1. Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No
prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
2. Gifting
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is
unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for
something of equal value.
3. Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create
social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships,
transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such
exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory
experience.
4. Radical Self-Reliance
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his
or her inner resources.
5. Radical Self-Expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No
one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its
content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should
respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
6. Communal Effort
Our community promotes social interaction through collective acts of gifting.
We value creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote
and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of
communication that support such interaction.
7. Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume
responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic
responsibilities to participants. Organizers must also assume responsibility for
abiding by local, state and federal laws.
8. Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no
physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves
and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better condition than
when we found them.
9. Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe
that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur
only through the medium of deeply personal participation in experience. We
achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to
play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
10. Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value
in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a
recognition of our inner selves, appreciation of the reality of those around us,
participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human
powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
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