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20th July 2019 Short Course Principles and practices of ecological restoration. Recent years have seen a surge in popular interest in rewilding, an idea that is rocking the world of conservation, agriculture and land management.…
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22nd July 2019 Short Course Explore using natural building materials and begin to develop the skills needed to build your own outhouse, garden retreat or even extend or build your own home. Whatever your grand…
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26th July 2019 Short Course Creating low impact buildings from locally sourced materials. Building using locally sourced materials can help to ensure your structure is low impact and ecologically sound. This course provides hands-on experience…
Read MoreGain the knowledge and skills to help address environmental change. CAT’s postgraduate courses are respected across the world, providing a big-picture, integrated approach to sustainability.
To tackle climate change, all emissions that can go to zero must go to zero – as rapidly as possible. CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain research shows how this can be done using technology available today.
11th July 2019 We’re pleased to announce that CAT’s Board of Directors has appointed Peter Tyldesley as Chief Executive Officer. Currently CEO at conservation charity the Bradgate Park Trust, Peter has substantial experience…
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12th June 2019 Responding to the announcement of the UK’s commitment to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is calling for the creation of a…
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31st May 2019 An innovative new project combining state-of-the-art monitoring methods with citizen science will provide a picture of the changing landscape of ‘Living Wales’, helping improve environmental decision making. Brook Woodman reports.
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Wondering what you can do in your own home to help combat climate change? CAT’s free information service offers independent and impartial advice on a wide range of areas to help you live more sustainably.
Generate electricity from the sun. Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels convert sunlight into electricity. You can use the electricity to power domestic appliances, and export excess energy to the grid. This…
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Our page on low energy buildings talks about the ’embodied energy’ of building materials. This is the energy that was used in extraction, manufacture, and transportation. Another way of assessing…
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From the very earliest days of CAT we have focused on building and renovating to high levels of insulation, so that we consume less energy. Reducing our energy demand makes…
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