Off-Tankwa AfrikaBurn Events - How does the Burner spirit translate?

[Captain Jon]

Loving all the feedback on this subject and here is my 2 cents...

I feel that the general burner education is lacking on and off Tankwa in South Africa. I don't think the situation is totally un fixable, I just feel its a time issue. The more people that get exposed to the burner culture, the more people learn about the principles.

The litter problem was really bad this year on Tankwa. The state of the Succulent dome every morning was worse than the look of the Equinox party cause at least there were garbage bins around at the party on the weekend. Bins are something I don't feel should be encouraged at the event.

Solving this problem i feel is long term, it's all part and parcel with my recommendation to the Directors and Members of keeping the actual AB event limited to 5000 people so that we can grow our volunteer/participation base. The more burners get educated, the more they pass on the knowledge. The tighter we keep it, the more the principles will shine through.

It's all about creating good burners. I love the ideas above and will help support any education efforts that are implemented. I do feel with time though... It'll all come right. On and Off Tankwa.

[Shawn (KZN Burners)]

Great to see this forum in action, driving conversational traffic here is one way to create awareness, it would be a good idea to use this weekends Jozi decompression as an experiment to try out some of the above, i know it is a bit late but burners are known for their cunning strategies to deal with situations.
Communication of the principles to virgin burners is the key to managing this, living in Durban with The road to Cope 17 approaching this is a good time to somehow link this to leave no trace, as i am also planning the first KZN Burner get together i can see i need to have a strategy to deal with MOOP at this event.


" I am not a dirty hippie..... i am a dusty Burner "