BINNEKRING BLOG
The Silence of Silent Burns
Words: Eleen Polson / Images: Alexander Polson (unless otherwise specified) My first Burn in 2016 was, like many would agree, quite a shake up. I came to clean out my head, reconnect to my creativity by burning a bit of …More »
Meet our new DPW core crew!
It takes a special kind of person to hold the reins of DPW and help guide the crew that raise and raze Tankwa Town’s key infrastructure. Over the years the mantel has passed from Paul Jorgensen, to Paul Grose, to …More »
Kakpraat With Princess Caralot
Greetings one and all and welcome to the kakpraat corner! This is the place where we talk all things toilets and come together to try and make the thrones the best things around. I’ve been keeping an eye on the …More »
AfterBurn Report 2018: Sanitation
Words & Photos: Lara ‘Squeaky Queen’ Warren Burning Seed, Sanitation Services – Team Lead AfrikaBurn, WASH (Toilets) – Co-Lead Within a few minutes of landing in South Africa, I started to realise the effects ‘Day …More »
Moop Map 2018
Its finally here – the news you’ve all been waiting for! So, who was naughty, who was nice and who was, well, just a total fokken mess? What did our LNT crew do in the desert this year? LNT – …More »
SKOP IV – INTO THE TANKWA
It’s been an eventful week to say the least. As I sit here in Tankwa at our base I am struggling to find where to start. So here goes… Firstly, I’d like to introduce James Mader who recently joined our …More »
The Caterburner – A Lot Like You & Me
Words: Daniel Stächelin / Photos: as per credit on shot The Hungry Caterburner was born out of a simple yet difficult-to-answer question: What are the consequences of mass consumption and the endless yearning to want more, of never being …More »
Leave No Trace – It Starts With YOU!
Words: Princess Caralot / Photos: as credited on shot There is nothing quite like being in a position to watch Tankwa Town disappear bit by bit until nothing remains. The landscape in which we hold our event each year …More »
SKOP IV: Week 2
Words and photos: Lindsay Cessford We are a week into the build and I can’t believe how much progress we have made. This is mainly due to the amazing team that we have working for us. From day one …More »
Department of Public Works Update #2 2017
Here it is – another soundbite and photo montage from the team presently on site and building our city. Reporting from the windswept desert – where things are going well, and there’s been a lot of extreme weather – here’s …More »
