and help them to
better understand how to leave no trace.
Don't bring cheap trinkets for gifts or barter.
Try giving a smile, a helping hand or a joke.
Thousands of 'gifts' end up as trash. And feather
boas, or ANYTHING that sheds, is a no-no: the
trash fence tells us so. You are the best gift.
(5) BURN RESPONSIBLY
Don't Burn on the Unprotected Playa. Burning Man
is all about burning; we've become the experts at
LNT Burning. Burning directly on the alkaline
playa BAKES the surface into a dark, hard
brick-like material.
Use community burn barrels or a burn platform.
Burn only untreated wood or paper and nothing
oversized that will spill ash or burning debris
onto the playa. Be sure the wood you place in the
burn platform is well contained. Don't overload
the burn platforms. Have tools on hand to break
down and cut up larger pieces. If a platform is
already full, be prepared to wait until there's
space to add your wood or try the next platform.
Don't burn anything that is toxic. You (or your
children) will regret it later! Burning
synthetics is a serious health risk. Do not burn
PVC (nasty dioxins), carpets, plastic, large
pieces of furniture (couches, futons, etc). or
anything treated, dyed or painted. And please
discourage anyone with a glass bottle from
throwing it into a fire. Glass doesn't burn. It
shatters! They're not dumping stations!
Be a Toxic Avenger. Keep an eye on the platforms.
Let others know that only wood and paper can be
burned here and nothing oversized. Tell them we
do this to protect the playa and our lungs. And
if you see someone being careless, explain why
they need to stop. Email
toxicavengers@burningman.com for more information.
(6) CLEAN UP
Clean As You Go and Grid Your Camp at the End!
Don't wait until the end of the week to pick
stuff up. Clean as you go. This will help you
from getting overwhelmed by the mess and help
keep MOOP from blowing out of reach. Then, at
the end of our event, pack-up and load everything
(including all trash) into your vehicles, and do
a line sweep for every last bit of MOOP. Give
everyone a Ziploc bag, line them up along one
edge of camp, look down and slowly walk to the
other side. Make it fun! Cover your entire area
looking for those last bits of MOOP: every twist
tie, cigarette butt, food scrap, carpet fiber,
match, nut shell, staple, scrap of plastic
Ševerything. Start taking down your camp Sunday,
not at the last minute when patience and energy
are running low.
A Buried Stake Doesn't Disappear. Instead, its
hazard is magnified. Even when pounded below the
surface, a stake will slowly, inevitably, emerge
from the playa. Then it might be found during
the Bureau of Land Management's spring
inspection, producing a black mark against permit
renewal; or it might not be found until it tears
a tire or gashes a foot - maybe during next
year's event, maybe to a windsurfer or another
group that, like us, uses the playa. A pair of
vise-grips will almost always remove a stuck
stake. First clamp on the vise-grips and rotate
the stake back and forth, to break the playa's
grip. Then continue rotating and also pull
upwards. Ask neighbors for help. As a last
resort, make the stake highly visible by
fastening something to it. Someone else with
heftier tools will be able to get it out.
Devote Two Hours to General Cleanup in Black Rock
City! Each participant is asked to contribute
two hours to community cleanup before departure.
This means streets, Center Camp, Center Café, all
other public spaces, and open playa where stuff
may have been left behind. Stop by the Earth
Guardian camp during the week and on Sunday and
Monday and we'll direct you to the areas of the
City that need the most attention.
Join the post-event DPW clean-up crews. Help
deMOOP! The Bureau of Land Management must agree
that we've left no trace, that our site is more
than just clean in appearance. After the event,
random circular plots of our city are inspected.
Collected debris may not exceed an average of 1.0
square foot per acre, less than 23 parts per
million! No pits, bumps, burn scars, or buried
materials can be left behind. Volunteer to help
ensure that we come back next year!
