Earth Guardians home

What Are
Our Goals?

When Are We
Going to the Playa
- Calendar of Events

What Are We Doing?
- Volunteer Opportunities!
- EG Teams at Work!
- Restoration
- EG Camp 2002

Who Are We? -
EG Bio Pages

Training Courses
- BM LNT Masters
- 2002 LNT Trip

Leave No Trace -
What Does It Really Mean?

Tips For Living Lightly in Black Rock City

Gray Water Disposal

Info on LNT Burning
(Art, Structures, Etc)

Health Effects of
Burning!

Info on Garbage & Recycling
in Black Rock City

How Do We Clean Up Black Rock City?

How Must I Clean Up Black Rock City?

Info on Mammals in the Desert

Info on Black Rock Desert

Take a botanical Journey from SF to Black Rock

Black Rock Desert Topo Map

Info on hotsprings
(sensitive resource)

Leave No Trace -
Train to be a master

BLM Office - Winnemucca

If you have questions about Earth Guardians please send us email at earthguardians
@burningman.com

Pre Event Hands-on Activities - Don't wait until BM, get involved now)

• Play Summer Activity
• Go to EG Activities to find out when we're going to the playa
• Playa Weekends - next work weekend is July20
• LNT Back packing weekend (Lorax)
• BLM training coordination (Lorax& Loki)
• Science Liason - Nate
• Reno coordinator - October

LNT Communication and Training

• Web site / Announcements / Info (Lorax)
• Web --Need Help
• EG Announce (Lorax)
• Volunteer Coordinator (Swami)
• Email Replies (Swami)
• Volunteer Database (Swami)
• Build volunteer teams
• Theme Camp Liason /Coordinator - Nancy/Lorax
• Theme Camp Info Guru - send LNT emails to Themecamps
• LNT Oracle - answer LNT best of practice questions
• Update model clean-up plan for web and distribution
• Update Tips, Q&A's, principals
• Radio Internview/PSAs (Allen)
• LNT Awareness and Training (Lorax)
• Jack Rabbit pieces- Shona
• Newsletter /BR Gazette articles- Shibumi / Embe
• LNT Signs for Black Rock city (Ray)

• Create EG Identity / EG Swag -- Mostly done at meetings at BM office
• Silkscreening MOOP Pouches and bandanas (Loki)
• Patches (Karina / Harley)
• EG cards and Laminates (Shona / lorax)
• Other cool EG stuff/swag/contest rewards?

Pre Event EG Activity / Camp Planning

• Camp Events/speakers - Josiah
• Nature Walks /Restoration - Andy
• LNT Tour - Nancy
• Other earth rituals / poems / etc -need ideas, performers
• Lecture Series -need ideas, speakers
• Other?
• Overall Camp Coordination (Loki)
• EG Camp Design, (Loki & Shona)
• Camp Infrastructure (Loki)
• Model LNT camp / low impact burn examples (Loki)
• Build camp furniture (Shona and Loki)
• Camp Decorations / Art -Lorax
• Library (Swami)
• Food / Lounge Coordinator -need someone toconnect with other EG campers to coordinate food
• Sign-up sheets (Freddy and Lorax)

• Hot Springs patrol (Freddy)-will need folks to go to hotsprings
• Sign-up sheets, etc
• Directions, shuttles for patrol
• EG Camp Operations (Loki)
• Info Board / Desk -need friendly volunteers to sit at desk each day
• EG Camp of the Day (Lorax / Ray / Ember)
• Camp Hosts - Josiah
• Information Outreach (Lorax)
• One the SpotPSA/Radio Interviews -Need someone to check in with radio stations throughout BRC and spread LNT message
• BRGazette articles (Shibumi / Ember)
• Sign Distribution and Maintenance (Ray)
• Week-long Ongoing EG Community Activities - Swami
• Roving Missionaries/Crusaders - Shibum:will need daily volunteers
• Roving Vultures - MOOP Patrol(Kleyton) -will need volunteers each day
• Tiger Teams (surgical clean-up teams on-call for rangers) ?
• Highway / Gerlack Trashpicking (Chris Petrell) - will need 2-3 folks
• Ongoing pouch deployment/efforts (could be done by camp hosts/desk folks)
• Sunday LNT Day / Clean-up event -idea from last year -- any volunteers to organize and lead this?
• Liason with drummers -Need
• RFBM pledge drive (?Coordinate with Chalkie)