The 4th Principle: Radical Self-Reliance Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources. I’ve only had the pleasure of attending Burning Man once and I can definitely report that The Black Rock Desert isn’t f*ing...
The 8th Principle: Leave No Trace (LNT) Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better condition...
A Letter of Gratitude Dear Halcyon, The advice that you have gifted all of us, in my opinion, is hands-down the most thorough, most heartfelt, the most informative available for virgin and non-virgin Burners alike. Your videos and writings both prepared and inspired...
Thoughts on making Kiwiburn a more inclusive community By Ann K Addley Changing the World, One Burner at a Time I want to talk about Inclusion, and not in a preachy way. Not in a do this or else way, but as a vehicle for cultural change in our communities. Let’s face...
We continue our journey through the 10 Principles and beyond! This week, two closely related principles take the stage in our conversations with Kiwiburners: Civic Responsibility and Communal Effort. Ever since the first happening on a sandy, California beach in...
Kia ora, all you beautiful Burners! Thanks for showing up and participating! The aim of this Blog post is to cast a wide lens across one of our most favourite principles: Radical Self-Expression. We all know it, but do we really?? Do we? Burning Man...
Participation is a hot topic for Kiwiburn 2021 - Mythical Picnic, so we thought it would be good to catch up with one of the coolest, up and coming Committees on (and off) The Paddock - The Sustainability Committee. 2019 saw the formalisation of the new Sustainability...
Photo Credit: Peter Jennings [Artist Unknown] [Special News, Breaking Alert graphics] [Do do do do do do do do do do do do] [Tom, the News Anchor:] Broadcasting live from the memory of a giant television stage somewhere on the Effigy Paddock, it is now time for...
Brows were beaten, coins were tossed (jokes), gauntlets were thrown. Mythical Picnic Art Grants have been decided, but it wasn’t easy. Kiwiburn Arts Committee (KAC) had a busy time banging our heads against a table to figure out how to allocate funds so you could...
Mutant Art Car!? Bro, I am in. What else do I need to know? We tapped the beautiful maple tree of knowledge and sustenance that is Lumos’s brain again to find out what other sticky tips he could provide us on how to create and bring a Mobile Art Cars to the Paddock....
