I love Dancing Rabbit community. I almost moved there but hit a few snags at that time. However as much as I love it and as much as it's wonderful and the people are wonderful, it's not going to change anything. It's like a little patch of smooth skin on a body of pox. What needs to happen is get rid of the idea of committees. That is patriarchal in its framework. Rather, enable a totally sovereign individual system that allows every person to make a proposal and every person to vote (or not vote, whatever each individual feels like doing) on the proposals. A new framework needs to be built. Also once you get the hang of that, stop paying for registering cars, stop getting driver's licenses and then go even further, incrementally building on each step towards integrated individual sovereignty. This is not hard! All it needs is the will! Keeping the same processes we do under patriarchy will have only minor change, only temporary change even if all you do is good. We need new systems that are durable and uphold the highest connection to equality.

Oh, and start worker cooperations (rather than corporations or businesses - ugh) and use an alternative exchange (money) system. It's an oxymoron to want to change the world while also making profit from a business. That whole concept needs to be composted. And we shouldn't have to go anywhere, to a special place or village. If Dancing Rabbit is to be a model of anything really new, it has to change its very fundamental mental structure. The people are lovely and would be wonderful to live with but a village of like minded people is an artificial community. In real communities, there are all sorts of characters, belief systems, habits, etc. Therefore Dancing Rabbit would be better suited to holding lotteries for members to come into the community.

There already was an alternative exchange system called ELMs. I cant quite remember why it got dismantled, but it got shut down around 2019

Thank you for that beautiful and resourceful work 🥰🙏

Astrologically speaking it seems like intentional community is definitely the way of our future. Over regulation and permitting is truly a hindrance to creative building on the coasts where I live. Laborious and expensive to the point of being prohibitive. Love the process of general consensus rather than domineering Roberts rules. So much better for community.

dear brother you are 100% right - this only happens when the commune is doing it which follow by the kids or generation - todays world its too complicated where we need to find ourself first. its only possible this kind of eco village places.

Well said Fam

Amen! Thanks for watching and commenting Valerie. Glad you see the need for, and the beauty of, intentional communities.

Agreed 👍

Thanks for commenting Michelle! It truly is a peaceful, realistic, beautiful place.

But whenever you get a group of like-minded people, we must understand that it is a completely artificial setting. Real life doesn't happen like that. Oh it's lovely to be surrounded with people who care about the environment, however the majority of people couldn't give a flying crap about the environment. And if we want that to change, then we must start working on changing the belief systems and talking to people who are not in the clique.

@@deniseward002 change your life then you will influence others, not by telling 'them' to change! You think it isn't real life but these are real people who came together to do something real together. THat is real life and they are influencing others by their example. Actually doing something is a lot harder at first then trying to tell other people how they need to change. Where do you stand that you think you can tell others how to live?

@@deniseward002 Maybe your problems is that you just don't care enough Denise.

@@thecitizenfarmer7700 Others can live whichever way they like but it doesn't mean we can't comment on it. Like I say, we need strategies to really change not just come together in an artificial community of like-minded people because life isn't like that. Also these people need to lay down some guidelines so that people can live in the proper way without having to go make up an artificial community. They should be able to change from wherever they're planted. We need behavioral change, not moving to a new community. We need strategies like getting off the money system and ways we can help each other do that; holding talks to teach the new theories to children so they are not just being indoctrinated with babblespeak, talking all the time and demonstrating clean living principles, energy saving principles, promoting hemp and other natural rapidly renewable raw materials, discussing and finding ways to use energy sources as locally as possible, restructuring the soil, new building codes that make towns sustainable. But all they do is really act like celebrities and show themselves to be rather elitist in my view. They are not out to change humanity, they just want to look out for themselves, like people in everywhere.

Wahooo..That's great! Just found the vid..

this is a cult. You're gonna get trapped

I did the visitor program here a few years ago and it was such a wonderful experience. I learned things I still use to this day and met some of the most amazing people. I also healed emotionally in ways I didn't even recognize that I needed. This is not a cult and these are good people. I definitely recommend a visit! It definitely takes adjusting, especially if you decide to stay in a tent the entries time, but truthfully it was one of the best experiences of my life. I don't think I recognized just how amazing it was at the time. Don't be surprised if you want to stay!

@@Shinnyuu2 how did you get out eventually? Did you go to a better Village or decide is not for you n just went on living alone? How much time it took for you to realise you re stuck n how much to actually leave?

@@Shinnyuu2 i guess any community can be a cult, in good or bad way depends on if your needs are met or no.... Life can be a cult. For example living with people that have totally different needs than you and ridicule or put u down or just being alone with them, isnt it a cult of loneliness coz u don't belong there...

hey kim! i understand your desire to put the earths wellbeing first :) I live in jacksonville and i'm really interested in starting an eco village, i hope you see this and we can share ideas about sustainabliity and share our passions.

