Metro Tea Station
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Burning Man 2010
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Burning Man 2010
Theme Camp Information - Burning Man 2010 - Metro Tea Station
Location: TBD
Layout
Location Requests and Layout Map
Request #1: 4:30 Plaza - 30 x 100
Request #2: 7:30 Plaza - 30 x 100
Request #3: 4:30 Avenue - 50 x 50
Request #1: 4:30 Plaza - 30 x 100
Request #2: 7:30 Plaza - 30 x 100
Request #3: 4:30 Avenue - 50 x 50
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Physical Description
On the frontage road is a 10' section designed for bicycle storage, including a location to lock bicycles. Also along the frontage road is Monkey Hut #1 (MH1). MH1 is cylindrical, 15' wide, 7' tall and 22' feet long. We will use it for our camp events, camp meetings, camp crafts, camp meals and all-around social time. This space will provide shade/shelter for us and our guests. We anticipate building a bamboo bar* and potentially a chair or two out of bamboo. We will have a very modest sound system (iPod and iPod player - not large scale sound) in MH1. A bamboo sign will be erected for camp name and events. Proceeding toward the middle of the camp is the camp living space. You will find several tents, properly designed camp shower w/evaporation tray, camp stoves, Monkey Hut #2 (same dimensions as MH1), a van and a trailer. The camp is laid out so that RVs are one side and to the rear of the camp in order to be more open and inviting and reduce the "wall of RVs" feel. We will be securing Monkey Hut 1 and 2 with post-holes, which we will make as small as needed to prevent undue damage to the Playa.
*All bamboo is being harvested from a home in San Diego. It is being dried, cut, stored and transported by the San Diego Art Divas for use at this event. We plan to burn all pieces, which haven't been treated with non-flammable materials.
*All bamboo is being harvested from a home in San Diego. It is being dried, cut, stored and transported by the San Diego Art Divas for use at this event. We plan to burn all pieces, which haven't been treated with non-flammable materials.
Leave No Trace Plan
History, background: The MH2 occupants have been to the Playa many times. With the diversity of our group, we are able to have veteran Burners teach the important Burning Man principals to our new, virgin and younger Burners as well as instill the importance of its community to both themselves and to the Art Divas as a whole. Our camp is made up of a diverse group of people who all bring a special uniqueness to the experience. Even though this is the first year for several of our members, we felt it is best to participate at our highest capacity, which meant giving back through a theme camp.
Estimated Population: approximately 10
Nature and scale of our activities: Based on our desire to give back to the community, we have planned to schedule two events within the camp. All of our activities are being planned with creating the least amount of MOOP in mind to make sure we are doing our part in keeping the Playa as clean and beautiful as possible. Therefore, all of our activities involve good music and serving pre-made drinks in large quantities that can be easily served in one's Playa cup, which we will encourage people to bring with them.
The tea is chamomile, which is being harvested from one of the Art Divas' property.
As a camp we will:
How we will organize for Leave No Trace:
Our LNT leadership and structure:
The leader of our LNT team will be Rachel Moore who will serve as our Ambassador to the Black Rock Dessert. She will be assisted by Bonnie Davison.
The team will help plan our purchases, what we bring to the Playa, and encourage us to reuse, recycle, reduce and restore our materials. They will think about how we and all of our stuff will get there and make it home again. The team will keep our camp clean and fun before, during and after the event and delegate and enlist help when it is needed.
They will be responsible for cleanup and trash management in our camp, including activities and parties we host. They will make sure that our gray water does not impact the Playa. They will see that all camp members understand and agree with the policies and practices of Leave No Trace at Burning Man.
They will oversee daily tasks and will have a plan in place when we get ready to leave.
When it's time to break down and sweep our camp for every last trace. The Ambassador will make sure EVERYTHING left goes with us.
The Ambassador will encourage our participation in community line sweeps and restoration with our neighbors and DPW.
Jason Murphy will oversee our camp breakdown and cleanup.
All Art Divas' vow to help with their part of the LNT plan and they will:
Before the event:
During the event
After the event
Here's how we’ll do it
We will bring the following items for camp operations:
We will bring the following items for our camp’s breakdown, clean-up and restoration:
Packing Out and Restoration of Our Site
Estimated Population: approximately 10
Nature and scale of our activities: Based on our desire to give back to the community, we have planned to schedule two events within the camp. All of our activities are being planned with creating the least amount of MOOP in mind to make sure we are doing our part in keeping the Playa as clean and beautiful as possible. Therefore, all of our activities involve good music and serving pre-made drinks in large quantities that can be easily served in one's Playa cup, which we will encourage people to bring with them.
The tea is chamomile, which is being harvested from one of the Art Divas' property.
