🌱 Make Regenerative Living Accessible

Dear friends of Dancing Rabbit,

First, thank you for opening this email at a time when people’s inboxes are being deluged with well-intentioned donation appeals alongside Black Friday hyper-consumerist hogwash. Your attention alone is sincerely appreciated!

While these things seem like they couldn’t be more different, there is a common thread in both cases: money, and the very real impact it can have on transforming, or perpetuating, certain values, relationships, and ways of being.

I’m here to present one way in which you can use your money to create genuine change, by supporting an organization and community that is pioneering a radical and transformative way of living together; centered around personal wellbeing, cooperation, and the health of our local and planetary ecosystems. It’s our dream to make our community and ways of being accessible to everyone, regardless of socio-economic status. Also, we hope to grow the village such that anyone, regardless of culture, country, race, gender and class feel welcome and at home. Towards these ends, we are implementing a sliding scale for all our visitor programs.

To make this possible, we need your support! The Hothem Family has once again pledged to be our matching donor for Giving Tuesday, matching every dollar up to $7,500.

To close this letter, I share thoughts from folks who have attended our visitor programs, both recently and not-so-recently. Many people have been deeply moved by their time at Dancing Rabbit, and their lives have been transformed because of it. This is why we feel it is so important to make these experiences accessible to everyone.
 

Regarding the Sustainable Living Visitor Program: 
 

“You will get an education and life experience in this program that you cannot find anywhere else and the experience will be something you think about the rest of your life. You will discover aspects of being a human that we all forgot about a long time ago.” - Ken Douglass, 2019

“DR is somewhere that will inspire you to be a better human. To be around so many engaged, thoughtful, informed and active people is infectious. It relit my spark that has been dimmed by pessimism. DR is active optimism. They are so purpose driven, it helps to inspire some amount of that to your own life. I think anyone wanting to see what a purpose driven life looks like should look no further than DR.” - Stacy Digges, 2018

"It's a powerful immersion in a highly social, dynamic ecovillage. The visitor program allows you to choose your involvement level without guilt. It can be fun, but don't expect to remain unmoved. You will be moved somehow. And your perceptions will be challenged." - Erin Denbina, 2018

“I received great education and realization of improvements I can make in my own home, my life AND my relationships, without fear. I now know I can embrace my feelings and work on inner sustainability.” - Dianne Risdon, 2018

“I love how Rabbits truly and deeply care for each other. I love how the environmental impact of living here can and is being greatly reduced. I love how freely the children express themselves and roam and play in the village.” - Dianne Risdon, 2018

What will you miss the most after leaving Dancing Rabbit?

“Freedom! The closest to absolute freedom to be me, likely as close to complete freedom as I have ever experienced. The encouragement and affirmations that made that possible. The vulnerability that fostered that safe space. The openness with which love was poured out on so many. I realize that no entity, no group, no company, no religion, no community is perfect and I believe that is because it is the people that make it what it is and humans are imperfect and unique, which makes them valuable. So, it follows that such a wonderful community like DR is just a reflection of so many beautiful people trying to work together.” - Shawn Cherri, 2023

“The open opportunity to truly connect with others in a vulnerable way and also the slower pace of living.”  - Jenna Sandry, 2023

If you were to recommend the DR visitor program to your best friend what would you say?

“You have to see the other side! There is a different, more meaningful and more fulfilling way to live.” - Jenna Sandry, 2023

“The feeling of deep connection, love and understanding here is beautiful.”  - Alexis Gibbons, 2023

“It awakens a piece of you that hasn’t been active in a while.” - Jacob Wagner, 2023

“If you are feeling dissatisfied with life in any capacity you should explore Dancing Rabbit and the world of intentional communities. There are many perspectives on life to be shared, and DR can open your mind to the possibilities of happiness and peace that are out there. You will learn so much!” - Devan Eilbert, 2023

In community,

Eric Mease

Villager/Land Steward/Administrative Assistant/Development 

Center for Sustainable and Cooperative Culture at