2023 BLAST Criteria List.xlsx

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1	BLAST Criteria List 2023
2	The following BLAST criteria are each worth 1 credit.
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4	Category Definitions
5	Measurement		The first step in all the focus areas!
6	Metric		Measured quantitatively, you must land within the given percentage range to earn the credit
7	Objective		Qualitative "yes / no" critera, you either achieve this or you don't
8	Acculturation		Criteria related to "ecological acculturation," educating Burners and others about going green
9	Extra Credit		Show us something you did that wasn't on this list and maybe we'll give you an extra credit!
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11			Description	Range (metrics)	Category	Sub-category
12	Food
13		1	Does your camp take steps to better understand or track the environmental impact of food choices?		Measurement
14		2	What percentage of food is provided communally?	50% +	Metric
15		3		75% +	Metric
16		4	Does your camp take steps to reduce meat consumption?		Objective
17		5	Does your camp have a plan for minimizing food waste?		Objective
18		6	Does your camp source any food product(s) in bulk?		Objective
19		7	Does your camp source any food product(s) directly from a farm or grower?		Objective
20		8	Does your camp use renewable energy sources to cook food?		Objective
21		9	Do you educate your camp members (or visitors to your camp) about the environmental impact of their food?		Acculturation	Campers
22		10	Something else...		Extra Credit
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24	Power
25		1	Does your camp track the amount of non-renewable fuel used on playa?		Measurement
26		2	What percentage of internal camp energy needs are supplied by renewables?	25% +	Metric
27		3		75% +	Metric
28		4	What percentage of interactivity-related energy needs are supplied by renewables?	75% +	Metric
29		5	Does your camp take steps to reduce power demands? (LED lighting, discouraging air conditioners, shading or covering RVs, etc.)		Objective
30		6	Has your camp done an electrical load analysis or inventory of all electrical equipment brought to the burn?		Objective
31		7	Does your camp use a hybrid power system (chaining batteries in-between generator and power pull)?		Objective
32		8	Do your campmates understand the camp's renewable energy budget? (do they know how much solar power time and battery it takes to charge a phone)		Acculturation	Campers
33		9	Does your camp provide renewable energy education, technical assistance, and/or physical resources (parts) as a gift to BRC?		Acculturation	Playa
34		10	Something else...		Extra Credit
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36	Shelter
37		1	Does your camp track the type and height of camp-managed shade structures?		Measurement
38		2	What percentage of your campers sleep in shaded or intentionally reflective structures? (including RV's)	25% +	Metric
39		3		75% +	Metric
40		4	What percentage of shelter materials are reused year-over-year?	50% +	Metric
41		5	Has your camp explored or implemented alternative cooling methods to AC? (evapative cooling, swamp coolers, misting spray, communal nap pods, etc.)		Objective
42		6	Is your camp-managed shade light-colored and/or reflective? (not black or dark colored)		Objective
43		7	Does your camp provide a multi-use shaded area for your camp members?		Objective
44		8	Do you educate your camp members about turning off their AC when not at home?		Acculturation	Campers
45		9	Are you creating art, or an exhibit or display, to communicate your green shelter ideas to BRC?		Acculturation	Playa
46		10	Something else...		Extra Credit
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48	Transport
49		1	Does your camp track the environmental footprint of personal travel and equipment transport to and from playa?		Measurement
50		2	What percentage of camp members carpool, take the Burner Express, or use public transport?	50% +	Metric
51		3		75% +	Metric
52		4	Has your camp implemented any strategies to reduce weight and volume of stuff transported?		Objective
53		5	Does your camp participate in any city, regional, cross-country, or long-distance transport sharing programs?		Objective
54		6	Does your camp purchase any carbon credits or emissions offsets?		Objective
55		7	Do you educate your camp members about the environmental impact of transport to and from the burn?		Acculturation	Campers
56		8	Are you creating art, or an exhibit or display, to communicate your radical green transport ideas to BRC?		Acculturation	Playa
57		9	Something else...		Extra Credit
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59	Waste
60		1	Does your camp separate and track waste, recyclables, and compost?		Measurement
61		2	Does your camp have a plan to reuse bikes from year-to-year?		Objective
62		3	Does your camp plan to participate in playa-wide composting this year?		Objective
63		4	Does your camp plan to bring aluminum to Recycle Camp this year?		Objective
64		5	Does your camp disallow common single use items? (dishware, utensils, propane canisters, glow sticks, etc.)		Objective
65		6	Does your camp have a system for sharing or reusing basic items that campers would otherwise purchase each year? (bikes, tents, air mattresses, etc.)		Objective
66		7	Does your camp have at least 1 pre-playa meeting devoted to managing waste streams?		Acculturation	Campers
67		8	Are you creating an exhibit, display, or workshop teaching best practices around waste management?		Acculturation	Playa
68		9	Something else...		Extra Credit
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70	Water
71		1	Does your camp track how much water is brought to the playa and home again?		Measurement
72		2	What percentage of water is provisioned and distributed in a centralized way?	50% +	Metric
73		3		75% +	Metric
74		4	Does your camp have a plan to mitigate water leakage?		Objective
75		5	Does your camp implement a reusable water bottle requirement? (no disposable plastic bottles!)		Objective
76		6	Does your camp reuse any grey-water?		Objective
77		7	Does your camp evaporate any grey-water?		Objective
78		8	Do your camp members know and follow the camp's procedures for reducing water usage?		Acculturation	Campers
79		9	Something else...		Extra Credit
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