As a camp we will:
- Plan Ahead
- Practice the 5 R’s: Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Restore, and Respect
- Keep our camp clean before, during and after the event
- Adopt the seven principles and practices of Leave No Trace at Burning Man
- Do what is necessary to protect and restore the Black Rock Desert
- Identify potential problems and issues that may arise
- Create a strategy or plan for Leaving No Trace (you are looking at it!)
- We will educate all camp members about minimizing our impact on the Playa
How we will organize for Leave No Trace:
Our LNT leadership and structure:
The leader of our LNT team will be Rachel Moore who will serve as our Ambassador to the Black Rock Dessert. She will be assisted by Bonnie Davison.
The team will help plan our purchases, what we bring to the Playa, and encourage us to reuse, recycle, reduce and restore our materials. They will think about how we and all of our stuff will get there and make it home again. The team will keep our camp clean and fun before, during and after the event and delegate and enlist help when it is needed.
They will be responsible for cleanup and trash management in our camp, including activities and parties we host. They will make sure that our gray water does not impact the Playa. They will see that all camp members understand and agree with the policies and practices of Leave No Trace at Burning Man.
They will oversee daily tasks and will have a plan in place when we get ready to leave.
When it's time to break down and sweep our camp for every last trace. The Ambassador will make sure EVERYTHING left goes with us.
The Ambassador will encourage our participation in community line sweeps and restoration with our neighbors and DPW.
Jason Murphy will oversee our camp breakdown and cleanup.
All Art Divas' vow to help with their part of the LNT plan and they will:
Before the event:
- We pledge to Leave No Trace in and around our campsite, including our own and others’ waste.
- We will read the survival guide and LNT tips.
- We will complete this camp’s Leave No Trace Plan and share it with the entire camp.
- We will plan the assembly and takedown of our structures and decorations and tape the edges of our carpets
- We will inventory vehicle space so we can pack out everything
- We will take the packaging off of just about everything and stock up on reusable products and containers
- We will shop for simple foods and prepare meals in advance to reduce waste
- We will bring no glass, cheap trinkets, small feathers, and anything that might get left on the Playa
During the event
- We will check our camp daily
- 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 will keep our recyclables, burnables, and non-burnables clearly separated for easy disposal
- We will recycle our aluminum, either on-site or back home
- We will have special cleanup crews for any high traffic activities we host and take care of any trash left by guests, invited or otherwise.
- We won’t leave trash in or around the port-o-potties
- We won’t be lighting any fires. If we must burn, we’ll use a public burn barrel or burn platform
- We won’t be needing to dig large holes or trenches
- We will keep all items tied or weighted down, and leave papers at home.
- We will not dump any gray or black water on the Playa. Hence the evaporation pond.
- We will encourage members of our camp to carry a personal trash (MOOP) container and a cigarette butt container when they are outside camp.
After the event
- We will put aside time and have designated volunteers for the final cleanup
- We will take all trash in sealed containers to a landfill and recyclables to a recycle center on the way home.
- We will leave extra space in every vehicle on the way to the desert, knowing that repacking will inevitably take up more space and ensure that no items can detach during the ride home.
- We will pack out everything, including any unevaporated gray water and scum
- We won’t put trash in or around the port-o-potties
- We will help out our neighbors and fellow citizens
- We will be Good Neighbors
- We will encourage our guests to bring their own beverage containers.
- We will help out our neighbors
- We will adopt the space around our camp, making sure that it stays traceless
- We will help careless or forgetful campers
Here's how we’ll do it
- Our camp layout is only what we need and compact with everything clustered together.
- Our decorations will be primarily simple furniture and reused bamboo.
- We will create an inventory of everything as it is set up and check off the inventory list when we break down camp.
- Each of us will be bringing extra garbage bags and boxes for clean up of trash when we break down. We will have several large plastic containers for any gray water that might be left.
- With two RVs, we will have plenty of space for trash hauling at the end of camp.
- This LNT plan is posted on our website, which you are now reading.
- A secured trash separation station with signage and tags and plenty of heavy duty garbage bags will be attached to the RVs.
We will bring the following items for camp operations:
- Separate, sealed containers for recyclables.
- Reusable dinnerware and utensils.
- Large water containers for camp water supplies (no small water bottles)
- 5-gallon bucket for wet kitchen scraps.
- Treatment and containers for gray water disposal
- Containers for smokers’ butts
We will bring the following items for our camp’s breakdown, clean-up and restoration:
- Push brooms for sweeping Playa and breaking up dunes
- Rakes for sweeping through dust piles
- Rope and string for tying loose stuff down.
- Small spare bags for collecting trash as we wander.
