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Astopups Location: TBD
Contents
- Camp Map
- PonyBoy's Top Ten Checklist for the Playa
- Clean Up Plan
Camp Map
PonyBoy's Top Ten Checklist for Burning Man
- If you want to try and set up a meeting time/location with a person, meet them at the man -- it's a great place to people watch, and much easier to survey than center camp.
- Set your clock to Playa Standard Time. Free spirits don't carry clipboards, so don't expect to keep you or your campmates on a schedule. For example:
- TIME TO GET OUT OF CAMP = (# of campmates) x (outfit changes) + (# of cocktails consumed) x (# of new friends who stop by while your waiting)
- Though we all wish we had a magic bag like Wizzer's, cargo shorts are a good substitute and carry all sorts of playa essentials: gum, moist wipes, suntan lotion, Rice Krispie Treats, and lip balm. FYI: Aveda Lip Balm glows in the dark and provides a great opportunity to do makeovers in BlackLite camp.
- As much as it's good to walk around all prepared, walking around completely naked is pretty great too.
- Build your nest. As much as Burning Man is all about letting go, it's good to have a comfortable place to come home to. And though you don't want to take your whole household with you, you should give yourself a few luxury items.
- If after ingesting a cinnamon altoid you suddenly find your campmate's stuffed pink pig talking with you, just go with it.
- Emollients are your friend -- chafing is no fun with all the walking/biking you need to do.
- Don't be surprised if you find an old lost friend or gain a new best friend.
- Bright and shiny thing rule: Though sparkly things can be quite enticing on the playa, things do look closer than they appear.
- Bring an open mind, or be prepared to have it opened for you.
Clean-up Plan
LNT for our Parent Village Avalon
Before we leave for the desert, we plan these things:
- We plan to use materials for our campsite that lessen waste, and are recyclable or reusable.
- We will avoid bringing small trinkets, flimsy paper, small feathers (boas) and glass bottles since they typically get left on the playa for others to clean up.
- We plan to set up camp in a way that is easy to keep clean.
- We plan the breakdown/cleanup of our camp in detail, accounting for every board, stake and scrap., by packing in all the necessary tools for clean-up.
We hereby designate Richard Dupler (richdupler1@mac.com) as the camp LNT expert. Richard will ensure that our camp stays clean before, during, and after the event. He will also be given the task of making our camp fun and spontaneous, yet clean. He will get help with the cleanup from fellow Astopup residents if and when it is needed. He will also take part in planning our purchases and encourage us to reuse / recycle / reduce. He will be there when it's time to take down and sweep our camp for every last trace and will make sure everything left goes with us.
To minimize our impact on the Playa, we will follow these rules:
- We pledge to never let waste hit the ground. Waste itemswill be disposed of properly from the outset.
- We pledge to Leave No Trace in and around our campsite, including our own and other's waste. We plan to thoroughly cleanup our camp on Sunday afternoon, and will review our camp area, the street, and any adjoining areas before we leave the site. We have planned the assembly and takedown of our structures and decorations to simplify their removal. We will keep our recyclabes , burnables, and non-burnables separated for easier disposal, recycle our aluminum, and bring a minimum of glass items to the Playa.
- We will clean as we go, realizing that any trash or MOOP (matter out of place) can blow away or be buried at any moment. We have assigned volunteers to check around camp daily for loose MOOP. We will take care of any trash left by our guests , invited or otherwise.
- We won't light fires on bare ground, leaving scars. If we must burn, we'll use a public burn barrel or burn platform and follow the safety guidelines for fires and burn scar prevention. We'll sweep up and haul out the ashes.
- We won't dig holes more than 6 inches in diameter or trenches, scarring the Playa.
- We will keep all items outside of our campers tied or weighted down, and leave papers at home. We will keep most loose items inside our RVs.
- We will leave extra space in every vehicle on the way to the desert, knowing that repacking will inevitably take up more space. We will take all trash in sealed containers to a landfill on the way home. After cleaning our camp, everyone in our camp will devote at least two hours to the general city cleanup (e.g. trash fence, local port-o-potties, café, etc).
- We will pack out everything and we won't put any trash into the port-o-potties or leave any trash near the potties. They are not a public trash dump, let's keep our toilets functional and our city beautiful!
- We are taking the packaging off just about everything before we leave home. (Batteries out of their plastic, dried food out of its box, etc.) We'll lay in a supply of reusable containers to transport this stuff to the playa. We shouldn't bring too much food, because we probably won't feel like cooking. This will reduce the amount of waste in our camp. It should affect the way we shop, too.
- We are a society of activists, engaged in radical self expression and radical self-reliance. We are aware of the waste we generate, and we take care that none of it affects the desert or our fellow citizens
We will bring the following items to aid in the clean up of our camp and to clean up other areas as well:
- Flat-blade shovel
- Big yellow whiskbroom
- 5-gallon bucket and mesh bag for wet kitchen scraps.
- Separate containers for recyclables, burnables, and nonburnables.
- Rope and string for tying loose stuff down.
- Small spare bags for collecting trash as we wander.
- Lots of industrial strength trash bags, more than we think we'll need!
- Cheap work gloves for everybody.
- Long-handled sledgehammer for driving stakes.
- Altoids boxes for smokers' butts.
- Vise grips for removing stakes and rebar. Magnets for picking up small pieces of metal.
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