You’re invited to our upcoming Dancing Rabbit events in the San Francisco Bay Area; we hope you’ll invite your friends too!
Dancing Rabbit founder Tony Sirna is in the Bay Area and will be giving his Making Sustainability a Reality slideshow at various locations around the area.
Below are the currently scheduled events, but others are in the works throughout the Bay Area so be sure to check our website for last minute additions.
January 24th, 2014 – Friday at 6 pm at a PLACE for Sustainable Living in Oakland, CA.
Tony will be on a panel with Karen Litfin, professor at UW and author of Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community, and Amanda Creighton, co-star/producer of Within Reach Movie, bike voyager to 100 sustainable communities, and now a member of Dancing Rabbit. Sponsored by East Bay Cohousing. Click here for details. $20 donation includes dinner. PLACE is at 1121 64th St. in Oakland, CA.
January 28th, 2014 – Tuesday at 6 pm at Synergy Co-op in Stanford, CA
Tony will return to Synergy Co-op, where Dancing Rabbit first got its start. Dinner is provided at 6 pm with talk to follow. Donations accepted but not required. Synergy is at at 550 San Juan St., Stanford, CA.
January 30th, 2014 – Thursday at 6:30 pm at Berkeley Cohousing in Berkeley, CA.
Dinner will be at 6:30 pm with slideshow and discussion starting at 7:30. Sponsored by East Bay Cohousing. Click here for details. Berkeley Cohousing is at 2220 Sacramento, Berkeley, CA.
Here’s the press release about the talk:
Our society is wrestling with questions of sustainability and climate change, with many groups working towards a sustainable future. At Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage that sustainable future is here now. If you want to see what sustainability looks like, come join us for a slideshow from the founder of one of the world’s foremost experiments in real world ecological living.Over the last 16 years Dancing Rabbit has built over 30 energy-efficient homes using reclaimed lumber and natural building methods such as strawbale and cob. By reducing electricity use to less than 10% of the American norm, the village is now a net exporter of renewable energy. Three vehicles are shared among the 70+ residents, who drive only 7% of the US average. Food production is integrated into the design of the pedestrian-scale village. Cooperation, a strong gift economy, and a vibrant alternative currency support the economic stability of the community. Natural ecosystems are preserved and restored on the community’s 280-acre land trust. Sustainability is not just a dream. We are doing it now.
Tony Sirna is a founder of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, a community demonstrating sustainable living in northeast Missouri, where 70+ residents have reduced their ecological impact on key metrics by over 90%. Dancing Rabbit got its start at Stanford University in 1993 and Tony has had a hand in almost all aspects of visioning, designing, and manifesting a sustainable village. He has built two strawbale homes, designed and installed Dancing Rabbit’s village-wide renewable-energy micro-grid, and has served on the village’s Land Use Planning committee for over a decade. Tony is also on the board of Dancing Rabbit’s nonprofit which does sustainability education and promotes Dancing Rabbit and sustainability through the media and online. He is currently working on the design team for a 9000 square-foot LEED Platinum community building which will be certified by the Living Building Challenge.
You can get information on this event and other upcoming Dancing Rabbit events on our website.
We hope to see you there, and thanks for helping us get the word out!