THE CIRCLES
Meet the circles that keep Catfarm moving!
Vision Circle
Purpose
The Vision Circle helps Catfarm stay aligned with its core values. It’s where new ideas take shape and are nurtured into projects. This circle supports all roles and collaborations, ensuring they reflect what matters most to us: regeneration, creativity, and community.
Think of it as our compass, keeping us focused, inspired, and grounded as we grow together.
Domain
The Vision Circle holds the long view and is responsible for:
- Guiding Catfarm’s overall direction and long-term goals
- Ensuring that every circle, role, and project reflects our shared purpose
- Shaping and maintaining our visual identity, design, and storytelling
- Representing Catfarm through public events, networks, and partnerships
- Coordinating cross-circle projects and big-picture collaborations
- Leading communication strategy, including media, marketing, and funding
- Supporting legal and ethical frameworks that uphold our regenerative mission
Responsibilities
- Keep all circles aligned with Catfarm’s long-term vision
- Build connection and collaboration across roles and teams
- Balance priorities to prevent burnout and overwork
- Encourage cross-functional teamwork and shared leadership
- Translate our values into practical, daily actions
- Share the bigger picture with the community and beyond
Roles
- Project Overview Cat: Tracks ongoing and upcoming projects to ensure alignment with our mission.
- Design Cat: Maintains Catfarm’s visual identity, ensuring coherence across projects.
- Marketing Cat: Oversees messaging and outreach with a clear, consistent voice.
- Local Cat: Builds relationships with local networks, partners, and municipalities.
- Legal Cat: Ensures agreements and frameworks reflect our values and vision.
- Social Media Cat: Shares Catfarm’s story online with authenticity and care.
- ESC Admin Cat: Supports ESC volunteers and connects their work with our mission.
- Grant Cat: Identifies and applies for funding opportunities aligned with our goals.
- Media Cat: Captures life at Catfarm through photography, video, and storytelling.
Life Circle
Purpose
The Life Circle tends to the daily rhythm of Catfarm. It keeps our home flowing, from the food on our table to the cleanliness of our spaces ensuring that community life remains balanced, healthy, and harmonious.
Domain
The Life Circle is responsible for:
- Overseeing all practical and domestic areas of community life
- Coordinating food systems, kitchens, and cleaning routines
- Managing waste, recycling, and DIY product production
- Caring for animals and shared spaces
- Representing daily-life matters in the Anchor Circle
- Supporting Cats to engage mindfully in community chores
Responsibilities
- Develop and delegate weekly life tasks and priorities
- Support and check in with Cats responsible for daily operations
- Lead community cleanings and ensure hygiene standards
- Encourage conscious use of shared spaces and resources
- Maintain balance and joy in the flow of daily life
Roles
- Food Cat: Manages food sorting, storage, and creativity with leftovers.
- Kitchen Cat: Oversees kitchen use, meal planning, and cleanliness.
- Housekeeping Cat: Ensures hygiene, laundry, and organization across spaces.
- Trash Cat: Keeps Catfarm waste-free and organizes recycling and dump trips.
- DIY Cat: Produces natural products and promotes zero-waste practices.
- Animal Cat: Cares for the well-being of our furry companions.
- Treasure Cat: Manages the Life Circle’s budget and expenses responsibly.
Garden Circle
Purpose
The Garden Circle co-creates abundant ecosystems by caring for the soil, plants, and fungi that sustain Catfarm. It is where regeneration begins, transforming the land into a thriving, educational, and nourishing landscape for all beings.
Domain
The Garden Circle is responsible for:
- Managing the agroforestry and permaculture systems on 3.5 hectares of land
- Cultivating organic vegetables, herbs, and mushrooms
- Propagating trees and plants for reforestation and biodiversity
- Maintaining composting systems and soil regeneration methods
- Experimenting with syntropic agriculture and regenerative techniques
- Hosting workshops and educational activities around agroecology
- Make herbal preparations like tinctures, balms, teas with herbs from the area
Responsibilities
- Nurture soil health and biodiversity through daily care
- Plant, propagate, and harvest following seasonal rhythms
- Maintain compost systems and experiment with new biofertilizers
- Connect gardening with community learning and food systems
- Collaborate with other circles to integrate land care into daily life
Roles
- Agroforestry Cat: Develops and maintains our syntropic systems.
- Herbal Cat: Tends the herbal gardens and transforms plants into medicine.
- Veggie Cat: Cultivates the community’s vegetable beds.
- Mushroom Cat: Oversees mushroom cultivation and the Mushroom House.
- Propagation Cat: Propagates trees and plants from seeds and cuttings.
- Harvest Cat: Ensures timely and abundant harvests for the community.