Let's keep our beautiful desert home clean! See
the EG LNT pages for more details:
earthguardians.burningman.com/tips.html
Got LNT? Free Tickets! Are you a theme camp that
already knows how to create a camp that leaves no
trace? Please let us know now! We'd like to
include you in this year's Earth Guardian LNT
Tour of the City, featuring model camp practices
and technologies. You can also nominate your camp
for the Camp of the Day Award! As one of our
winners, your camp will receive two tickets to
Burning Man 2007! If you'd like to be part of
this year's LNT Tour of the City or be nominated
for Camp of the Day, please contact
lntcamps@comcast.net
Additional questions for the Earth Guardians
should be directed to
earthguaduiians@burningman.com.
____________________________________________________
We will have another announce coming out at the end of this week. More then!
Harley
--
Harley K. DuBois
Black Rock City LLC
Community Services and Playa Safety
415 865-3800, ext 103
_______________________________________________
themecamps-announce mailing list
themecamps-announce@burningman.com
lists.burningman.com/mailman...announce
Guardians. They are a wealth of knowledge and
available to assist you with any questions about
cleaning up and much more, but read on to and see
if they are not answered here already!
________________________________________________
LEAVE NO TRACE Planning Tips for Theme Camps
Black Rock City is like no other. It arises for
one week, and then only its utter disappearance
permits it to reappear the following year-so we
all need to Leave No Trace! But how do we do
that? Here is a summary of the practices that
the Earth Guardians have compiled to help you
plan your camp so that it Leaves No Trace.
(1) LNT Planning,
(2) REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE,
(3) Dispose of Waste Properly,
(4) Be an LNT member of our community,
(5) Burn Responsibly and
(6) Clean up.
Experience is showing that LNT is really a way to
camp smarter, not harder, on the playa. And a
clean, well organized City makes for good times.
(1) LNT PLANNING
Pick a LNT MOOP Czar. You can start by
identifying an LNT leader within your camp. This
person will work LNT into your planning, help set
up the camp so that it doesn't blow away, help to
plan your camp's cleanup and break-down ahead of
time, handle the questions of stinky trash, gray
water disposal, what to burn and what not to burn
and generally keep people feeling good about how
well they are treating the playa. In many small,
practical ways, these efforts will make your camp
easier and more pleasant to live in.
Prepare a LNT Plan, not just a Clean-up Plan. If
you plan and ahead and prepare to LNT, you'll
have less to haul up to the playa, have a happier
playa life and have less to clean-up at the end
of the week. See an example LNT plan:
www.tonyandkarina.us/eg/burn...plan.htm
Ensure that your Camp Structures and Shelters are
LNT. Stake your tents and structures so they
will stay secure in the heavy wind, rain, and
dust storms that are sudden and usual on the
playa. Also consider using materials that can be
reused or repurposed at home or at next year's
event. You'll have less cost and less disposal
headaches at the end of the event. You'll also
save money when preparing for next year.
Plan to avoid digging holes in the playa. Small
postholes (6 inches or less in diameter) used for
structural support are the sole exception. When
digging such a hole it is best to use an auger or
a posthole digger, NOT a shovel. Refill the hole
by carefully tamping the soil back into place.
Repeat this process every few inches while
dampening the soil. Larger holes easily erode
within a year's time, even when carefully
backfilled. They leave a visible mark and create
a serious safety hazard.
(2) REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE
Bring the Right Stuff, Leave The Rest Behind.
Everything you bring, you have to take home. Shop
smart and pack even smarter to leave behind what
you don't need. You'll need that extra space when
you come home; camping gear tends to expand when
covered in playa dust. Plan ahead to have a clean
and well organized camp.
Plan simple, low-dishwashing meals. Avoid
bringing tons of food, and don't bring food that
spoils. Experience says you won't want to do a
lot of cooking; you probably will never get
around to it. Eat finger foods (wraps,
sandwiches) that do not need individual plates.
Bring reusable cups, mugs, utensils, and
dinnerware. Disposable cups tend to blow all over
the playa. Ask visitors to your camp to BYOM
(bring your own mug). If you use paper plates,
save yourself a headache by scraping off the
food, then stack 'em and burn 'em. BYOM! The
Café and many fashionable bars welcome personal
cups, so you can carry one around the City,
easily attached with a carabineer or shower hook.
