Welcome to Ripple Project !

We structure and accomplish projects that support cultural and ecological resilience. Especially with native tribes, especially with museums, never for profit, and always with our neighbors.

Plant a seed.

Cause a ripple.

Our flagship project, Ripple, will soon be one of the first pieces of regenerative infrastructure ever built at Burning Man Project’s Fly Ranch in Nevada, USA.

The ripple effect has already begun to spread with our collaboration and installation of the Medicine Garden at the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitors Center in Nixon, NV!

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Ripple is spreading

Our work commenced in 2020 with the Ripple Base entry to Fly Ranch’s LAGI Design Competition. In 2021, we became Ripple Project LLC. Soon after, in 2022 a golden shovel kissed the soil for the Medicine Garden at the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitors Center. Phase 1, the mountain plant collection, is planted and educational signage is displayed. Phase 2, the desert plant collection, is designed and currently under crowdsourcing for funding. In 2023 we received a grant from Burners Without Borders to install a HABA at the museum, a traditional Paiute shade-structure made of Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) logs and Coyote Willow (Salix Exigua) branches.

Thank you to the museum staff, donors and volunteers for making this possible!

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DONATE TAX-FREE to either the ripple base or medicine garden! : )

Thank you endlessly to our generous fiscal sponsor, Far Away Projects, for all they do for the earth.

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What is Ripple?

A station for the regeneration of native biodiversity and ecological knowledge, Ripple is an engaging educational space for community gatherings, workshops, and projects. Ripple acts as a launch pad for homo sapiens to complete ecological restoration at Fly Ranch and the local ecosystems beyond. A central geodesic dome contains a seed bank and library and is engulfed by waves of native permaculture gardens and restoration plants. 

As of Summer 2022, prototyping commenced for a permanent installation at Fly Ranch, a bountiful 3,800-acre plot of land in Nevada owned by Burning Man Project. Fly Ranch was home to the 1997 Burning Man event!

How did this happen?

Ripple was a winning submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative’s (LAGI) 2020 design challenge. The Fly Ranch community liked our direction and has given us a space to build Ripple alongside 9 other incredible projects.

Our transdisciplinary team consists of eco-tech designers, engineers, and horticulturalists, just to name a few. As of March 2022 we are fiscally sponsored by the 501(c)3 Far Away Projects so all donations towards Ripple Project are tax-exempt!

WHY RIPPLE?

We believe the Great Basin is special and should be protected.

Ripple offers the social, technological, and ecological infrastructure for us to protect it.

Photo: Steve Tietze ibareitall.com

Highlights from Ripple

The Ripple base sustains itself in an off-grid fashion with a backbone of shelter, water, energy, food, and regeneration technologies.

The Ripple base sustains itself in an off-grid fashion with a backbone of shelter, water, energy, food, and regeneration technologies.

A composting toilet requiring no water nor electricity provides fertilizer to non-edible plants found in the restoration ecotone.

A composting toilet requiring no water nor electricity provides fertilizer to non-edible plants found in the restoration ecotone.

Invasive plant detritus is composted into soil after being collected by restoration crews at Fly Ranch.

Invasive plant detritus is composted into soil after being collected by restoration crews at Fly Ranch.

The restoration ecotone offers habitat, pollen, and nourishment for native flora and fauna.

The restoration ecotone offers habitat, pollen, and nourishment for native flora and fauna.

The permaculture gardens offer an approach to land management adapted to the Black Rock Desert ecosystem and provides edible, medicinal, and ceremonial plants.

The permaculture gardens offer an approach to land management adapted to the Black Rock Desert ecosystem and provides edible, medicinal, and ceremonial plants.

All native plants are selected for their adaptability and localization to Fly Ranch. (Click photo expand).

All native plants are selected for their adaptability and localization to Fly Ranch. (Click photo expand).

Foraged native seeds replenish the seed bank, which allows for seed dissemination to locals and for restoration efforts at Fly Ranch.

Foraged native seeds replenish the seed bank, which allows for seed dissemination to locals and for restoration efforts at Fly Ranch.

A library inside the dome preserves important cultural and scientific information such as traditional ecological knowledge of the Great Basin region.

