Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
00:00 - Splash Screen
00:05 - Welcome with Christopher Breedlove, Director of Civic Activation
02:10 - Words from Autumn Harry, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
14:10 - Net Zero Black Rock City Initiative with George Reed, Director of Regeneration
24:39 - Theme Camp Progress with Bryant Tan, Associate Director of City Planning
31:20 - Earth Guardians with Karen Rusiniak, Earth Guardians Activities Director
36:46 - Art Installation Progress with Peter Platzgummer, Complex Art Project Manager
41:00 - Solar Synaptic Dynamo with Steven Knauff and Rosel Weedn, Temple of the Utterly Indifferent
45:50 - Mutant Vehicle Progress with Patrice Mackey, DMV Council
52:40 - Robot Heart Electrification Efforts with Gary Mueller and Jake Wetzel, Robot Heart Foundation
58:11 - Introduction to Regional Efforts Segment
59:49 - Fly Ranch Tour with Chris Andrews, Operations Specialist
1:07:30 - The Loop with Julia Andersson, Architect.
1:12:44 - Scaling Civic-Scale Carbon Removal with Sarabeth Brockley, Wild Assets
1:19:55 - Sustainable Development and Partnership in Northern Nevada with Marnee Benson, Director of Government Affairs
1:23:16 - Washoe County Climate Action Plan with Brian Beffort, Washoe County Sustainability Manager
1:29:13 - Closing Remarks with Crimson Rose, Cultural Founder.
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On July 20, 2019, we published the 2030 Environmental Sustainability Roadmap and committed to three goals: 1) Handle Waste Ecologically, 2) Be Regenerative, and 3) Be Carbon Negative—all by 2030. We outlined clear milestones: establish baselines by 2020, pilot solutions by 2023, and begin wide implementation by 2025. Now, six years in and halfway to 2030, we’re in a transition between experimentation and scale.
In 2024, Black Rock City theme camps, art installations, and mutant vehicles stepped up:
620 theme camps (52%) stated they are working toward the roadmap goals.
727 camps (61%) used alternative power sources, including 603 (51%) that relied on solar.
252 camps (20%) participated in a carbon dioxide removal and storage program.
41% of Honoraria art projects demonstrated significant sustainability efforts.
187 mutant vehicles (26%) were electric, including 77 powered entirely by renewable energy.
This call is a chance to align, accelerate, and build the next phase—together. We’re not just imagining a better future; we’re prototyping it, scaling it, and inviting everyone to co-create the systems and culture needed to reach our 2030 goals. We will discuss progress and projects with people leading sustainability efforts.
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Burning Man Project Links
Burning Man Project Sustainability: burningman.org/sustainability
Fly Ranch: flyranch.burningman.org
Burners Without Borders: burnerswithoutborders.org
Burning Man Project Facebook: facebook.com/burningman
Burners Without Borders Facebook: facebook.com/BurnersWithoutBorders
Want to support this continuing work?
donate.burningman.org
Speaker Links
Autumn Harry: kooyooepaaguides.com
Earth Guardians: earthguardians.net
Solar Synaptic Dynamo: mightyzenithplaya.com
Robot Heart Foundation: robotheartfoundation.org
The Loop: theloopproject.net
Wild Assets: wild-assets.com
Washoe County Sustainability: washoecounty.gov/sustainability/index.php
00:00 - Splash Screen
00:05 - Welcome with Christopher Breedlove, Director of Civic Activation
02:10 - Words from Autumn Harry, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
14:10 - Net Zero Black Rock City Initiative with George Reed, Director of Regeneration
24:39 - Theme Camp Progress with Bryant Tan, Associate Director of City Planning
31:20 - Earth Guardians with Karen Rusiniak, Earth Guardians Activities Director
36:46 - Art Installation Progress with Peter Platzgummer, Complex Art Project Manager
41:00 - Solar Synaptic Dynamo with Steven Knauff and Rosel Weedn, Temple of the Utterly Indifferent
45:50 - Mutant Vehicle Progress with Patrice Mackey, DMV Council
52:40 - Robot Heart Electrification Efforts with Gary Mueller and Jake Wetzel, Robot Heart Foundation
58:11 - Introduction to Regional Efforts Segment
59:49 - Fly Ranch Tour with Chris Andrews, Operations Specialist
1:07:30 - The Loop with Julia Andersson, Architect.
1:12:44 - Scaling Civic-Scale Carbon Removal with Sarabeth Brockley, Wild Assets
1:19:55 - Sustainable Development and Partnership in Northern Nevada with Marnee Benson, Director of Government Affairs
1:23:16 - Washoe County Climate Action Plan with Brian Beffort, Washoe County Sustainability Manager
1:29:13 - Closing Remarks with Crimson Rose, Cultural Founder.
__________________________________________________
On July 20, 2019, we published the 2030 Environmental Sustainability Roadmap and committed to three goals: 1) Handle Waste Ecologically, 2) Be Regenerative, and 3) Be Carbon Negative—all by 2030. We outlined clear milestones: establish baselines by 2020, pilot solutions by 2023, and begin wide implementation by 2025. Now, six years in and halfway to 2030, we’re in a transition between experimentation and scale.
In 2024, Black Rock City theme camps, art installations, and mutant vehicles stepped up:
620 theme camps (52%) stated they are working toward the roadmap goals.
727 camps (61%) used alternative power sources, including 603 (51%) that relied on solar.
252 camps (20%) participated in a carbon dioxide removal and storage program.
41% of Honoraria art projects demonstrated significant sustainability efforts.
187 mutant vehicles (26%) were electric, including 77 powered entirely by renewable energy.
This call is a chance to align, accelerate, and build the next phase—together. We’re not just imagining a better future; we’re prototyping it, scaling it, and inviting everyone to co-create the systems and culture needed to reach our 2030 goals. We will discuss progress and projects with people leading sustainability efforts.
________________________________________________
Burning Man Project Links
Burning Man Project Sustainability: burningman.org/sustainability
Fly Ranch: flyranch.burningman.org
Burners Without Borders: burnerswithoutborders.org
Burning Man Project Facebook: facebook.com/burningman
Burners Without Borders Facebook: facebook.com/BurnersWithoutBorders
Want to support this continuing work?
donate.burningman.org
Speaker Links
Autumn Harry: kooyooepaaguides.com
Earth Guardians: earthguardians.net
Solar Synaptic Dynamo: mightyzenithplaya.com
Robot Heart Foundation: robotheartfoundation.org
The Loop: theloopproject.net
Wild Assets: wild-assets.com
Washoe County Sustainability: washoecounty.gov/sustainability/index.php
