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October 2024 by Tripi “Puchi” Ando
This is one of my favorite places to enjoy some time, all the people here are very kind and help you in any way they can, it's incredible to spend time sharing and learning a lot about this wonderful ecovillage, so if you want to have a fantastic time and meet beautiful human beings this is the right place, I learned to do many things and I am very grateful for it, here you have a little bit of everything to have a great time alone or with your family. So I give this place a 100% guarantee to come and enjoy everything.
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August 2024 by Kelly Furlong
Went for a visitor program and had one of the best experiences of my life!
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June 2024 by T W
Beware if you are a cis het white male. You are not welcome and you will suffer abuse at hands of self righteous biased hateful people. They don't want you there. They will be subtle at first and then it will turn blatant over time.
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June 2024 by Anne Champion
I visited Dancing Rabbit for a few days, and I’m so glad I made the trek out to see what they’re doing. The nature was so stunning and the homes make the village have more character than anywhere I traveled. I kept expecting a fairy to flit across my face or a gnome to jump out.
Their village is comprised of a true host of diverse characters and personalities, and I perceived them to be highly intelligent, and they had fascinating different intelligences that all contributed to making the community function. Signs of their creativity are all over the village. I didn’t get to meet or interact with all of them, but those I did meet were incredibly friendly, welcoming, and hospitable. I also appreciated their willingness to answer so many questions and to be very honest about the difficulties of what they’re doing.
I also got to witness the ease of their car sharing. I came on a day of a party many villagers were going to, and I saw the way they easily figured out how to carpool and made several trips for people. Because I got to go to their party, I saw them play too, and while they are clearly all hard workers, laughter and leisure seemed alive and well with them too.
Dancing Rabbit’s efforts of sustainable living are visionary and necessary in our dire and uncertain times. But equally of interest to me were their efforts to practice healing of cultural wounds. It was obvious that DR was a safe space for LGBTQ people immediately on arrival, and several members discussed feminism or the importance of healing wounds of being a woman. They tell you upfront about their consent culture, which goes as far as even asking people if it’s okay to speak with them before you do and not taking it personally if that person says no. I really liked that. Their efforts towards decision making by consensus and conflict resolution also interested me. Though both come with clear challenges, they are efforts to improve our relationships to each other in a culture in which so many of us come from trauma and poor examples of conflict resolution, from our families to our politicians. I felt like DR was not just making efforts to heal the Earth, but to each other. I imagine that has the potential to be very personal healing as well.
Every generation is represented in the village, another lovely trait of its character.
It also felt like a place with low judgment or shame. I am not someone who is ever comfortable without makeup, but I felt that pressure lift off me at DR. It felt like I could tell them my spirituality was anything or nothing at all, and no one would care. I could wear the same dirty shirt for a week, and no one would care. Or I could dress really nice daily, and no one would care. The villagers were so diverse in how they presented themselves that it really felt like you were free to just BE and people would accept that. (So, that’s a plus in how it didn’t seem culty: they weren’t all dressed alike! ?)
I wish I had a longer stay with them, but I left with the impression I’d seen something stunningly beautiful, challenging, and inspiring. It was worth the 16 hour drive!
Oh, and the tiny home I stayed in was just adorable, as was the rest of the village. They are visionary people. Climate change and culture change pioneers.
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May 2024 by Abdul-Wuldud Hatcher
Not sure how some say bad things. But my family was welcomed with open arms. Not one thing I could point out that was bad. The food was great the experience was better. Being from an urban community, I had my doubts but the friendly faces and information I took in it all. I like to thank them for the caring and love I received. And I was a stranger to them. My kids didn't want to leave. If you ever want to experience something different and get out the norm visit the Dancing Rabbit.....
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January 2024 by Jeffrey Marchetti
Hope to be there by April ?
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November 2023 by Dana Driscoll
I went to Dancing Rabbit for a Natural Building Workshop (week long) and had a marvelous time. I stayed in a small earthbag structure, where I was well taken care of, and I got the best sleep I've ever had. We were fed healthy, filling meals, much of it from the land at DR. The instructors for our course were welcoming and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the energy of the village and meeting the many villagers and hearing their stories. We were able to do various tours, understand how village life worked, and it was extremely inspirational. Here are a group of people living a very sustainable lifestyle that will help us transition to a more hopeful, greener future.
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October 2023 by Paige Oberthaler
Such an amazing experience to visit the community and learn from them! Thank you so much for everything y’all did for us!
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September 2023 by Paige Schonewitz
Such an amazing experience to visit the community and learn from them! Thank you so much for everything y’all did for us!
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September 2023 by kelly brandt
It is an absolutely amazing place filled with amazing people!
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December 2022 by Dana
I went to Dancing Rabbit for a Natural Building Workshop (week long) and had a marvelous time. I stayed in a small earthbag structure, where I was well taken care of, and I got the best sleep I've ever had. We were fed healthy, filling meals, much of it from the land at DR. The instructors for our course were welcoming and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the energy of the village and meeting the many villagers and hearing their stories. We were able to do various tours, understand how village life worked, and it was extremely inspirational. Here are a group of people living a very sustainable lifestyle that will help us transition to a more hopeful, greener future.
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May 2022 by Joseph Alexandré Rothschild
I have to state that when I first discovered the ecovillage was at a renewable energy fair in Wisconsin and the two ladies were kind and amazing. I visited with my ex wife numerous times and developed a close bond with the B&B owners and the critterville people as well as Hassan and a Spaniard who was a fellow Wildland Firefighter for the US Forest Service. Fast forward, I have a new partner who did not find the ecovillage very welcoming plus the representative for the visitor program 'Vic' showed up in Pj bottoms, dirty shirt, robe and drinking a bottle of Vodka, which I called him out on, and explained it was a poor representation of ecovillage. After two days my partner wanted to leave and of course I let them know we were leaving... now fast forward a year later and I applied just for myself, I was informed my membership was being denied because I did not let them know why I was leaving and that constituted poor communication. Well I replied with an email that showed them what poor communication is, it was a first for me to experience anger and rejection. Rejection is fine but the explanation was that one of the three committee members stated I should not be accepted. One guess, yep Vic. Even the owners of the B&B stated he was a mistake. Then they experienced a child molester... I guess I dodge a bullet. Go, decide for yourself but know, its not all roses and what they explain on their website. I really also looked forward to a life there because I had made friends and also brought skills, financial resources and wanted to improve the village, but alas I established a wonderful homestead, off - grid and flourishing.
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November 2020 by Squirrel Brandau
I was impressed enough to move here, so there's that.
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November 2020 by Caleb Moop
It’s like a small slice of heaven.
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November 2020 by Julie Hammer
Terrible place, rude people. A waste of money to go there.
