Sir John Houghton Bursary
The Graduate School of the Environment at CAT are once again able to offer the Sir John Houghton Bursary to a promising student who demonstrates that they have an excellent…
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Author: Billy Aiken
Rethinking household energy provision: new courses at CAT teach how to install renewables in the home
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) has announced a new suite of short courses to enable people to reduce their carbon emissions by installing renewable technologies. Starting in April, students…
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From beetroot to butterflies: CAT and National Botanic Garden of Wales launch new gardening courses
A new suite of weekend gardening courses at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) will teach people how to boost biodiversity and start growing food in any size garden, for…
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Green Party MP Caroline Lucas discusses zero carbon solutions at CAT
Caroline Lucas MP visited CAT this week to discuss climate solutions and find out more about our research into how the UK can reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. On…
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Time for wicked solutions
Paul Allen discusses CAT’s new report, and explores how we can meet the complex challenges of climate change with ingenuity and collective determination. There is no time to spare. In order…
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Powering up the UK’s offshore wind industry
Offshore wind has a crucial part to play in getting to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Sally Shenton explores the promise and practicalities of a growing industry, and looks at…
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Energy updates – modelling Zero Carbon Britain
The new Zero Carbon Britain report includes an updated energy scenario that takes into account changes in technology and progress in renewables as well as refinements to the hourly modelling…
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Things to do in 2020 for a healthy mind, body and planet
If your new year’s resolution is to live better for yourself, your community and the planet, we are here to support you. CAT has a great range of courses that…
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Short Course Stories: A Tiny House Story
Recently we caught up with Simon Corbett, who attended one of our Build a Tiny House courses in 2019, to find out how the course had helped him. In January…
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Gearing up to support community level change
How can Zero Carbon Britain help with on-the-ground action? Hazel Graham introduces a pioneering project that’s having real impact at a local level and providing a template for others to…
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