Author: drecovillage
Added: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:31 -0800
Duration: 256

Rocket stoves are superefficient wood-fired stoves that can easily be built using readily available and recycled materials. In this video, Nathan and Tony describe two different rocket stove systems, detailing the inner workings of the stoves and their unique ability to store heat much more effectively than traditional wood stoves.

Author: drecovillage
Added: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:19:29 -0800
Duration: 443

Here's a brief look at the seasonal aspects of life at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Daily routines are largely influenced by the current season - winter is a time for relaxing, socializing, indoor projects, spring planning, and most importantly, staying warm. And by the end of winter, members are gearing up and itching for spring with new or continuing building projects and gardening plans. In this video, Alyson describes wintertime maple sap collection, Liat shares her plans to transform a school bus into a house (complete with greenhouse), and Dan talks about seed saving and starting seedlings.

Author: drecovillage
Added: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:16:22 -0800
Duration: 566

Mushroom hunter, tent dweller, food fermenter, odd jobber and eco-expounder, Thomas has been living at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage for the past five years. In Life with Thomas, we get the chance to familiarize ourselves with one of the community's unique denizens. Thomas shares his personal story and how he came to desire a more ecological lifestyle, inspired by life experiences and the global ecological crisis. He also gives us a cooking lesson, goes mushroom hunting, reflects upon his wigwam, and pursues other exciting daily activities at his home in Dancing Rabbit. Watch PART 2 here: http://revver.com/video/667789/life-with-thomas-part-2-of-2/

Author: drecovillage
Added: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:16:22 -0800
Duration: 394

This is a continuation of PART 1: http://revver.com/video/667789/life-with-thomas-part-1-of-2/ Mushroom hunter, tent dweller, food fermenter, odd jobber and eco-expounder, Thomas has been living at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage for the past five years. In Life with Thomas, we get the chance to familiarize ourselves with one of the community's unique denizens. Thomas shares his personal story and how he came to desire a more ecological lifestyle, inspired by life experiences and the global ecological crisis. He also gives us a cooking lesson, goes mushroom hunting, reflects upon his wigwam, and pursues other exciting daily activities at his home in Dancing Rabbit.

Author: drecovillage
Added: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:13:06 -0800
Duration: 318

On October 5-7, Dancing Rabbit celebrated its 10th anniversary and reunion, and rabbits present and past joined to commemorate and reminisce about the community. In this episode of DRTV, Tony and Cecil, two of the six original Dancing Rabbit co-founders reflect on the progress and growth of the ecovillage against the backdrop of the reunion celebrations and festivities. The land on which Dancing Rabbit is situated was originally purchased ten years ago, in October 1997, and since then it has come quite a ways since the days when the community was almost nothing more than a vision.

Author: drecovillage
Added: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:49:05 -0800
Duration: 58

Originally created for Current TV's "Ecospot" contest, this short video produced at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage gives some inspiration and ideas for how to tackle the threat of a climate crisis.

Author: drecovillage
Added: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:30:17 -0800
Duration: 760

Lately, there's been a lot of building work going on around Dancing Rabbit, everything from the continuing work on Ironweed's cob/straw bale hybrid kitchen, to the frame construction of the Milkweed Mercantile, and to Dan's urbanite foundation construction for his soon-to-be straw bale house. So for this episode of Dancing Rabbit TV, we're taking the opportunity to provide a "how-to" natural building lesson, an in-depth video about earthen plastering techniques and application. Tamar guides us through every step of the way, showing how easy it is to make natural plaster from just a few simple ingredients (there might be one somewhat surprising ingredient in there, too!), and both making and mixing the plaster, and then applying it to a natural home wall. Anyone who might have some curiosity or interest in learning more about natural home building, or specifically earthen plastering is encouraged to take a look!

Author: drecovillage
Added: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:49:06 -0800
Duration: 660

In the second episode of DRTV, we take a look at Larkspur, home of Dancing Rabbit members Tony and Alyssa. In their tour, the duo includes information and tips about their natural building design and process. Larkspur features local and sustainable building materials, including reclaimed lumber, light clay straw insulation, and earthen plaster, and its power provided by solar arrays and a wind tower.

Author: drecovillage
Added: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:43:16 -0800
Duration: 222

Located in northeast Missouri, Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is an intentional community devoted to ecological sustainability. This video describes how members strive to lead sustainable and more eco-conscious lives in this off-the-grid community.