- Compost Cat: Manages composting and experiments with soil regeneration.
Art Circle
Purpose
In the Art Circle, we value creative expression and emotional processing through art. We encourage art-making as a form of self-expression and through collective projects and invite craft and contemporary art. We love investigating and experimenting with new techniques and regenerative materials like solar printing, natural dying, natural pigments painting, clay art, up-cycling fashion, reworking textile art.
We prioritize the use of vegan and natural materials to co-create our art in harmony with the natural environment around us.
Domain
The Art Circle is responsible for:
- Coordinating artistic projects, workshops, and residencies
- Hosting creative gatherings such as open mics, life drawing, clay sculpting, and music jams
- Experimenting with natural and vegan art materials, such as solar printing, natural dying, and clay art
- Beautifying spaces and adding sparkle to community events, both physically and spiritually
- Bridging craft art and contemporary art through collective projects
- Promoting upcycling, textile art, and sustainable creative practices
Responsibilities
- Encourage creativity and collaboration across the community
- Facilitate art workshops, residencies, and cultural exchanges
- Support resident artists and help them bring their ideas to life
- Integrate art into celebrations, rituals, and daily life
- Inspire reflection, joy, and connection through creative expression
Roles
- Art Material Cat: Manages musical instruments, costumes, and art materials, researching and sourcing vegan, eco-friendly alternatives.
- Art Residency Cat: Researches art grants and funding opportunities, and holds space for invited artists in residence.
- Sparkling Cat: Keeps the creative spirit alive by hosting artistic events, beautifying spaces, and spreading Catfarm’s signature sparkle.
- Textile Cat: Repairs and reimagines fabrics and clothes, creating textile art and upcycled fashion pieces that raise awareness about sustainability and conscious reuse.
- Music Cat: Brings musical culture to Catfarm by facilitating jams, offering music and singing workshops, and supporting the sound recording of songs, jams, and audio in general.
Balance Circle
Purpose
The Balance Circle cares for Catfarm’s social energy and upholds our culture of care, non-violence, and belonging. It ensures that Care, Non-Violence and emotional safety remain at the center of community life.
Domain
The Balance Circle is responsible for:
- Supporting community well-being and conflict transformation
- Managing integration and empowerment processes for new members
- Organizing sharing circles, workshops, welcome weeks and trainings
- Holding space for emotional support, empathy, and mediation
- Maintaining the cultural agreements and guiding principles of Catfarm
Responsibilities
- Strengthen community trust through transparent communication
- Support individuals in their integration and personal growth
- Facilitate feedback, mediation, and care processes
- Encourage balance between personal and collective needs
Roles
Care Cat – Provides empathy support, mediation, and workshops.
Recruitment Cat – Welcomes new members, leads interviews, and manages accommodations.
Empower Cat – Encourages Cats to discover and develop their roles and potential.
Education Cat – Creates learning opportunities and coordinates educational projects.
Building Circle
Purpose
The Building Circle designs, constructs, and maintains Catfarm’s physical spaces. It keeps our infrastructure safe, beautiful, and sustainable, combining creativity and handiwork to embody our regenerative values.
Domain
The Vision Circle holds the long view and is responsible for:
- Guiding Catfarm’s overall direction and long-term goals
- Ensuring that every circle, role, and project reflects our shared purpose
- Shaping and maintaining our visual identity, design, and storytelling
- Representing Catfarm through public events, networks, and partnerships
- Coordinating cross-circle projects and big-picture collaborations
- Leading communication strategy, including media, marketing, and funding
- Supporting legal and ethical frameworks that uphold our regenerative mission
Responsibilities
- Keep all circles aligned with Catfarm’s long-term vision
- Build connection and collaboration across roles and teams
- Balance priorities to prevent burnout and overwork
- Encourage cross-functional teamwork and shared leadership
- Translate our values into practical, daily actions
- Share the bigger picture with the community and beyond
Roles
- Project Overview Cat: Tracks ongoing and upcoming projects to ensure alignment with our mission.
- Design Cat: Maintains Catfarm’s visual identity, ensuring coherence across projects.
- Marketing Cat: Oversees messaging and outreach with a clear, consistent voice.
- Local Cat: Builds relationships with local networks, partners, and municipalities.
- Legal Cat: Ensures agreements and frameworks reflect our values and vision.
- Social Media Cat: Shares Catfarm’s story online with authenticity and care.
- ESC Admin Cat: Supports ESC volunteers and connects their work with our mission.
- Grant Cat: Identifies and applies for funding opportunities aligned with our goals.
- Media Cat: Captures life at Catfarm through photography, video, and storytelling.