Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage

check out www.dancingrabbit.org - an ecovillage in northeastern Missouri that promotes sustainable, reusable lifestyles including Earth friendly building materials. These type of projects have always interested me, because I believe that building materials should be a high priority (given the human population and growth) for using %100 recycled, reusable, sustainable materials. There is a great article in "Yes" magazine (Issue 55) named "A Hand-Built Home" by Sven Eberlein that includes great photos of what these type of villages and their dwellings look like. Most are made with straw-bale combined with mud and daub techniques and even have earthen floors that are oiled to a polish for sweeping. Creative and progressive methods of coping with our huge landfill and wasted materials is something I whole heartedly promote. One way to help support these type of ecovillages is to donate, check out their websites for wish lists, and go visit personally!

Dancing Rabbit also includes a bed and breakfast, where you can bring your children or just explore alone how it feels to live (for a few nights), like a permanent DR resident. I think this is wonderful, and would make for a great stop on our next family trip across the middle of our great country.