Billy Aiken, Author at Centre for Alternative Technology

COP25 and the Long Road to Glasgow….

Earlier this week Paul Allen got back from the UN climate talks in Madrid (COP25). Here, he shares his thoughts on how it went and what we need to start…

COP25 – Update from Paul Allen

CAT Zero Carbon Britain Coordinator Paul Allen is at the UN climate talks (COP25) in Madrid this week, discussing climate solutions. Here, he tells us what has happened since his…

What on earth is, or isn’t happening at COP25?

CAT Zero Carbon Britain Coordinator Paul Allen is at the UN climate talks (COP25) in Madrid this week, discussing climate solutions. Here, he shares his thoughts on the process so…

New report – Zero Carbon Britain: Rising to the Climate Emergency

A new Zero Carbon Britain report published today by CAT shows how the UK could cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero using only proven technology, and so do its…

CAT Graduation 2019

On the 16th of November CAT welcomed back over forty students from our Graduate School, and their friends and families, to celebrate their graduation. The award ceremony saw graduates pick…

Gardening on the Wild Side with CAT Gardener Petra

With ever increasing loss of species and biodiversity worldwide, can we look to our own green spaces to try and make a difference? We talked to CAT gardener Petra about…

Making our own (bokashi) compost activator

We may have been composting for ages at CAT, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room to try something different. In November 2019 Fin made a bokashi-like compost activator using basic…

Short Course Stories: CAT course inspires a world’s first

In 2016 Chuck Maffett attended a ‘Building with Rammed Earth’ course at CAT, since then he has gone on to set up his own business, eco earth walz making prefabricated…

CAT Conference 2019

We had an exciting time at the CAT Conference this year, with lots of inspiring conversations, great speakers, a memorable ceilidh and highly engaged participants. The theme this year was…

The joys of compost toilets

Compost toilets come in all shapes and sizes, from hand built cabins on the mountainside, to off the shelf systems. You may have used one at a festival, nature reserve,…

Author: Billy Aiken