Billy Aiken, Author at Centre for Alternative Technology

Investment Unlocked for CAT’s Next Chapter

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.

CAT’s Innovation Lab: A Co-creative Approach to Systemic Change

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 Britain Innovation Lab is designed…

CAT Conversations: Georgia Davies, CAT Volunteer

Marketing and Communications Officer, Myfi Fenwick, interviews current residential Gardens volunteer Georgia Davies.

CAT Sparks Real-World Inspiration for Global Sustainability Engineers

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 Alternative Technology (CAT). We talked…

CAT Conversations: Sandy Stevens, CAT graduate

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 dedication she recently completed a…

More solar energy for CAT

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 around 50kW of new photovoltaic…

CAT stories – Nick Parsons and Mike Russell

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 time we hear from CAT’s…

Ready for retrofit

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. CAT graduate Charlotte Ravenscroft shares…

Hawkland — eco business takes flight

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 in Bristol. Director and CEO,…

CAT students exhibit work from their Barmouth community engagement project

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 Thursday 19 December 2024 at…

Author: Billy Aiken