Press

As an educational organization, Dancing Rabbit is committed to spreading the word about sustainable living, drawing knowledge, stories and experience from the real-life example of the ecovillage we are building here.

If you are from the media and are interested in doing a story on Dancing Rabbit contact our media coordinator at: press@dancingrabbit.org. We have also provided some basic information in our press kit to get you started.

Here is a list of some of the press we've gotten over the years:

• Sustainablog.com, provider of eco products, raising $8,000 for Dancing Rabbit -- March, 2010
• Qunicy Herald-Whig Dancing Rabiit residents enjoy simple life -- September 9, 2009
• Mother Earth News Convert a Used Grain Bin to a New House -- April 13, 2009
• Air America Talks with Dancing Rabbit Intentional Community -- April 22, 2009
• The Daily Show Back in Black - Kids' Earth Day - April 20 2009
  clips from the Nick News episode about humanure
• Nickelodeon's Nick News A Kid Off The Grid - April 20 2009 (see our press release)
• Food Network My Life in Food: Living off the Land - April 4 2009 (see our press release)
• St. Louis Magazine Alternative currencies article - February 2009
• Prarie Fire guest article about DR by DR's Alline Anderson - February 2009
• Greenblogosphere Interview with Ziggy about building a cob house - September 2008
• Ecovillage Radio Interview with Tony Sirna - September 2008
• Ecosalon Interview with Alline about green business - September 2008
• Planet Save: One Year Off The Grid article by DR's Brian Liloia - September 2008
• The Bund magazine of Shangai, China story about Ziggy's cob house - 2008
• "Living in Community" documentary 2008, by Phillip Davis, Winner of Notre Dame Film Festival 2008
• Fox News St. Louis story about Dancing Rabbit - November 2007
• FX 30 Days TV series "Off The Grid" episode - July 2005 (our response to this episode)
• Mother Earth News - June/July 2003 - "Better Living in Ecovillages"
• Grist Magazine - October 10, 2002 - "Advice on Converting To Biodiesel - Ask Umbra".
• Chicago Tribune - July 14,2002 - "Bring your own tent to this EcoVillage ", Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill., Margaret Backenheimer Special to the Tribune; Abstract: "The Big Bad Wolf would have had trouble blowing down this straw house. If the Three Little Pigs had taken part in something like the Sierra Club's upcoming EcoVillage Experience, Sept. 1-7, they would have learned how to make straw-bale and cob structures that are impermeable to huffing and puffing. They also would have delved into solar and wind power, organic gardening, composting ... "
• Memphis Democrat - August 23,2000 (see also our ongoing weekly column in the Memphis Democrat.)
• Missouri Life Magazine - February/March 2000 - We were included in their Best of Missouri section.
  
• The Hannibal Courier-Post - July 17, 1999
• A Rabbit Dancing - Full length documentary, August, 1999. Has appeared on various cable stations on Free Speach TV.
• Cartalk - December 10th, 1999 - One of our best outreach events. Everyone we know seems to have heard it.
• Rural Missouri July 1997 - Cover photo of Sandhill and story on both communities.
• Kirksville TV News - summer 1997. Local TV station did a 3 part series on us and Sandhill farm.
• Communities Magazine - numerous articles since 1996