aTransformation Station 

aTransformation Station is a Burning Man village that evolved out of Oasis 47, a long running village managed by Gonzo. In 2014 a group within Oasis 47 were invited by Patrick Deegan, who had camped with Gonzo previously, and got inspired by the potential of a new village and camp focused on conscious transformation. In 2015, Oasis 47 became A Transformation Station with a group of original founders: Gonzo, Patrick Deegan, Alena Aya, Stan Stalnaker, Brady Johnson, Jeremy Coller, and a few others. (Let's figure out who). In 2015, James Gwertzman and Paul McDaniel and his crew also joined the camp, and became part of the original group who grew the camp. 

From the original 7 people in 2014, the camp grew to 15 in 2015, and 30 in 2016, then doubled again in 2017 to 60 people, and in 2018 doubled again to 120 people! Since then, the camp has maintained a size of 120-150 participants, and over 400 people are now part of the camp community, having attended any particular year.

ATS was one of the first camps to focus on conscious transformation as its reason for being, and has attracted a wonderful crew of consciousness focused campers as a result. In 2018 Mother Ocean and her friends established the camp temple, and set about clearing energetic space for sacred work. This temple grew in size in 2022, and in 2023 is set to be a major focus of energetic work in the camp.

Over the years the camp infrastructure has also grown to include two shaded areas, a water system, and a food kitchen system that all campers benefit from.  Some meal traditions have been handed down from the very first year in 2014, when Jeremy Coller coordinated the first Wednesday Vegan Dinner.  Later the camp added a paleo night for Thursday, and a Sunday feast, where all the leftovers were shared in a big meal before Temple Burn.  These traditions continue in the camp menus of today, where we provide ways for camp members to expirement and remember the origins of camp traditions.