A Global Cultural Movement

Black Rock City is one bright star in a grand constellation of community-run gatherings and innovative local projects in the Burning Man global cultural movement. In 2025, self-organized groups produced 96 official Burning Man Regional Events in more than 30 countries. Bring what you discover here back to your community — or find your people through a Regional Event.
Burning Man Project is the nonprofit in service to the global Burning Man cultural movement. Through six program areas, the nonprofit produces Black Rock City, and nurtures art, local gatherings and projects that help humanity and the world thrive.

How We and YOU Leave No Trace

In 2019, we made a giant leap with our Environmental Sustainability Roadmap, which outlines three important goals we wish to attain by 2030:

  1. No Matter Out of Place. Handle waste ecologically.
  2. Be Regenerative. Create a net positive ecological and environmental impact.
  3. Be Carbon Negative. Remove more carbon from the environment than we put into it.

These goals are in line with what we all need to do to ensure that Earth is a viable ecosystem. We believe that the Burning Man community has a pivotal role to play. 

The road ahead is ambitious, and we’re doing real work to get there. As it was the previous three years, the Man and Temple will be 100% powered by solar and renewables in 2026. The use of battery-coupled generators continues to expand Black Rock City’s internal grid, reducing fossil fuel needs. Across the city, participants are replacing fuel generators with solar generators and other regenerative systems, and substituting fossil diesel and propane needs with renewable fuel options offered by the BRC Fuel Program. Visit the Green Theme Camp Community page and the sustainability page on the Burning Man Project website to learn more.

Theme camps are joining in greening too. The Green Corridor will be along 4:00 in Black Rock City. You can identify Green Corridor camps by flags with the Green Corridor logo. Stop by for a grouping of camps setting the bar for renewable energy, regenerative waste systems, and more!

We hope Burners around the world step up and help right the ship so Burning Man culture, humanity, and life on Earth can thrive into the future. As you prepare for your Burn and read through this Survival Guide, consider how you, your friends, and your camp can contribute to our shared goal to create a sustainable city. Will you prototype a new waste management or grey water system? Are you removing excessive packaging from everything you bring to the playa before you arrive? Using reusable construction materials? Minimizing kitchen and food waste? Doing Matter Out of Place (MOOP) sweeps at your camp and picking up MOOP when you see it on the open playa? Are you reducing power needs at your camp and thinking creatively about how you can share resources with your neighbors? Are you pulling up every last stake and lag bolt before you leave your campsite? Are you sorting your trash and recycling before you depart BRC for easy drop-off at collection centers on your way home? For lots of tips on greening your Burn, see the Leaving No Trace section of this guide.