Billy Aiken, Author at Centre for Alternative Technology

Share your love of nature this autumn

What do you love most about autumn? The changing colours, the rich musty smell of leaves, the excitement of the sharp night air? Maybe it’s the mushrooms popping up across…

CAT to host Autumnwatch 2020

We are excited to announce that CAT has been chosen as one of the hosts of this year’s BBC Autumnwatch. Iolo Williams will join us for two weeks to bring…

Record number of students starting at CAT in 2020

We are pleased to welcome a record number of students to study at CAT this September. Across the nine postgraduate courses on offer at CAT’s Graduate School of the Environment…

CAT Graduate becomes a CAT Trustee

Sonya Bedford, 2018 graduate from CAT’s renewable energy MSc was recently appointed as a CAT Trustee after a recent round of trustee recruitment.

CAT Stories: Zero carbon councils – Interview with Town Councillor David Royle

David Royle has been a Sawbridgeworth Town Councillor since 2015. Before that, he worked in publishing and as an education consultant. We caught up with David after the May Zero…

CAT Stories – Zero carbon councils: interview with Sarah Speakman-Jones

We recently caught up with Sarah after the May Zero Carbon Britain course, to talk about the work she and her council do in getting to zero carbon, and how…

Energy saving retrofits

To address the climate crisis we need to rapidly reduce energy use, and refurbishing homes to high energy standards is one of the key measures that can help. CAT Information…

Growing community resilience

In CAT’s home in the Dyfi Biosphere an inspiring new project has emerged as part of the community response to coronavirus. Simon Griffiths explores how growers are working together to…

We need a ‘new deal’ for net zero – CAT statement on PM’s speech

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s post-coronavirus recovery plan, Peter Tyldesley, Centre for Alternative Technology CEO said: “As we plan our recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, we must keep our sights…

Lessons from Covid to Climate – action is vital!

Climate change is a huge but foreseeable global risk. Paul Allen argues that the COVID-19 crisis has shown us the importance of early action and that governments should and can…

Author: Billy Aiken