@@khaliahgranillo7880 To be honest, ive always lived the wrong way. So far ive only got a deep desire to change that. But I live in pensacola. Where I am more or less alone in that desire. All that I know so far ive learned via youtube, sadly lol Id be a great candidate to join one and learn, but as far as starting one.. Id be pretty lost. I mean, I self educate. Enthusiastically. So if given the resources, I could probably go pretty far. But again, id literally be starting from scratch. I'm just now starting to phase out meat. I'm like a toddler lol

Hello from Clearwater!!! A lot of Florida folks getting tired of the world...not surprising at all, haha

@@BonejanglesTV yeah ppl are not ok here lol

I feel the exact same way Kim....I live in Phoenix AZ and in a really really bad gang, drug invested area....and I'm making small changes... I've got a really huge backyard and so I'm going to create a micro farm with chickens....but ultimately it's like you said the overall environment is not really cohesive for what I'm trying to do...I wanna go to one of these places in the future. I graduated RSI air conditioning School ( it's really big out here) graduated in 08'...within months went through 3 jobs because of a lack of training... lost my truck in a car accident with my Mom coming back from a job interview with her friend that I didn't get and lost my apartment.... I've never really been the same.... started drinking alot( became an alcoholic) living with my uncle and had my student loan bounce....last time I knew it was 20,000$ ....I just want to relocate to a place like this... having a good group of people..live off the land .. contributing, helping out... playing guitars at sunset..simple things, I'm not foolish enough to think that it's going to be perfect...I just know I could be better in an environment like this

Same!!! I abousley love living in a village with a bunch of different people different stories where we all have a voice and can live a natural way we need a village lile this in canada!

I would. I live in Toronto, Ontario. Am retired. Would love to a live in a community like your s

Yes! I’m exploring this for myself and my 10 year old daughter 💗🙏🏼🌿

I'm in Québec, and I'm in the very early stages of this with a few others! =D

Where in Canada?

Thanks Malia! I appreciate the feedback, and love that you enjoyed the documentary!

Hi Boshena, I am in Australia and looking for places to try out this style of living. Would you feel comfortable posting a hint or the name and then deleting it after a day or so? No worries if not, thank you - Victoria

@@victoriaphelan3390 I do not need to delete it. It is Nimbin :-) It is famous in Australia to have been "alternative" for decades now...

@@boshenaw.929 oh, awesome, I know nimbin of course :)) should have figured based on the size you were talking! Thanks Boshena

I want to live there, can I?

people of all sexualities are accepted at the community i just got accepted to visit. many communities do not discriminate!! much luck to u❤

Doesn't seem to be much diversity in ethnicities.

Thanks Wout! That was the plan, and then I had difficulty finding funding at the time. Planning on firing this project back up though due to the renewed interest.

Thanks Michelle! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Sounds cool

Thank you so much! 💙

Thanks noahluke11! I'm hoping to film more episodes soon.

With sociocracy the power is balanced across the people doing the work...and anyone can join the work and add their voice. Obviously, you can't do direct consensus processes over a certain number of people if you ever want to decide anything and move forward. In sociocracy if you want to participate in decisions and elections you just have to show up. Generally, I believe the option of private business is dependent on how much resource it uses. If, for instance, you want a private farming business on the community land, you have to somehow make up for the fact that everyone there is paying for the shared land that you're using. But with any community, the limits and decisions must be based on the agreed on values that the community is adopted. As long as they remain at the center of decisions and involvement in decision making is accessible to anyone that wants it....it works.

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Ha! Hi Brent! Hope you’re doing wonderfully. 💙

Thanks Silvianne Delmars! Glad that you enjoyed it! You are going to have such a good time when you visit. I love Dancing Rabbit!

Aren’t they beautiful? Thanks for your comment!

That’s awesome! Congrats! I love AZ. Where in AZ is it?

Thanks Sarah H! Glad you liked it! I'm hoping to get started filming more episodes before the end of the year.

Just purchased 40 acres, I would love to do the same

we used Robert's rules of Order

I understand. Have you checked out www.ic.org/ to see if there are communities in an area you would like to live in?

Thanks Jessica! I really appreciate the love! I’m working on new content. Thanks for subscribing! ~ Blue

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Thanks Jamie! It was a labor love, that's for sure. Hope you get to visit Dancing Rabbit! You will love it!

Thank you! 💙

That’s awesome! Thanks for doing the work back then! Are you referring to The Farm?

@@intentionalworld No, The Farm is in Tennessee, founded by Stephen Gaskin and his following. I used to go hear him speak at the Straight Theater in San Francisco in the late 1960s. I visited SF when the bus caravan was forming. Then, when the caravan was on its way to Tennessee, it came through the valley in Southern Oregon where I lived on the farm. I am full of stories from those days.

@@doctorsnake8764 What incredible history! You must have wonderful stories to tell!

@@intentionalworld The stories from those days might be wonderful but the events in the stories were both good and bad. Those times were very different than today - fire bombings by locals, extreme racism against blacks by local authorities, suicides, SIDS. It was a time of great upheaval in this country - socially, politically, spiritually, ideologically, in so many ways that we might have trouble picturing today.

Hi Jill, they actually don't want to completely recreate what they left, but would like to integrate more elements of it within a sustainable context. Nothing wrong with that. They are way out in the middle of nowhere, which can get a little boring sometimes.

