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Past Projects

An archive of our projects past, providing lessons learned, valuable reminders, and inspiration for new projects elsewhere. Browse, and start your own!

Reno - Habitat For Humanity Work Weekend

House-building for low-income families in Reno, NV

Halsted Street Halloween Parade

Chicago Burners without Borders responded to an invitation to enliven the annual Halsted Street Halloween Parade.

Chicago Flood Relief

Some Burners Without Borders are working with the City of Chicago to help senior citizens (and others) with Green Design and reducing the risk of basement flooding...

Playa Wood Recycling

A tremedous effort that gathered the largest wood donation ever to Habitat for Humanity for providing low-income housing in Reno, NV...

Greening the Burn--we're off to a great start!

As noted in this article in the Reno Journal Gazette, thanks to efforts by the Burning Man community, we were able to offset the ENTIRE climate change impact of Burning the Man at this year's event. This year, the man; next year, all of BRC.

Beach Clean Up, Golden Gate NRA in San Francisco

May 5th 2006 Burners Without Borders recently finished a public service project, cleaning up Ocean Beach in San Francisco, while also handing out flyers about the proposed ban on beach burns in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Katrina Relief, September 2005-April 2006

When Hurricane Katrina blew onto the shore of the Gulf Coast, her winds reached all the way to the Black Rock Desert, and changed the way the way participants see themselves and their place in the world.

Asian Tsunami Relief Efforts

Pearl, who manages the Burning Man Gate Crew, has been living in Thailand for the past three years. He survived the tsunami -- barely -- and has since returned to teach scuba diving and help with relief efforts. There's still plenty of clean-up and recovery still needing to happen in Thailand, and "Burners Without Borders" are there. Learn more!