THERE ARE 7 OF US
"CATS"
IN OUR URBAN ECOVILLAGE HOME
Our community is expanding past the walls of our home and into the neighborhood. More homes are connecting and joining with us, to develop an ecovillage in Cambrian Heights.
Through our experimentation in community-living, we aim to support others who see the value in this way of life to learn from us and join with us in creating a happier and healthier world.
OUR WHY
We dedicate ourselves to developing lifestyles, processes, and living spaces through collaborative endeavours, freeing time and resources make practical for ourselves the embodied realization that thoughts create reality. We realize that to do so requires making somewhat radical choices in how we live. We choose Sociocracy as a method of governance for its core value of fairness, transparency and effectiveness.
We believe in joining millions of others around the world in contributing to the emergence of a new story of the world and of the people.
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This story is not top down. It is about integrating the self, the world and nature. It is a story based on the understanding that we are partly one and the same and connected to each other. We believe in the emergence of many semi-autonomous communities with many frameworks, starting small and then growing into groups of groups of groups. It embraces the idea that we already live in an abundant universe and we can craft our collective story to reflect that.
We envision a human presence in this world that is spiritually fulfilling, socially just, and environmentally sustainable.
how it all started...
We started as a community house in Calgary with a vision of a more connected and loving world. Inspired by the concepts of Charles Eisenstein, Louis (one of our co-founders) travelled to intentional communities all across Canada and the US.
He learned many solid practices to keep the peace in community, like Non-Violent Communication and Sociocracy, a dynamic self-governance model. He brought these skills home to Alberta, and with the money that he made in the oil sands, he invested in a home in the neighbourhood of Cambrian Heights, Calgary NW.
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Over the years, the home went through many names, and finally, two years ago, Herding Cats was born. Ezgi, one of the members, marveled at how challenging it was to get their two cats, Merlin and Blake to walk with them. They realized that this was how organizing people in community could feel.. with so many individualistic people with different ideas.
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Since then, we have grown our community, and our home now serves as the central hub for collaboration, events and creating meaningful connections for conscious folks. We offer use of our flex space to our larger community, and are currently working on some upcoming events and workshops, so connect with us to stay in the loop!
Meet Our Co-Founders
David, Louis, and Jordan currently own our home, and we are open to the possibility of others becoming co-owners. If this interests you, please reach-out!
Louis Marceau
Community Coordinator
Louis brings his life, love, and energy to the project of developing the home every day, and leads our team in a variety of skill-building workshops such as NVC and Sociocracy. He is the main person to get in touch with if you are interested in coming to stay with us.
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CONTACT
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David Babich
Community Schmoozer
& Master Fix-it
David has been involved with our community for many years, brainstorming the idea years ago with Louis as the two met through their work in power engineering. He has now chosen Herding Cats as his long-term home and has become a Co-owner. He is also our handyman specialist who leads us in all sorts of building adventures.
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Website: babich.ca
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Life in our community...