- Lots on industrial strength trash bags: more than we think we'll need.
- Cheap work gloves for everybody.
- Long-handled sledgehammer for compacting 5-gallon buckets and driving stakes.
- Vise grips for removing stakes and rebar.
- Directions and hours of landfills and RV water dump stations
- Magnets or magnet sweepers to remove every last nails, staples, scrap of metal.
- Vehicles and/or trailers to haul everything out
Packing Out and Restoration of Our Site
- We will take away everything we brought with us plus a few things we didn’t know we’d have.
- The livable structures define our boundaries. After sweeping and leveling any dunes that accumulate around vehicles or structures, we will then then divide up our area and begin line sweeps.
- If we don’t have enough folks on our team to form one line across the site, we will break our space up into smaller areas and have each restoration volunteer de-MOOP their area.
- We will pick up all MOOP in area camp area.
- We complete restoration of any hotspots (micro-MOOP collections), or burnscars in our camp.
- We will try to give a helping hand to our neighbors
Interactivity
In our first year as an official theme camp, the Art Divas are very excited about getting out there and interacting with others at Burning Man and other regional events.
This year we have two Metro Tea Hours planned in our MH1, with bar and some seating. We are planning for at least one hour on Wednesday and another hour on Friday. We may conduct a trial run Metro Tea Hour on Monday, to ensure a good flow/rhythm at our camp events. During both official events, we will be serving pre-made tea over ice or cooled by ice. A modest sound system will be putting out some relaxing tunes.
For the rest of the time, the shaded MH1 will serve as a chill area to rest. Our theme camp layout was specifically designed to be open and inviting. We are hoping the openness of our camp will allow us to meet and connect with fellow Burners.
Additionally, the Art Divas will bring something special that they can gift to others while out and about within the city throughout the week. Please note that our focus will be to make sure that our gifts are as MOOP-friendly as possible and will be artistic in nature using recycled materials.
We will be gathering and donating any leftover food, supplies and water to the DPW crew during our exodus from the Playa.
For us, Burning Man is just the icing on the cake, as we eagerly participate throughout the year in regional Burner events and volunteer in our local Burner without Borders community.
Events Schedule:
Metro Tea Hour
Wednesday
3:00PM to 4:00PM
Chamomile tea (cool to cold)
Come meet the San Diego Art Divas at the Metro Tea Station. Enjoy home-brewed chamomile and mint tea, hand-harvested bamboo (don't forget to graffiti the wall), mellow music and a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the Playa. Remember to bring your own Playa cup along for extra-good Karma!
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Metro Tea Hour
Friday
5:00PM to 6:00PM
Chamomile Tea (cool to cold)
Come meet the San Diego Art Divas at the Metro Tea Station. Enjoy home-brewed chamomile and mint tea, hand-harvested bamboo (don't forget to graffiti the wall), mellow music and a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the Playa. Remember to bring your own Playa cup along for extra-good Karma!
This year we have two Metro Tea Hours planned in our MH1, with bar and some seating. We are planning for at least one hour on Wednesday and another hour on Friday. We may conduct a trial run Metro Tea Hour on Monday, to ensure a good flow/rhythm at our camp events. During both official events, we will be serving pre-made tea over ice or cooled by ice. A modest sound system will be putting out some relaxing tunes.
For the rest of the time, the shaded MH1 will serve as a chill area to rest. Our theme camp layout was specifically designed to be open and inviting. We are hoping the openness of our camp will allow us to meet and connect with fellow Burners.
Additionally, the Art Divas will bring something special that they can gift to others while out and about within the city throughout the week. Please note that our focus will be to make sure that our gifts are as MOOP-friendly as possible and will be artistic in nature using recycled materials.
We will be gathering and donating any leftover food, supplies and water to the DPW crew during our exodus from the Playa.
For us, Burning Man is just the icing on the cake, as we eagerly participate throughout the year in regional Burner events and volunteer in our local Burner without Borders community.
Events Schedule:
Metro Tea Hour
Wednesday
3:00PM to 4:00PM
Chamomile tea (cool to cold)
Come meet the San Diego Art Divas at the Metro Tea Station. Enjoy home-brewed chamomile and mint tea, hand-harvested bamboo (don't forget to graffiti the wall), mellow music and a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the Playa. Remember to bring your own Playa cup along for extra-good Karma!
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Metro Tea Hour
Friday
5:00PM to 6:00PM
Chamomile Tea (cool to cold)
Come meet the San Diego Art Divas at the Metro Tea Station. Enjoy home-brewed chamomile and mint tea, hand-harvested bamboo (don't forget to graffiti the wall), mellow music and a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the Playa. Remember to bring your own Playa cup along for extra-good Karma!
