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The Center for Sustainable & Cooperative Culture is the nonprofit arm of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Our mission is to empower individuals to live sustainable, meaningful and connected lives by amplifying the message, and strengthening the community, of Dancing Rabbit. We conduct natural building workshops, permaculture design courses, and in depth visitor programs in which participants are immersed in our transformative project for 1-2 weeks. Through grant making, volunteer co-ordinating, and service trips we support resilient and sustainable development initiatives at Dancing Rabbit and regionally. Finally, we partner with researchers and universities to conduct ecological and communal research studies, centered around Dancing Rabbit. These have been featured in documentaries, peer-reviewed articles, and government reports.
The primary objective and purpose of CSCC is to increase in the general public the awareness of and participation in a lifestyle that is ecologically sustainable. To do so, Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage (DRE) has been created as a full scale demonstration project of a sustainable society and the nonprofit is intended to support, further and study DRE as an exploration into what it takes to create a truly ecologically and socially sustainable society.
Here's DRE's mission statement:
To create a society, the size of a small town or village, made up of individuals and communities of various sizes and social structures, which allows and encourages its members to live sustainably.* To encourage this sustainable society to grow to have the size and recognition necessary to have an influence on the global community by example, education, and research.
*Sustainably: In such a manner that, within the defined area, no resources are consumed faster than their natural replenishment, and the enclosed system can continue indefinitely without degradation of its internal resource base or the standard of living of the people and the rest of the ecosystem within it, and without contributing to the non-sustainability of ecosystems outside.
Organization name
The Center for Sustainable & Cooperative Culture at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
Tax id (EIN)
43-1762592
Mission/Purpose
Community Improvement/Economic Development, Education, Environment, Social Justice
Operating Budget
Micro: $50,001 - $250,000
Service Area
St Louis City
Audiences Served
LGBTQIA+, Women, Men, Children, Youth, Families, BILPOC, General Public
BILPOC Leadership
BILPOC Leadership
Address
1 Dancing Rabbit Ln.Phone
660-883-5511