Repackage and prepare food in advance. Stock up
on sturdy plastic containers and dispose of the
plastic wrap, excess cardboard and other cruddy
packaging. Bring water in big reusable plastic
containers and have a personal canteen. Avoid
bringing glass bottles. There are many good beers
in cans! Check out
www.burningman.com/preparat...inks.html
to find some good beer for this year! Decant your
beverage of choice into a flask. Remember that
every little shard of accidentally broken glass
must be picked up by hand, by someone. Nasty!
Separate and sort trash in your kitchen and
recycle. Bring containers labeled with clear
signs for separating food waste, recyclables,
burnables (paper and wood), and nonburnable
trash. Using mesh bags to dry food waste will
reduce the smell and amount of trash you
generate. Take aluminum cans to Recycle Camp.
Use tubs or sinks to wash dishes and collect grey
water. Seal the small amount of trash you have
left in big plastic bags or in five-gallon
buckets with tight lids. For more tips on keeping
food waste and kitchen MOOP (matter out of place)
to a minimum, check out
www.burningman.com/on_the_p...rash.html
.
(3) DISPOSE OF WASTE PROPERLY
If it doesn't come out of your body it doesn't go
into the Potty. Always use a potty for your body
waste - not the playa. Only toilet paper, single
ply, and human waste, can go in the potties.
Everything must be pumped through narrow pipes
before being trucked to the treatment plant.
How will you dispose of your grey water? An
evaporation pond is only one idea to keep solid
waste and liquid waste (like soap and fats) off
the playa. Some camps have developed technologies
to reuse their water. Others now collect their
grey water in a drum, then take the water to an
appropriate facility off playa or contract with
Johnny on the Spot to let a professional handle
the grey water. With 30 days notice, they will
provide a collection tank for you at the event
that they will pick up at the end for disposal.
If you want to construct an evaporation pond,
remember to keep it shallow (4 inches or less),
use black plastic, experiment with absorbent
materials hanging into the pond and be prepared
to siphon what doesn't evaporate. Do not dump
water from an evaporation pond on the playa
surface! Minimize shower use the last couple days
of the event to reduce amount of grey water that
you'll need to collect and haul home. The web
site,
www.burningman.com/preparat...ater.html
contains more details.
Beware of the Hungry Wind: Bring tethers,
anchors, containers, and covers to keep light
stuff from blowing away. When leaving Black Rock
City, secure your load, especially your trash.
Don't let your trash fly off your vehicle, and do
not dump it on the side of the road or at a rest
stop on the way home! Use an approved dumping
facility or take or home with you. Plan ahead
before you even pack for the playa so you leave
with a minimal amount of trash. Starting home,
take a rest stop early; at the entrance gate, at
a wide pullout, or maybe at the Empire store.
Check your load. It is most likely to fail early
in the trip.
(4) BE A LNT MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY
Promote LNT Neighbors: Be proud of your
neighborhood, work together with your neighbors
to keep your part of the city clean. Every year
some camps get overwhelmed and need help. The
seventh and final principle of LNT practice is
"be considerate of others," which in our city
includes helping neighbors to leave no trace. We
all enjoy the generosity of our theme camps,
artists, and fellow citizens. So look around and
pitch in to help keep things clean: offer a tool,
an extra hand, a gesture of thanks.
Be Prepared: Carry a MOOP bag and water as you
walk around your part of the city and out on the
playa. Our community works together to improve
our life on the playa, rather than rely upon
rules and regulations enforced by outsiders to
keep us in line. Talk to others and help them to
better understand how to leave no trace.
Don't bring cheap trinkets for gifts or barter.
Try giving a smile, a helping hand or a joke.
Thousands of 'gifts' end up as trash. And feather
boas, or ANYTHING that sheds, is a no-no: the
trash fence tells us so. You are the best gift.
(5) BURN RESPONSIBLY
Don't Burn on the Unprotected Playa. Burning Man
is all about burning; we've become the experts at
LNT Burning. Burning directly on the alkaline
playa BAKES the surface into a dark, hard
brick-like material.
Use community burn barrels or a burn platform.
