Archive for the ‘press’ CategoryEco tech blogger extraordinaire Karl Burkart wrote a wonderful article on our chrome://foxytunes-public/content/signatures/signature-button.pngefforts here at Burn Clean Project, and though we may just have one BIOBUS, and not a “fleet” quite yet, we are certainly working on it! This year we are adding another service under the SHOP tab on BurnCleanProject.org, an easy all-in-one shop providing green supplies for Burning Man, but I guess I should let Karl tell you about that…
By Lorna Li at LornaLi.com Burning Man, the annual arts festival that takes place in the remote Black Rock Desert, attracts approximately 40,000 participants, and is Nevada’s tenth largest city, for one week. As a 4th year Burner, I returned to Burning Man after a hiatus of 3 years, with high hopes that Burning Man was finally evolving out of its flamboyant and hedonistic paradigm into a model of eco-conscious social engagement, embodied by its 2007 theme “Green Man.”I must say that, while I had a blast, I was disappointed by the Green-ness of Green Man. But, having arrived at Black Rock Desert in a gas guzzling RV with 4 other friends, I will be the first to admit it ain’t easy making Burning Man Green. Comparing notes with other eco-conscious Burners, it seemed that the Green element seemed to be somewhat weak.
The 30,000 square foot Green Pavilion showcased emerging Green technologies in a manner much like a high school science project, rather than a “World Fair” of clean technologies. Artistic models and interactive displays were explained by billboards that most were too hung-over or ADD in the highly distracting Burning Man environment to read.
An alternative solution to greenhouse gases - use bags of bubbling CO2 absorbing liquid algae. Read the rest of this entry » StopGlobalWarming.MSN.com: Burning Man 2007 collectively replaced 8,000 gallons of petroleum with biodiesel, not the 40,000 gallons that was projected several months before the burn. WORLDCHANGING.com: The BIOBUS information they had was outdated. The fare was $55-65 each way and the driver of the bus was Teacher With The Bus, not Biofuels 4 Schools, though that was the original plan. Greening ManAnnual festival of radical self-expression goes green By Kate Sheppard
Each year, some 40,000 artists, techies, free spirits and innovators descend upon a former lake bed in the Nevada desert for one week, building from nothing a city that will be their home for the week. They’ll eat, sleep, play, build and create here, and after the week is over, vanish back into their everyday lives, leaving not a trace of their city behind. Oh, and they will burn the effigy of a giant man.
This year’s theme is “Green,” representing an exploration of mankind’s relationship to nature. From encouraging “burners” to offset their travel, to running the generators on biodiesel, to composting coffee grounds and feeding compost to a 120-foot-long mechanical slug that converts it into fuel, the green theme this year is all-encompassing. The Green Man The art theme of Burning Man 2006 was “The Future: Hope and Fear” and participants pondered what the future might look like to them. 2007 is the year of The Green Man: recognizing our place in the ecosystem and creating a sustainable future.
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But this year at Burning Man, they’re going green — right down to the Man himself.
Tens of thousands of people are packing up their camping gear, putting the last touches on their art projects and costumes and planning their journeys to the Nevada desert for a week of unmitigated self-expression and revelry. 
