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Visitor Season at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage Right Around the Corner

By Strawtron, Work Exchange
Visit Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage

Experience sustainable living at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage this year

Well, that came up fast. It’s April 1 tomorrow, and that signals a special time of year. In a couple of weeks, the visitor season at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is about to begin. If you’ve been curious what life is like in an ecovillage or intentional community, now is the time to sign up and plan your trip for this summer.

There are a number of ways to visit Dancing Rabbit, but if you think you might be interested in living there one day, the visitor program is your best bet. Here’s how to go about setting that up.

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2012 Natural Building Internship: Build a Straw Bale House

By Straw Bale Building, Strawtron, Workshops, Work Exchange, Timber Framing


The Year of Mud is happy to announce that we are seeking an intern during the 2012 building season. We are offering a rare natural building internship opportunity — the chance to help build a straw bale house from the ground up, and to participate in two complete natural building workshops in an inspiring ecovillage community.

Interns will help to organize and get full participation in our Timber Frame Workshop, and Straw Bale Workshop. Come experience what it is like to build a natural home from step one at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage!

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Organic Gardening and Food Production Work Exchange 2011

By Work Exchange

Thomas and Ali plant garlic in the garden

UPDATE (2/21/11): We have fulfilled our work exchange needs for the 2011 season. Thanks to all applicants!

The Wabi-sabi sub-community (Ziggy, April, Thomas, and Ali) at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is seeking individuals to help with expanding and maintaining our organic gardens, increasing our local food production, and building our cooperative kitchen for the summer of 2011. Read ahead to learn more!

Organic Gardening and Food Production Work Exchange Opportunity for 2011

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Timber Frame and Natural Building Work Exchange 2011

By Timber Framing, Work Exchange, Wabi-sabi Kitchen

The Wabi-sabi kitchen foundation

UPDATE (3/22/2011): This position has been filled – thank you to all applicants!

The Wabi-sabi sub-community (Ziggy, April, Thomas, and Ali) at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage are seeking individuals to help with building our cooperative kitchen and maintaining our organic vegetable gardens for the summer of 2011.

Roundwood Timber Frame and Natural Building Work Exchange Opportunity for 2011

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The Year of Mud in 2011

By Work Exchange, Wabi-sabi Kitchen, Cob Woodshed

Ok. So the “Year” of Mud has now been nearly three years since its inception. Whoa. But I like the kinda quaint, although perhaps misleading name of this little project of mine, so I’m sticking to it.

Anyway. 2011 is here! Time flies as fast as ever, if not faster, and before I know it the time has come around again to start planning for the new season. Unbelievable.

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