Burn only untreated wood or paper and nothing
oversized that will spill ash or burning debris
onto the playa. Be sure the wood you place in the
burn platform is well contained. Don't overload
the burn platforms. Have tools on hand to break
down and cut up larger pieces. If a platform is
already full, be prepared to wait until there's
space to add your wood or try the next platform.
Don't burn anything that is toxic. You (or your
children) will regret it later! Burning
synthetics is a serious health risk. Do not burn
PVC (nasty dioxins), carpets, plastic, large
pieces of furniture (couches, futons, etc). or
anything treated, dyed or painted. And please
discourage anyone with a glass bottle from
throwing it into a fire. Glass doesn't burn. It
shatters! They're not dumping stations!
Be a Toxic Avenger. Keep an eye on the platforms.
Let others know that only wood and paper can be
burned here and nothing oversized. Tell them we
do this to protect the playa and our lungs. And
if you see someone being careless, explain why
they need to stop. Email
toxicavengers@burningman.com for more information.
(6) CLEAN UP
Clean As You Go and Grid Your Camp at the End!
Don't wait until the end of the week to pick
stuff up. Clean as you go. This will help you
from getting overwhelmed by the mess and help
keep MOOP from blowing out of reach. Then, at
the end of our event, pack-up and load everything
(including all trash) into your vehicles, and do
a line sweep for every last bit of MOOP. Give
everyone a Ziploc bag, line them up along one
edge of camp, look down and slowly walk to the
other side. Make it fun! Cover your entire area
looking for those last bits of MOOP: every twist
tie, cigarette butt, food scrap, carpet fiber,
match, nut shell, staple, scrap of plastic
Ševerything. Start taking down your camp Sunday,
not at the last minute when patience and energy
are running low.
A Buried Stake Doesn't Disappear. Instead, its
hazard is magnified. Even when pounded below the
surface, a stake will slowly, inevitably, emerge
from the playa. Then it might be found during
the Bureau of Land Management's spring
inspection, producing a black mark against permit
renewal; or it might not be found until it tears
a tire or gashes a foot - maybe during next
year's event, maybe to a windsurfer or another
group that, like us, uses the playa. A pair of
vise-grips will almost always remove a stuck
stake. First clamp on the vise-grips and rotate
the stake back and forth, to break the playa's
grip. Then continue rotating and also pull
upwards. Ask neighbors for help. As a last
resort, make the stake highly visible by
fastening something to it. Someone else with
heftier tools will be able to get it out.
Devote Two Hours to General Cleanup in Black Rock
City! Each participant is asked to contribute
two hours to community cleanup before departure.
This means streets, Center Camp, Center Café, all
other public spaces, and open playa where stuff
may have been left behind. Stop by the Earth
Guardian camp during the week and on Sunday and
Monday and we'll direct you to the areas of the
City that need the most attention.
Join the post-event DPW clean-up crews. Help
deMOOP! The Bureau of Land Management must agree
that we've left no trace, that our site is more
than just clean in appearance. After the event,
random circular plots of our city are inspected.
Collected debris may not exceed an average of 1.0
square foot per acre, less than 23 parts per
million! No pits, bumps, burn scars, or buried
materials can be left behind. Volunteer to help
ensure that we come back next year!
Let's keep our beautiful desert home clean! See
the EG LNT pages for more details:
earthguardians.burningman.com/tips.html
Got LNT? Free Tickets! Are you a theme camp that
already knows how to create a camp that leaves no
trace? Please let us know now! We'd like to
include you in this year's Earth Guardian LNT
Tour of the City, featuring model camp practices
and technologies. You can also nominate your camp
for the Camp of the Day Award! As one of our
winners, your camp will receive two tickets to
Burning Man 2007! If you'd like to be part of
this year's LNT Tour of the City or be nominated
for Camp of the Day, please contact
lntcamps@comcast.net
Additional questions for the Earth Guardians
should be directed to
earthguaduiians@burningman.com.
____________________________________________________
We will have another announce coming out at the end of this week. More then!
Harley
--
Harley K. DuBois
Black Rock City LLC
Community Services and Playa Safety
415 865-3800, ext 103
_______________________________________________
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