From the monthly archives: January 2012

CORE update

On January 31, 2012 By

We had a great meeting the other day about CORE, and I’m very excited to report our progress.  All three designs were awesome (I bet Patricia is surprised how much love that Ghost Tree got. I had to convince her to submit her design for the poll).  Go Patricia!  love it.  the ghost tree lives…

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Fertility 2.0

On January 24, 2012 By

Thoughts on the non official non theme according to Halcyon from Hug Nation from the Burning Blog.

Larry Harvey announced the 2012 Theme at Artumnal on Nov 19. 2011.
BurningMan.com posted it on Jan. 22, 2012.
Welcome, “Fertility 2.0″

And here is a quote from Danger Ranger on Fertility [...]

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We Are the Northbay!

On January 23, 2012 By

We are the North Bay! )’( Hosting Monthly Meet and Greets Facilitating Local Town Meetings Throwing Fire in Glass Decoms Working on CORE Projects Holding Burning Man Film Festivals Organizing Workshops Writing Continue Reading →

Poll Results In

On January 23, 2012 By

The results are in, thank you to everyone who pARTicipated in the process.

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Fundraising for Art Projects

On January 22, 2012 By

A great post on the Burning Blog about how to fund your art project with an audio webcast of the workshop by Will Chase.  Fundraising for Art Projects

Want to create something awe inspiring — on playa or off — and wondering how to cover the costs? If so, this workshop on fundraising might [...]

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CORE design poll closes today

On January 22, 2012 By

Today is the day to let your opinion be known in the CORE Effigy design poll for Northbay 2012.  Poll closes tonight at midnight, so get in there and submit yours.  All three choices have been getting a lot of love, it’s going to be a tight race.  Thank you to [...]

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POWERCHAIR – a camp for mobility impaired burners

On January 21, 2012 By

for our mobility challenged friends – read on for a message from POWERCHAIR

Just wanted to let the regional groups know that there is a camp for your mobility impaired burners. I know I thought for years that I could never go to Burning Man. I use a wheelchair, don’t have access to a generator and it is just too [...]

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Theme Camp Forum webcast

On January 20, 2012 By

Another opportunity to view locally and connect globally is the upcoming, first ever, Theme Camp Forum webcast on February 15th.  If you are thinking of creating a theme camp for Burning Man for the first time, or your need some refreshers and tips, check out this link for more information.  http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?f=283&t=53355

The first forum [...]

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How To Survive the Apocalypse on $20 and the Stuff In Your Junk Drawer

On January 19, 2012 By

HQ is doing a webcast of their disaster preparedness workshop on February 8th.  We could organize a local viewing of the webcast if there is any interest.  Here’s more info:

The Burning Man Project is working with BWB to host another disaster preparedness workshop on February 8, 2012: “How To Survive the Apocalypse on $20 [...]

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CORE design – Lighthouse

On January 18, 2012 By

Lighthouse Proposal from Pyroglyphics:

In the process of coming up with our proposal  for the CORE burn, we thought portraying an icon of Coastal life would be a fun theme to explore.  After considering several options, we decided a lighthouse would be an evocative and graceful sculpture to represent Northern California’s serrated coastal region.  Their [...]

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