Symbol of Sandy’s wrath razed in Union Beach
Source: Asbury Park Press
UNION BEACH — For more than 150 years, the Princess Cottage withstood hurricanes and floods, nor’easters and major snowstorms. On Friday, it took a bulldozer about 15 minutes to complete the demolition job that s... Read Article
Burners Without Borders saves Homeowners Millions
Source: Reno Gazette
On Oct. 29, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record blasted the northeast. Within a week, Richard Scott was there to provide assistance.... Read Article
Burners Without Borders: A Humanitarian Cause Born at Burning Man
Source: Igniteme.com
I love the story of Burners Without Borders’ birth. We all remember Labor Day weekend, 2005 because that’s when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. I was at Burning Man. My friend, Tomas, walked around our camp ... Read Article
New Jersey Town Struggles to See Future After Sandy
Source: USA Today
UNION BEACH, N.J. — A month after superstorm Sandy, local restaurateur Gigi Liaguno-Dorr sees signs of progress amid the flattened houses and free-standing front steps she passes every day as she drives through town... Read Article
Heads Up Productions and 2012 Burners Without Borders Grants
Source: Burn After Reading Magazine
A major staple in Burner culture, Burners Without Borders, has been assisting people internationally for the last seven years, by taking the Ten Principles off-playa and out into the world. We first wrote about Burner... Read Article
Soup’s on: We begin a monthly series stirred up by Detroit micro-grant funder
Source: ModelMedia.com
It feels like yesterday that there was a small group of artists, risk takers, and friends gathered in a storage space above the Mexicantown Bakery to test out an idea from Chicago. The idea was a public soup dinner mi... Read Article
Fleeting Architecture
Source: Christian Science Monitor
From a proposed temporary main stadium at the heart of Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid, to newly designed ecofriendly shelters with a shelf life of 18 months being sent to Afghanistan, to a gallery enclosure for the 2008 ... Read Article
Aid Workers Inspired by Burning Man Spirit in Peru
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Carmen Mauk stands in flip-flops atop a pile of broken bricks as she surveys a city devastated by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake. "People are being bled of their resources," the San Francisco resident said. "They're stil... Read Article
Beach Blazes Make a Comeback
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Golden Gate National Recreation Area worked with Burners Without Burners to create a dozen artistic fire rings that were installed on Ocean Beach in 2008 as an effort to contain the popular beach fires to specific... Read Article
