Happy Dancing Blog

Unfortunately, with considerations to distancing guidelines, we have decided to give our in-person programming a break while everyone is...

Food insecurity is already more widespread in this country than most know. On a daily basis, one in seven households with children are...

Arbor Day is an international holiday that encourages celebrating participants to plant and care for their trees. Did you know that the...

Things are different. It’s okay to feel different. If you need help, the National Alliance on Mental Health is a great resource and can...

This is an unprecedented time. If you need help with your mental health, here are a list of numbers from the Minnesota Department of...

Eco Camp registration is now open! If you’d like to learn more about a specific camp, visit our website for more details. You can even...

This year, World Water Day occurs on March 22, focusing our attention on one of earth’s most important resources: water. According to the...

On Saturday, February 15, we held our 14th annual Back to Basics sustainability event at the Pine River-Backus School. There were a...

The energy of a collective makes pursuit of big ideas possible. This is true for Back to Basics: without the effort of a few for months...

*For complete event details including workshop descriptions, vendor list, and to register and pay online, visit www.happydancingturtle.or...

We’re about to hold the 14th annual Back to Basics sustainability event and everyone on the Happy Dancing Turtle staff works with a...

It’s several weeks into the new year, and things are growing busier and busier around the HDT office. Workshop sessions and vendor spaces...

Who doesn’t love to occasionally look back and see from where they’ve come, and reflect on where they’re going? 2019 was a year we...

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the average American spends so much on wrapping paper during the holidays that they...

Smaller trees and homemade ornaments can make your holiday greener. You don’t need to have new decorations each year. You can make your...

As we’ve discussed in previous blog posts, there are a lot of great alternatives to material gifts – volunteering/donating, giving...

We just covered how many people are choosing to buy less stuff for the holiday season. We must admit that the tremendous amount of...

I remember as a kid how excited I was for the holiday season to come. When the first snow flakes started to drop and the sunsets show up...

Agritourism: It’s kind of a made-up word, right? Some people use “agritainment,” instead. (Agriculture and tourism. Agriculture and...

It’s a game that I like to play with myself, sometimes. I’ll be binge watching a show (lately it’s been Westworld or The Good Place) and...