@@intentionalworld Oh I see that. I never said anything wrong with it. What they are trying to create is how eco-villages start-but we see when all those "integrated elements" of MORE (which don't sound much like sustainable wants-to me) are added- it turns into a modern place dependent on other things for "sustainability-and entertainment Being content would be hard if you are always "Bored or wanting more-better-easier . Just my opinion. Thanks for the response. Loved your documentary.

I would like to visit

I’m down!!

You literally don't have anything there?

I'm in FL too. I wish there was something here for sure

Agreed!!! Yes we do

Awesome! Be sure and subscribe to stay tuned. I'm creating a lot of new content for the channel about intentional communities, and starting your own community!

Thanks! I love Portland. So beautiful there, and the people are so nice. Great luck with your search for community! 💙

Hi chowe9, I just added captions to this episode. Enjoy! ~ Blue (creator of this series)

Thanks! I'm working to fire this project back up, and film more episodes. Your community looks very interesting!

DR ( dancing Rabbit) is actually a wonderful place for introverts. Yes, there are community buildings and stuff, but you live in your own house. There's plenty of privacy when you want it. The nice thing is there's also community when you need it. You don't have to any community events if you don't want to. Sometimes I'd just stay inside my house all day, or I'd go on a walk in the land. I moved away last year and I miss it dearly

@@samjohnson2449 for a visitor to stay for a week, how much you charge? Are u selling the land or a lease whoever will join the group? Do u set rules and regulations? How much the lease?

Awesome! They have a great visitor program. www.dancingrabbit.org/visit/ I highly suggest getting in touch with them, and visiting!

Please transplant me from Indiana .

Hey Sandy! Check out the directory at www.ic.org/directory/ for info on communities wherever you're interested.

seemingly not as a person has not contacted you. what to do?

You're welcome! Thank you!

You're welcome! Thank you! 💙

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Thanks for the suggestion @Caelan. I thought that KZfaq had put automatic captions on it, but will get a transcript done and upload it for captions asap. peace, Blue

You will need to contact Dancing Rabbit directly. This is not their channel, just a documentary about them. They have a contact page on their site with all of their contact info. www.dancingrabbit.org/contact-dancing-rabbit/ And, they also have a visitor program. www.dancingrabbit.org/visit/ I highly suggest getting in touch with them, and visiting. You will love it!

Pretty much the same reason anyone moves away from any place. I personally moved because I decided to live with my dad instead of my mom. Many other people moved due to jobs, their partners moved, change of scenery, they moved there when they were young and decided to see the world ect. Hope this was helpful

Right? They’re busy, busy rabbits!

Huh.... I'm curious too

@urshla vedda i would just like an honest opinion of why the older generation left and if there happy with what they left behind.

Excellent question. If I had the slightest clue of how to do something like this I would leave it when it's proved that it can thrive on its own and start again somewhere else, spreading the lovely lessons with new people. Until I was too tired to do it anymore and settle until I die in the one closest to my heart. No idea what their reasons are but these would be mine

Because it's impossible to sustain unity without the help of the Holy Spirit.

@@thegoodfight426 i would have to disagree a wee bit unity can be sustained if all in the community are on the same level without the higher good. and i mean that with respect, not disregarding your comment

What didn't they like? I thought of joining 12-13 years ago.

What’s the original concept? What has become?

Hey Rebecca, I'm cringing now, 4 years later, about how I spoke in full on gender binary about that topic! We ended up adjusting the policy so that we can have no more than x% (is it 60%? I'm not checking the decision index right now) of folks who identify as male. Our balance is actually pretty great right now. We have one person currently who identifies as nonbinary and just about exactly 50/50 otherwise, maybe even somewhat more folks who identify as women. There is always something that is "up," it happened to be gender balance at that time, but it didn't persist.

@@rachaelmaeferber2396 Thanks so much for the update; we humans are so complicated, especially at complicating things!! I've watched all episodes with hope in my heart that I can be brave like that in the future. Your world looks amazing, and I hope all is well in your Village.

I identify as a rabbit

Dancing Rabbit is a great community for people of all ages and situations. They have a great visitor program. www.dancingrabbit.org/visit/ I highly suggest getting in touch with them, and visiting!

They are in Missouri. If you're interested, they have a contact page on their site with all of their contact info. www.dancingrabbit.org/contact-dancing-rabbit/ And, they also have a visitor program. www.dancingrabbit.org/visit/ I highly suggest getting in touch with them, and visiting!

Yes, they all do. Dancing Rabbit is pretty far away from any other places to work. Some have businesses at Dancing Rabbit, and some have online work or businesses.

They have a contact page on their site with all of their contact info. www.dancingrabbit.org/contact-dancing-rabbit/ And, they also have a visitor program. www.dancingrabbit.org/visit/ I highly suggest getting in touch with them, and visiting!

I think this would be such a wonderful opportunity for a retired person. I think older people joining and working in an IC would have lots of healthy benefits of keeping active, socializing, relaxing, and companionship.

@@mikefly562 I agree....it seems like they start to either start shutting down or become really angry, not trying to be an ass just pointing out what I've noticed over the years

Yes totally!