PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Burning Man 2012-2016 Special Recreation Permit

“For those who support Burning Man as an opportunity to create a temporary community outside of conventional society, an increase in participation would largely be viewed as giving others the opportunity to participate in this experience (Aspen 2011). Non-participants opposed to Burning Man and its associated activities for moral and ethical reasons would likely become more resolved in their opposition to the event. Participants and former participants critical of Burning Man would be likely to see growth of the event as increasingly reflecting mainstream society and dilution of its countercultural aspects. Other participants or former participants could view this in a positive light, seeing the growth as the popularization of Burning Man’s principles among the public: instead of Burning Man increasingly reflecting conventional society, conventional society’s increasing reflection of Burning Man’s principles. – s4.18.1”

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Burning Man 2012 by Shelby Strong - in Nevada Photographer Shelby Strong gave me permission to upload this photo on his behalf. He took it at Burning Man on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 8:15 and H.