Education Host Rae with students from Scattergood Friends Quaker High School, during their visit in 2014

The Center for Sustainable and Cooperative Culture at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is excited to offer a FREE three-day experiential program for high school student groups this fall. Thanks to generous funding from the Trio Foundation of St. Louis and the Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation, we are able to offer this opportunity to two public high schools in the St. Louis area.

We are currently searching for two student groups who would be a good match for the program. We are able to accommodate 15 students per group, plus a teacher/school sponsor and another chaperoning adult.

You can read more about the program here. For questions or to request an application, email us at dancingrabbit@ic.org. 

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More about the program

Participants will camp in our wooded campground, which does not have electricity. (Electricity is available in the village Common House.) Students will use composting toilets, and have access to showers in the Common House.

Nutritious whole food meals will be served.

Activities will be held both indoors and outdoors, and be based on objectives outlined by the participating group and our Education Coordinator.  

Workshops may include such topics as: renewable energy; building with natural materials; local and organic food-raising; resource conservation; cooperative economics; communication and conflict resolution; and permaculture design.

Work parties (where the group will work together, often with villagers) may include work in gardens and orchards, food preservation activities (canning, fermenting), natural medicine-making, home building, or other community service activities, depending on the season.

Additional activities may include: campfires, prairie walks, informal conversations with villagers, games, and communication exercises.

Students will also create take-home projects, focused on sustainable living and that can be carried out in their home or school environment. Sponsoring adults are expected to assist the students with these projects once back in St. Louis. 

Transportation costs (van rental and gasoline) to and from the ecovillage will be covered by our funding.


Again, you can read more about the program here. For questions or to request an application, email us at dancingrabbit@ic.org.