A library inside the dome preserves important cultural and scientific information such as traditional ecological knowledge of the Great Basin region.

The seed bank and library are a dynamic bridge between the past, present, and future.

The seed bank and library are a dynamic bridge between the past, present, and future.

Join us for impact

 
A huge shout out to the @burnerswithoutborders and @flyripple volunteers that made this haba come to life — we value the kind of team work that makes great strides to be culturally and ecologically resilient! ✨ Be sure to check out @pyramid_la
Check out these close-ups of the haba/shade structure! Coyote Willow (Salix Exigua) branches are layered in a manner that provides a cooling shade from direct sunlight.🌞The columns of the structure are made of consciously harvested Jeffrey Pine (Pin
With summer right around the corner, The Ripple Project team is proud to announce our successful installation of a traditional Paiute shade structure, known as a "haba," at the Pyramid Lake Museum! Habas provide shade during the summer mont
This installation is one of three native plant gardens that will be installed at the Pyramid Lake Museum. 🌾 The first garden, installed in May 2022, showcases a Mountain theme of plants native to northern Nevada. Each plant comes with educational s
In light of Native American Heritage Day (and Thanksgiving) this past week, we call to remember the recent history of colonization and genocide of native peoples. We are grateful for and inspired by the work that the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is doin
Back in May '22, the Ripple Project team set out to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Museum to install a native plant garden! The intention stemmed from a desire to preserve and educate people on the uses of native plants and their importance to the people th
Post 6/6 - 🌿 See full image on our page 🌿 PHASE 1 WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS! 🌞 Groundwork has been accomplished and we are so excited to share these aerial images with you all. Check it out on our profile! Thanks for the support ❤ #flyranch #ripplep
Post 5/6 - 🌿 See full image on our page 🌿 PHASE 1 WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS! 🐉 Groundwork has been accomplished and we are so excited to share these aerial images with you all. Check it out on our profile! Thanks for the support ❤ #flyranch #ripplep
Post 4/6 - 🌿 See full image on our page 🌿 PHASE 1 WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS! 🔥 Groundwork has been accomplished and we are so excited to share these aerial images with you all. Check it out on our profile! Thanks for the support ❤ #flyranch #ripplep
Post 3/6 - 🌿 See full image on our page 🌿 PHASE 1 WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS! 👣 Groundwork has been accomplished and we are so excited to share these aerial images with you all. Check it out on our profile! Thanks for the support ❤ #flyranch #ripplep
Post 2/6 - (See full image on our page) PHASE 1 WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS! 💧 What are we building? Ripple: A station for the regeneration of native biodiversity and ecological knowledge. The Ripple Project team has gotten so much groundwork done these
Post 1/6 - 🌿 See full image on our page 🌿 PHASE 1 WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS! 🔥 Groundwork has been accomplished and we are so excited to share these aerial images with you all. Check it out on our profile! Thanks for the support ❤ #flyranch #ripplep
Some shots of the Ripple site in action! 🌻🐺🌀🌿 Pictured: Shar-e holding the brand new shovel he picked out, the largest tour of Ripple to-date, the team putting together a temporary 16' dome shelter, and teammates sharing some special moments t
Hi friends... friendly update and thank you message. Last month our Ripple Project team had the opportunity to come out to Fly Ranch to meet 5 of the other 9 finalist LAGI teams, work on our prototype, and explore the beautiful landscape. We're shari
Howwwwwwwwwllllllll! Happy Summer Solstice everyone! 🌞 Check out Ripple Project teammates ceremoniously planting native Coyote Willows (Salix exigua) at @fly_ranch, and letting out some much needed howls. 🐺 As they grow, these willows will be br
Ripple Project Plants Deputy, Sheridan Renehan, and Landscape Construction lead, Massimo Massarotto, discussing the plans for the ethnobotanical garden at the the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitors Center. 🌱 Please stay tuned for imagery and updates
The soil at the Pyramid Lake Museum and Visitors Center is ripe for planting. 🙂 The ethnobotanical garden will showcase the various uses of many plants important to the Numu people. Plants were selected for their cultural uses in medicine, ceremony

Resources

 Organizations Providing Support:

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