As 2025 comes to a close, it’s a good time to look back over the last 12 months of happenings at Dancing Rabbit. As with any year, we’ve had our ups and downs. When we look at the big picture, it’s quite promising; we’re making meaningful progress on a number of projects, our population is growing steadily, and our collective institutions are chugging along and aiding villagers and visitors in living sustainable, connected, and meaningful lives.
If this is the kind of work you’d like to support, consider donating to our nonprofit, the Center for Sustainable and Cooperative Culture (CSCC). CSCC’s programs provide people with the knowledge and tools to live sustainable, meaningful, and interconnected lives AND support Dancing Rabbit in becoming a societal model which embodies these values.
Eco-audit
To update the findings from a 2017 study examining Dancing Rabbit’s ecological footprint, we hosted a graduate student researcher to spend the summer collecting data. The data was then synthesized by an interdisciplinary research team. Some of the main takeaways are, when compared to a mainstream American, a member of Dancing Rabbit:
- owns about 10 times fewer cars
- drives 75-80% fewer miles (rideshares further reduce miles driven by 20-35%)
- imports 75-95% less water
- imports 75-90% less electricity
- produces over 50% less trash
- recycles just under twice as much
Read the rest at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
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