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.
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
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"
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.
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
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.
Campfire Talks #6: Sustainability is a BLAST - April 2023