Living Lightly Together Since 1997

Welcome to Dancing Rabbit!

At Dancing Rabbit we are working together to build a more connected and sustainable life

Sustainable Living Visitor Program

For over 20 years, Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage has been a thriving sustainability demonstration project in Northeast Missouri. You can experience everything from organic permaculture garden and design to natural buildings, alternative energy, inner sustainability and self governance when you come and visit for our 2 week visitor program. Every year we host visitor programs along with other ways to come see the village. Click below to get more information on how you can come experience an eco-conscious community firsthand.

Natural Building & Cob Oven Workshops

Have you ever wanted to build your own oven using natural materials? Join us for a weekend of fun, experiential learning! You’ll go home with the knowledge and skills to get cooking in your backyard. We’ll be getting messy, creating structural cob with our hands and feet, all while making new friends!

Permaculture Design Course

Using our twenty-year-old ecovillage as a living laboratory, our Permaculture Design Course interweaves the wisdom and knowledge of the permaculture movement with the firsthand learning experiences of an intentional community. This project-based-learning course can help you dive into the interconnected world of permaculture. Come learn ecological design principles that encompass the whole system working with nature to provide a regenerative form of growing food and living life.

Ecovillage Adventure Weekend

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live in an ecovillage or other intentional community? Or to explore what it could feel like to reorganize your own life on the principles of personal sustainability? Join us where imagination meets reality on 280 acres of native prairie, a swimming pond, and endless, amazing sky. Engage in deep and heartfelt conversations, while learning more about living in harmony with nature and each other. 

Work Exchange

Find out what life is like here at Dancing Rabbit, while engaging yourself in meaningful projects that line up with your skills and interests. Perhaps you want to learn how to process dairy products, from start to finish. Or maybe you’d like to help build structures with local timber, and bring that knowledge back to your community! “Wexers” arrange their stay with individual Rabbits, and work together with their hosts on a daily basis.

Women's Retreat

Embrace growth, self-love, and transformation at our four day Women’s Retreat. The path to reimpassioning your life, creativity and sacred gifts starts here. Come awaken your inner goddess and journey to a new and empowered you. You can rediscover your intrinsic wisdom and deepen your connection to yourself, nature and other women with Laura Wolf. Join us and connect with yourself in nature at our ecovillage, surrounded by supportive women.

Join us for our Annual Open House:

  • May 11, 2024: Tours begin every half hour from 10am-3pm
  • Peek inside one of the largest collection of natural buildings in the Midwest
  • Get an inside look at our sustainability practices
  • Free kid activities, including Petting Farm
  • Music & Craft Fair
  • Food and Drinks for sale
  • A fun outing for the entire family!

Singing Rabbit

Come discover the power of singing in community! Renowned songleaders from around the country will be leading us in fun, powerful, transformational songs. This experience will be one of togetherness, thriving, and joy, with skill-share sessions on sustainable community living.

Intro to Permaculture Course

Using our twenty-year-old ecovillage as a living laboratory, our Intro to Permaculture Course interweaves the wisdom and knowledge of the permaculture movement with the firsthand learning experiences of an intentional community. This introductory course can help you dive into the interconnected world of permaculture. Come learn ecological design principles that encompass the whole system working with nature to provide a regenerative form of growing food and living life.

Online Women's Retreat

Embrace growth, self-love, and transformation during our three-day virtual Women’s Retreat. The path to amplifying passion in your life, creativity and sacred gifts starts here! During this online retreat we’ll reclaim our ability to envision the beautiful world we inwardly hope is possible, and listen to the inner clues that will reunite us with passion and fulfillment.

Get To Know Us Before You Visit:

Dancing Rabbit isn’t just a place, it’s a lifestyle. Spread contagious hope. Come live lightly with us.
Watch the episode of My World Too on PBS that featured Dancing Rabbit!