FIRST-TIMER'S GUIDE
Remember your first time? You can only do things for the first time once, but don't get performance anxiety. You'll be among friends—no initiation fees, no secret handshake, hazing or telemarketing follow-up calls. Burning Man is a community, one that although temporary for six days each year, remains connected during the rest of the year to keep the fire burning.
Sign up for the Jack Rabbit Speaks internet newsletter. Second, take a tour of this web site to give you a better idea of what to expect and how to get involved. You can participate as little or as much as you want, but it is said that you really must participate to truly enjoy the experience. Nobody will kick you out if you haven't got the coolest ensemble on the playa. We suggest you follow the links below to The Survival Guide and Required Reading and then branch out to see how you might contribute to a theme camp, art project, build your own Frank Lloyd Wright shade structure, turn your car into a giant spider, or paint your body to look like one of the X-Men.
What is Burning Man? You thought you knew already?
Burning Man F.A.Q. Important answers for frequently asked questions.
Event Survival Guide Only you can be responsible for your own survival, so read up and learn from the experience of savvy Burning Man practitioners.
Timmie's Tips for 2007 Need a quick hit of obviously important items to stay ingrained in your skull? Check out our righteously rockin' handy tip sheet before you get out on the open road..
Garbage & Recycling The feng shui of nothingness. Come with everything , leave with everything.
Contacts Your PDA to all the inside info, important people and redundant resources. A veritable strip mall of wisdom.
Theme Camps & Villages Find what you need to know to bring your theme camp to the event.
Playa Events This Year Where to go, what to do?
Maps "Are we there yet?" All the maps without that nasty folding problem.
Environment "Where are the black rocks?" And other information about the location, history and ecology of Black Rock City.
Ten Principles The 10 core guiding concepts of the Burning Man project.
Also be sure to check out the AfterBurn
Report, our annual post-event accounting of how the event is produced, and what happens along the way. 
