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22nd September 2021 Zero Carbon Britain Join us for our next free webinar. Leading climate scientist Professor Kevin Anderson will lay bare the scope, scale and urgency of the climate crisis, and offer thoughts on what…
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25th September 2021 Visitor Centre Moth traps and bat detectors. What more could you want from an evening at CAT? CAT’s visitor centre and surrounding woodland is home to an amazing number of species of…
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17th September 2021 This week over 250 new MSc students started their postgraduate journeys in Sustainability, with students starting their studies with us both via distance learning and in small groups on-site. Find…
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The price of Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels has dropped rapidly in the last ten years. A domestic PV array can now be cost effective without any subsidy. You can sell…
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