Burning Man Festival - November 15, 2025
JRS: Burning to Build a Better World
The Jackrabbit Speaks by Burning Man Project | V30:#6 ...
| No images? Click here  Volume 30, Issue #6 | November 15, 2025   Often what happens at Burning Man does not stay at Burning Man. It changes you, and journeys back to your world. Participation in Burning Man equips people with knowledge they bring into their professional lives and local communities. Burners are teachers, creatives, and community leaders; the skills they acquire have a meaningful impact on schools, communities, companies, and local governments. As the nonprofit that nurtures this endlessly inventive global cultural movement, Burning Man Project develops courses, produces convenings, and works with cultural contributors around the world to support skill-building and personal development. Curious? Begin by exploring courses in Burning Man Hive. And of course, get involved in your local Regional community or Burners Without Borders Chapter. Burning Man is a training ground. Read on for our latest Journal piece, which introduces three participants whose Black Rock City roles have deeply informed their work in the world. This piece is paired with a Burning Man LIVE podcast interview with Ranger Keeper, who brings her Burning Man knowhow into play as school principal in the tiny town next to Black Rock City. Are YOU inspired to make your Regional Event or gathering more sustainable, resilient, or accessible? You have until Wednesday, November 19 to apply for a Regional Event Civic Ignition Grant that could fund your innovative idea. Details in this very newsletter! Gasp at the beauty as a drone captures Temple of the Deep while the city shifts from a dusty afternoon, to sunset, to a luminous night. Keep scrolling for playa tingles... This time of year the Burnerverse begins to tip from Decompressions everywhere, to a veritable smorgasbord of Southern Hemisphere Regional Events. Coming in early 2026, there's Kiwiburn in New Zealand and AfrikaBurn in South Africa. Get the goods here. Roll up your sleeves. There’s a world to change.   From Playa to Profession: Lessons in Leadership from Black Rock City  Participating in Burning Man has never been just about the art or shenanigans. So much is about the work we do together to make things happen, whether wrangling an event or creating a community-run project. This work has a way of informing how we live, work, and lead the rest of the year. In this Journal article, meet three Burners whose day-to-day lives are as dynamic and creative as their time at Burning Man, and hear how their on-playa roles inform what they do during the other 51 weeks. Read "From Playa to Profession" (Photo by Mark Mennie)  Regional Event Civic Ignition Grant Applications Close November 19  Grant Alert! Do you have an idea that could make your Regional Event or gathering more sustainable, resilient, or accessible? Burners Without Borders' Regional Event Civic Ignition Grant offers up to $1,500 to spark innovative projects that push the boundaries of how our gatherings can contribute to civic life. They're looking for ideas that build open-source production tools and community-building practices — helping Regional Events and 10 Principled gatherings everywhere grow stronger and more connected. Open to producers and participants alike!   Be the Spark for More Burning Man!  There are a myriad of ways to participate in Burning Man. Everything you do nurtures a world-changing city and a global cultural movement that ignites connection, creativity, and awe in more than 80 countries. When you contribute to the nonprofit Burning Man Project, you ignite the spark of participatory creativity through Honoraria Art Grants, Black Rock City, and community-run gatherings around the globe. Make a gift today. (Photo by Jamen Percy)   Journey from Day to Night in this Temple of the Deep Timelapse  Burning Man Documentation team member Luciano Lejtman captured some heart-bursting footage of Black Rock City 2025. Feed your playa-hungry soul with this day-to-night timelapse of "Temple of the Deep." "Temple of the Deep" by Miguel Arraiz García, 2025 (video by Luciano Lejtman)  Listen to "Ranger Keeper – Frontier Principal" on Burning Man LIVE  Stacey Black, aka Ranger Keeper, is a longtime senior leader of the Black Rock Rangers, and principal of the Gerlach K-12 School. She lives year-round in Gerlach, one of the smallest and most remote towns in the US, and the closest community to Black Rock City. In this episode, Keeper shares her unique perspective on how these worlds intersect.   The Evolution of Burning Man  George I. Velez writes in Medium: I believe that the principles are the main reason Burning Man is such a unique place. Where else in the world are you expected to bring in everything you need for 10 days and bring it all out, have everyone around you wanting to lend you a hand, have an entire city’s economy run on gifting (you can only use money at Arctica, to buy ice), be encouraged to participate in various ways, live in the moment, and have the opportunity to express yourself in ways that are not possible in modern society? El Bondi60 mutant vehicle, 2025 (Photo by Duncan Rawlinson)  Portal to the New Earth Expands on Work of Long-time BRC Artist  Sometimes an artist's work comes to life at Burning Man, then branches out to have a positive impact on many well beyond the dust. Harlan Gruber's sacred geometry portals have been a fixture of Black Rock City since 2004. When you experience Gruber's art, you understand that he is working to change how people exist together. He outlined his philosophy in Portal to the New Earth, a book that explains the portals' sacred geometry, and how to utilize this knowledge to shift consciousness. "OctaPortal" by Harlan Gruber, 2011 (Photo courtesy of Harlan Gruber)  KiwiBurn: A Work of Heart — January 21 - 26 — New Zealand  Where: Hunterville, New Zealand With a new year comes oh, so many exciting multi-day community-run events. Coalescing around the theme "A Work of Heart," Kiwiburn will come to life as a living, breathing labor of love, powered by volunteers, artists, theme camps, dreamers, and tireless legends who build the magic from the grass up. Volunteer or enter the lottery to get tickets! AfrikaBurn: Through the Prism — April 27 to May 3 — South Africa  Where: Quaggafontein, Tankwa Karoo, South Africa South Africa's official Regional Event invites you to step into being "Through The Prism" and embrace the philosophy that reminds us "a person is a person through other persons." Tickets are already on sale for this desert gathering, which rolls out over eight days in the awe-inspiring Tankwa Karoo.  We were listening to... DJ Tennis B2B Bonobo @ Robot Heart, BRC 2024 | Listen on Soundcloud   Burning Man Project on Facebook   Post Request: Credits: More Information: Previous Editions of the Jackrabbit Speaks: Subscribe & Unsubscribe:    You are receiving this because of your interest in and support of Burning Man Project. Burning Man Project • 660 Alabama St. San Francisco, CA 94110 • 415-865-3800 |
