The 70 residents of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in northeast Missouri share four cars and use about 10% of the electricity and water that average Americans use. They also grow much of their food, build their houses out of natural materials, produce their own energy, and follow a multitude of other green practices. Ecovillages are a worldwide phenomena, and Dancing Rabbit is one of the largest and most well-established in the United States. On April 17, Rae Machado of Dancing Rabbit will describe life in this fascinating community.
Rae was born and raised in southern California, where she was a "Jill of all trades," working at a variety of jobs. In 2012 she quit them all, sold her possessions and traveled across the country in search of community. Finding it at Dancing Rabbit, she now lives there in a timber frame and straw bale home. Her talk is sure to be interesting both to those wishing to reduce their environmental impact, and to those looking to increase their self-sufficiency.