News & Blog
A better world is possible! Discover the latest from CAT on climate change, our Zero Carbon Britain research, what’s happening on site, green building, renewable energy, along with posts on a broad range of topics relating to sustainability.
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Jonathon Porritt is an eminent writer and leading campaigner for sustainable development. For over five decades, he’s provided strategic guidance to the ‘great and the…
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Our partnership with local community energy group Bro Dyfi Community Renewables (BDCR) is helping CAT reduce emissions, cut costs, and explore new ways of managing…
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Each year, Year 7 pupils from Queen Mary’s Grammar School in Walsall travel from the heart of the West Midlands to the hills of mid-Wales.…
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Every year, hundreds of school students from across the UK visit the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) to see sustainable solutions in action.
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Each year, a group of international postgraduate students from the University of Cambridge swaps their lecture theatres for the living laboratory at the Centre for…
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CAT graduate Sandy Stevens graduated with a distinction in our MSc in Sustainability and Behaviour Change in 2021. After four years of hard work and…
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We’re thrilled to share the exciting news that the first phase of investment for CAT’s transformational redevelopment project, Cynefin, has officially been approved.
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At CAT, we believe that real change happens when people come together to share knowledge, challenge assumptions and co-create new ways forward. Our Zero Carbon…
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Marketing and Communications Officer, Myfi Fenwick, interviews current residential Gardens volunteer Georgia Davies.
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As the demand for electric vehicle charging increases from our students and visiting groups, we are working with a local community renewables project to add…
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CAT’s Graduate School of the Environment is pleased to confirm the postgraduate bursaries available to new students wishing to fund their studies with us from…
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Our unique community continues to use the knowledge, skills and networks gained at CAT to enable positive action on the climate and nature crises. This…
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In their final year, CAT students produce a dissertation in which they explore and research solutions to the challenges of the climate and nature crises.…
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Over the last 50 years, CAT has played a crucial role in many successful sustainability-related businesses, including Hawkland, an ecological design and build company based…
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Michael Taylor, previously Chair of CAT’s Board of Trustees between 2010-2022 was recently awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for…
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Students from the Centre for Alternative Technology Masters in Sustainable Architecture course (M.Arch) will exhibit designs inspired by their recent Abermaw community engagement events on…
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Engage with sustainability in a hands-on, transformative environment and unlock a world of opportunities through postgraduate study. Myfi Fenwick explores the reasons why you should…
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CAT has a long history of offering residential and day volunteering opportunities that give people the chance to develop their skills and support our work.…