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BLAST 2025 application form is still open!
Overview
Overview
BLAST (Burner Leadership Achieving Sustainable Theme Camps) is a green rating system designed to incentivize and recognize sustainability efforts at the camp level. If you’ve heard of LEED for green buildings, think of BLAST as the Burning Man equivalent.
BLAST 2025 Application Form
Our 2025 application is newly updated—easier and faster to complete than ever before. We recommend that the Sustainability Lead or Camp Lead fill out the form. If that’s not you, please forward it to the appropriate person.
Signage Deadline: August 5. You're still welcome to submit an application for your camp, but it might not appear in printed signage.
Questions? greenthemecamps@burningman.org or our Discord
How BLAST Works
Camps submit a BLAST application in order to track their progress in 6 different focus areas: Food, Power, Shelter, Transportation, Waste, and Water. Our team of BLAST volunteers visits a select group of green theme camps to document their efforts each year for the Resource Guide.
The BLAST Team - Burning Man 2022 "Waking Dreams"
The BLAST Team - Burning Man 2023 "Animalia"
Vision: Our Dreams for Black Rock City 2030
We dream of a Burning Man event where all theme camps track their environmental footprint, acculturate camp members to adopt sustainable practices, and implement green infrastructure projects across all 6 focus areas: Food, Power, Shelter, Transportation, Waste, and Water. Planning a sustainable Burn and improving each year will become an essential part of organizing a theme camp.
Mission: How We'll Get There
BLAST inspires theme camps to step up their sustainability efforts by...
Providing an outline for what an "ideal" green camp might look like
Supporting camps as they plan green infrastructure projects
Creating a system of accountability for reducing environmental impact
It Was A BLAST! - BLAST AfterBurn Report 2024
BLAST returned to Black Rock City for our third year-- focusing on documenting best practices in BRC.
2024 BLAST Radius Results
The 2024 BLAST results are finally here! 85 camps participated in BLAST this year, a 35% increase from 2023. Amazing work everyone! Just by signing up, you're demonstrating your commitment to sustainability, and leading the way towards a greener, more regenerative Black Rock City.
✍️ A note on 2024 scoring:
As the BLAST program has grown, we’ve reached the limits of human-based scoring. In 2024, we experimented with using AI to support the evaluation process. While this improved efficiency, we also discovered that our original scoring system was designed for human reviewers—not computers.
As a result, your 2024 score may differ from previous years. We recognize that this may feel like a disruption to your year-over-year momentum. That said, this challenge has inspired us to rebuild the BLAST system in ways that make scoring faster, clearer, and more scalable. You’ll begin to see the results of these improvements in the 2025 application form.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to evolve and strengthen the program.
It Was A BLAST! - BLAST AfterBurn Report 2023
BLAST returned to Black Rock City for our second year.
Drumroll... the 2023 BLAST results are finally here! 61 camps that participated in BLAST this year, up from 21 last year. Amazing work everyone! Just by signing up, you're demonstrating your commitment to sustainability, and leading the way towards a greener, more regenerative Black Rock City.
It Was A BLAST! - BLAST AfterBurn Report 2022
BLAST launched at Burning Man for the first time.
We're so so proud of the 21 camps and villages that participated in BLAST this year, as we launched on playa for the first time! Amazing work everyone! Just by signing up, you're demonstrating your commitment to sustainability, and leading the way towards a greener, more regenerative Black Rock City.
2024 Camp Symposium: Greening Your Burn with BLAST!
BLAST is a green camp rating system that offers a framework for energy and resource-efficient, environmentally conscientious, and regenerative theme camps. Learn from our high-scoring camp leads for ways to up-level your camp’s sustainability on playa! We cover 5 key focus areas, sharing best practices for each – Food, Water, Shelter, Transport, and Waste. This session is for anyone interested in sustainable efforts, from beginners to experts.
Watch Our Talk About BLAST
Campfire Talks #6: Sustainability is a BLAST - April 2023
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