Past Projects

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Reno - Habitat For Humanity Work Weekend (Reno, NV, from 2007-02-03 00:00 to 2007-02-04 00:00)

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

Halsted Street Halloween Parade (Chicago, IL, from 2006-10-31 15:40 to 2006-10-31 15:40)

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

Chicago Flood Relief (Chicago, IL, from 2007-01-27 15:29 to 2007-01-27 15:29)

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...

Beach Clean Up, Golden Gate NRA in San Francisco (, from 2007-01-01 00:00 to 2007-01-01 00:00)

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.

Fire Pits on Ocean Beach-See the Designs and Donate to make them Happen! (Ocean Beach, SF, CA, from 2007-04-14 19:00 to 2007-04-14 22:00)

 

Chicago "Found Art" (, from 2007-01-27 15:35 to 2007-01-27 15:35)

In Chicago, some BWB artists have been invited into a high school as mentors with “found object” art.

Call For Artists - G.R. Cress Bird Bath Fund (Redwood City, CA, from 2007-10-01 00:00 to 2007-10-01 00:00)

From Gadget: "Redwood City has a large fund to spend on multiple large scale public art pieces that also serve as bird baths. This is a well funded opportunity to get more Burning Man type of art installed locally."

Fernley Levee Break (Fernley, NV, from 2008-01-06 17:15 to 2008-02-28 17:15)

 

Reno - Habitat For Humanity Work Weekend (Reno, NV, from 2007-02-03 00:00 to 2007-02-04 00:00)

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

Kentucky (Wolf Run Wildlife Refuge - Nicholasville, Kentucky, from 2008-03-02 10:00 to 2008-03-02 19:00)

Storm damage repair day

Wisconsin (Woodville, WI, from 2007-07-05 09:20 to 2007-07-06 18:20)

messy barn fire clean up

BWB's Cinco de Playa Worldwide Clean Up Weekend (, from 2008-05-03 00:00 to 2008-05-04 20:00)

BWB volunteers representing three countries and 10 cities took the initiative to clean up areas in their local communities that needed some TLC. The weekend clean up was a huge success with over 2 tons of debris removed from parks, beaches, and trails. You can read the volunteer's enthusiastic report out here.

Fires at Ocean Beach Make a Comeback (, from 2007-04-10 18:05 to 2007-09-10 18:05)

Read the front page San Francisco Chronicle article and learn more about the plans for an open air museum of artistic fire pits on Ocean Beach.

Phoneix Projekt Presents-Lantern Festival in L.A. (, from 2008-05-10 21:00 to 2008-05-11 04:00)

Come out and enjoy the festival and support Burners without Borders! Thanks to Evonne Heyning for bringing BWB to this amazing event!

NEW ORLEANS, BWB Meet & Greet (meet at 1800 Deslonde St at 4 pm (Common Grounds Headquarters), from 2008-06-06 16:00 to 2008-06-06 18:00)

Picnic in the lower 9th

Washington D.C. BWB Fundraiser-Karoake Style! (Washington DC, from 2008-07-13 19:30 to 2008-07-13 22:30)

Bring your crazy Burner self down to Banana Café in Eastern Market for a Burners Without Boarders karaoke fundraiser Sunday, July 13th.

Happy Hour Food Drive (, from 2007-12-12 19:00 to 2007-12-12 21:00)

This is such a brilliant idea. Inspired? Why not try it in your neck of the woods.

Day Of Caring (Austin, Tx, from 2008-04-25 10:00 to 2008-04-25 14:00)

April 25th is National Day of Caring. I am a volunteer coordinator with the United Way and have been given a pretty cool project. Some of you work for corporations, others have time on your hands, hopefully some others can be simply inspired to participate.

Toronto-Sponsor a Cornerstone Raffle (, from 2008-07-24 21:00 to 2008-07-24 23:00)

The Toronto community is supporting BWB's work in Peru, and you are invited to participate in our raffle.

BWB Presents: BRING IT!!! (Where you live, from 2008-06-21 00:00 to 2008-06-22 23:00)