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Burning (the Green) Man
As family and I have been driving through the Nevada desert today, I’ve been thinking of Burning Man. Next year’s theme is The Green Man. THE GREEN MAN. I am so there.
Not only will this verdant force of nature be the theme of Burning Man, but the community of Black Rock City is asked to offset the carbon footprint of travel, power generation, and expressive burning. A handy calculator helps with this.
- Burners without Borders will participate in this focus.
With the announcement of next year’s theme for Burning Man–The Green Man–expect to hear about lots of BWB projects focused on environmental/sustainable communities in the coming year.
- Cooling Man offsets greenhouse gas emissions and cools it forward.
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November 17th, 2006 at 10:57 am
I would so love to go! I’ve been trying to figure out how to manage it since 2000 — it’s always the money that gets in the way.
I love that compensating for the CO2 is now happening.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:14 am
My biggest concern is kids at Burning Man.
November 21st, 2006 at 8:41 am
I agree — When I first dreamed of going I had planned on going without my child — I only had one child at the time who could have stayed with her father or grandparents. I now have a toddler as well and I’m married to her father and there are no grandparents around to help out. It’s a pretty grueling environment for kids, especially stubborn ones like mine.