Leave No Trace
As we burners know, Burn events, from small regionals to the Big Burn in Nevada, have one standout guiding principle: Leave No Trace.
We pick up any and every piece of MOOP (matter out of place), and ensure our site returns to the pristine state we found it.
LNT Lead @andreas Noack
LNT Planning for Kieze
For all the Kieze it is mandatory to fill out the following LNT Form.
What do you need to know?
Whatever you bring into Kiez Burn, you are responsible for removing it when you leave. Everything you bring onto the site has the potential to become Matter out of Place (MOOP): Costumes, cigarette butts, water bottles, glass containers, hats, fruit, rope fibers, glitter - everything can become MOOP. Every person and every Kiez is responsible for their rubbish.
Grey water, known as waste water, may be disposed on site if they only contain organic soap. For disposal you may use a area overgrown with bushes and dump the water there. Please keep distance from the lake when disposing organic grey water. There may be a possibility to dump grey water into the showers. There are no hook-ups for camper vans, and no dumping may be done on site. You can find recycling stations nearby at Neubrandenburg for example.
Swimming is only allowed in the bigger lake with the small island and is not allowed in the smaller lakes. Please minimize ecological stress to the lake and shower before swimming and do not use sunscreen or similar skin products.
Toilettes: the home of all the human traces. There will be porta potties (dixii) and a few compost toilettes. They will be placed adequately and sufficient numbers of toilets will be provided. Cleaning and maintenance will be done on a daily basis. If there are any issues with the toilets please let the Arbeitsamt know - than the problem well be solved as soon as possible.
MOOP - Matter Out Of Place
During the event there will be Moop Runs by volunteers to clean up the side if needed and after the event we will look through the whole side and pick up all the remaining Moop. There will be a Moop Map which will show the level of Moop left behind after the event.
NEVER LET MOOP HIT THE GROUND. Clean as you go. MOOP attracts more MOOP. When you see trash on the ground, pick it up and take it with you.
• Carry a MOOP bag. Wherever you go, carry a small bag to collect any MOOP you find.
• Weigh items down/don’t let them blow away
• If you’re a smoker, carry a portable ashtray such as a mint tin with you at all time. Never, ever drop cigarette butts.
• Ask permission before using a Kiez refuse area if you are not camping with them.
• NEVER BURN TRASH! Take your waste with you when you leave
Franzi
Wed 16 May 2018 10:13AM
No,its still moop and we can't give back a clean site with glitter all over the place (eventhough it takes care of itselfe over the time)
Jaina Hirai
Wed 16 May 2018 10:16AM
I know that this would be hard to police on Burners who bring their own glitter, but Süßkiez could offer a bio glitter station. If we don’t consider wood chips to be MOOP i don’t see how glitter which will break down is different.
Saskia
Wed 16 May 2018 10:35AM
Wanna see the person running around, asking every unicorn wether or not their horn is beglittered in a biodegradable way.
This Mudda says: No glitter in my bedsheets! No glitter pick up during strike! Force all LNT shifts on glitter people! ;) ;)
CJ Yetman
Wed 16 May 2018 10:48AM
I would say No, but since the consensus on straw or wood chips seems to be Yes, I don't see how this is much different
waldo
Wed 16 May 2018 11:06AM
I can only type 250 words, so will post my reason why not as a reply. but basically: there is no visible way to distinguish between biodegradeable and non-biodegradeable so MOOP sweeps need to pick up all glitter, including the biodegradeable
waldo
Wed 16 May 2018 11:08AM
(1) MOOP sweeps need to pick up all glitter, including the biodegradeable, so a massive amount of work. (2) First-timers will get the impression glitter is OK, and will just wear normal glitter. If proposal passes we need A LOT OF signs
Joice Biazoto
Wed 16 May 2018 11:26AM
I disagree mostly because of the confusion this will cause because you can’t tell what’s normal and what’s biodegradabke glitter. So sets a “bad” example for newbies and it’s still a pain to clean up after for LNT team.
Steffen Lepa
Wed 16 May 2018 11:55AM
for sure not at an outdoor event in nature, where we cannot use a vaccuum cleaner to tidy up. We want to leave the place in the same condition we found it, not only in terms of bio-contamination, but also "aesthetically". This is not our place!
Steffen Lepa
Wed 16 May 2018 11:55AM
for sure not at an outdoor event in nature, where we cannot use a vaccuum cleaner to tidy up. We want to leave the place in the same condition we found it, not only in terms of bio-contamination, but also "aesthetically". This is not our place!
Daniel (Aquarius - drinking water lead)
Wed 16 May 2018 1:24PM
I am very reluctant to believe that things are biodegradable because many things sold as such are not degradable under normal conditions. It says here that it needs heat to biodegrade. How hot? How long does it take?