We are aiming to reduce our impact on the planet.
Water and electricity:Â at the Catfarm every water drop and power watt matters! Our farm is powered by solar energy and our water comes from a natural source. We have built our own electricity and water systems so we know exactly where our resources come from and how much they last. You will also be challenged to change your perception of water and electricity as a given and learn to value them! Only charge devices during daytime!
Recycling/Upcycling:Â reducing consumption is only one of the steps into lowering our impact on the environment. We also need to make sure we are using everything to its full potential before throwing it in the bin. We use waste to build things that make our community prettier and more functional. For those things that really do not have any further use, they are properly separated and sent to recycling centers.
Food: we could not try to reduce our impact on the environment without reducing the burden on animals. For that reason,the community meals that we prepare are vegan, we try to use the food waste from the market and from bio-shops as much as possible and we try to buy as much bio food as we can. At the farm, you will learn that there’s plenty more to food than steak and chips, and that lettuce and tomato are not the only vegetables in the world!
Self-hygiene: we only use biodegradable soaps. Please don’t take any non-biodegradable soaps with you to the farm since they can damage our septic system!
Toilets:Â when we say everything is used to its full potential, we mean EVERYTHING. Including poop! At the farm, we have a compost toilet where you can deposit your lovely poop so it becomes delicious compost for the plants!
We kindly ask you to use the compost toilet on the Catfarm and we understand that for some people this is a big step. But it’s part of the experience. DO NOT use the compost toilet IF you are on any medication, birth control, antibiotics etc.
In this case, you can use the inside flushing toilet. About toilet paper: you can throw toilet paper inside the compost toilets, but when you use the flushing toilet, please throw the toilet paper in the bin and not inside the toilet.
Community living:Â if we want to look after the world we live in, why not start with our own community? The Catfarm is a co-creation from all the people who have lived here, including you! If you have any nice idea about a creation or a cooperation, we would love to listen to you and eventually decide together how to make it real!Â
