Sustainability Efforts

Energy

Disorient camp at Burning Man is aiming to use 95% renewable energy by 2027. We have been working on solar solutions for Geodesic Temple with our friends at Black Rock Labs since 2017.

Unrecyclable plastic recycling

To reduce our plastic waste we would like to use a plastic brick compressor similar to this one https://www.instructables.com/Plastic-Brick-Compressor/ to create bricks inspired by the https://www.byfusion.com model which seems appropriate for the playa:

- Recycles the unrecyclable without sorting or prewashing
- Reduces stress on waste management and recycling infrastructure
- Does not require any chemicals, additives, adhesives, or fillers
- Protects our planet, oceans, waterways, and wildlife

We plan to bring a plastic brick compressor to the playa in 2022 but if you know of a camp that uses them please let us know. We would love to learn from/with them.

Our goal is not only to become self-reliant when it comes to plastic recycling by doing the recycling on-site (immediacy) but also to start using the resulting plastic bricks (and possibly other objects) as a common component of our future art installations.

Disorient Unplugged

What does Disorient look like without electricity? Disorient Unplugged is a new type of Disorient event that requires no electricity. Bali and India are possible testing grounds.