Catfarm

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2012

What we do

The Catfarm is an off-grid community of travelers, (digital) nomads, artists, healers, entrepreneurs, and purpose-driven people with the will to explore an alternative lifestyle closer to nature. Armed with old knowledge, instant communication, miraculous technology, and sheer strength of will, we hope to inspire all social classes to switch to a more respectful way of living in this high-speed changing world.
We merge people’s skills to develop projects, trainings, events, and hope to flourish into a self-sufficient paradise. Together, through sharing our knowledge openly in a place of safety we can make anything possible. We invite you to join us in building a bright and fulfilling future.
So far, as well as adapting the farmhouse and surroundings to produce food and gather solar energy, our biggest projects have included upcycling an old Peugeot into a bedroom, building a tipi, and starting to host youth exchanges run by our friends at Catfarm Education. We have now set our sights on building the Hackersfarm, a series of geodesic domes where we will delve further into permaculture and create spaces for art and upcycling protected from the weather. Or at least, that’s the plan at the moment, although like all our plans it may adapt and change as new travelers with their many skills and ideas make their contributions.
We have been providing a home for roaming souls, and have slowly gathered together an international community of creatives and nomads that design co-owned projects. We aim to develop our own lifestyle in harmony with nature, as well as building links with the local community and educating people to reduce waste, work together, express their creativity and understand the benefits of community life and learning from one another.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Permaculture
  • Education

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2012
  • Started living together
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
15

How to join

If you would like to join us please hop over to our website at www.catfarm.net, have a good look around, read more about us, and if you still want to join us then fill in the sign form. We look forward to seeing you.

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Location

  • France

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Intentional Communities Symposium

Symposium 2016 ​The Intentional Communities Research and Enterprise group will be hosting their second symposium entitled ‘Intentional Communities – Living the Good Life’ on the theme of sustainability and low impact living. The day will consist of presentations from academics and researchers with expertise in the field, a series of themed workshops from practitioners, and culminating in a panel discussion where you will have the opportunity to put your questions to a panel made up of people who can who can help get things started – help with finance, planning and even politics. The full range of speakers is yet to be confirmed, but we hope to have a range of participants including specialists in eco-developments, funding options, planning, and affordable housing. The symposium will be held on Thursday 16th June at the SWALEC stadium (previously the Glamorgan Cricket Club) in Cardiff. The stadium is easily accessible from the city centre and about a 20 minute walk from the main train and bus stations. There is limited free on-site parking and Sophia gardens pay and display car park is a short walk away. There will be a nominal charge of ÂŁ27​ per head which includes all refreshments and a buffet lunch. We hope that you will be able to join us, for what should be an exciting day and the opportunity to renew old acquaintances and make new contacts.​​​ https://web13-staging.cardiffmet.ac.uk/health/intentionalcommunities/Pages/Symposium-2015.aspx

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