Everyday, Burners Without Borders transforms communities through innovative disaster relief programs and community initiatives that make a lasting impact.
The Feast: En La Frontera (US/MX Border)
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High-level Concept: The Border Feast is an international celebration of culture and food inspired by Burning Man. It’s a bi-national event where people of all ages and an array of nationalities will gather fo... Read More
Report Back: BWB 2019 Fall Summit at Fly Ranch
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Thanks to everyone who attended our BWB Fall Summit! What an amazing experience for all of us to come together and have deep conversations on the Burning Man Sustainability Roadmap 2030 and our impact worldwide as e... Read More
BWB Camp in Black Rock City 2019
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For our 14th year in a row Burners Without Borders will be coming back to Black Rock City to build a home for the civically-minded thinkers, makers, and do-ers in Black Rock City. Our location this year will be 7:15 ... Read More
Report Back: 2019 BWB Spring Summit at Fly Ranch
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BWB has never had the chance to bring our diverse stakeholders together in a singular place before. For many reasons, BRC is either cost or time prohibitive to many BWB members, and Fly Ranch gives a us a chance to... Read More
Report Out: Permaculture Action Day in Oakland (June 22)
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"Watching hundreds of people direct the energy of Burning Man into building soil, growing food, constructing art projects, and affirming a West Oakland community's self-empowerment was beautiful. And to do it all whil... Read More
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: 2019 BWB Community Micro-Grant Program
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The Burners Without Borders Community Micro-Grant program started in 2008 and has awarded over $245,000 over the course of its existence. Grants of $100-1,500 are given to projects aimed at creating a positive i... Read More
Mucaro for Puerto Rico
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El Mucaro, also known as the Puerto Rican Screech Owl, is the owl native to the island of Puerto Rico, and the inspiration behind artist El NiNo's Burning Man Honoraria Art Grant Installation in 2017. Now, th... Read More
US/Mexico Border
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Burners Without Borders is a grassroots, volunteer driven leadership program that supports innovative, collaborative programming around the world. We are aware that the Burning Man community is engaged in travellin... Read More
Camp Fire Response
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A little more than a month ago, the deadliest wildfire in the United States since 1918 blazed across northern California. Resulting in over eighteen thousand structures destroyed, and a population almost the same size... Read More
Announcing Winners: Annual Community Micro-Grant Program 2018
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The Burners Without Borders Community Micro-Grant program started in 2008 and has awarded over $216,000 over the course of its existence. Grants of $100-1,500 are given to projects aimed at creating positiv... Read More
Report out: BWB Camp (BRC-2018)
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2018 marked the 12th year of the Burners Without Borders Camp! Just as we've seen Black Rock City scale and grow-- so has the camp-- not just scaling our size in numbers and infrastructure, but also in our progr... Read More
Sail Relief (Puerto Rico)
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An update from Sail Relief January 2019: Response - Recovery - Resilience Our mission to aid coastal communities affected by natural disasters has three major components. Response to the immediate disaster, o... Read More
