Billy Aiken, Author at Centre for Alternative Technology

Climate Strike!

This September, people across the world will join a global week of climate action in support of the school strikers. Clean Slate Editor Catriona Toms urges you to get involved.

Jeremy Corbyn visits CAT to talk zero carbon solutions

Jeremy Corbyn MP visited CAT last week, along with Christina Rees MP, Eluned Morgan AM and Joyce Watson AM, to discuss practical, proven solutions to the climate emergency. During the visit…

Last week, we officially launched our new exhibition ‘Living Wales’ to a packed visitor centre full of family holidaymakers. Using a combination of cutting edge satellite observation, computer analysis and…

From Felixstowe to Fishguard: CAT supporter’s sponsored walk across Britain

This summer, CAT supporter Richard Smith is walking across Britain to explore a cross-section of the country and raise funds for environmental charities, including CAT. Covering a distance of 270…

No Planet B

A wide-ranging new work by Mike Berners-Lee looks at some of the urgent questions facing humanity. There is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years covers…

Beyond efficiency: exploring how we think about energy

How much energy do we really need? Tina Fawcett explores how the concept of energy sufficiency could help us to live within our means.

Doing architecture differently

CAT’s Masters in Sustainable Architecture course explores a wide range of solutions for sustainability. Here we take a look at some of our students’ final design projects to see how…

Old, cold and damp – how to improve traditional buildings

One in five UK buildings dates to before 1919, and they are often poorly insulated and difficult to keep warm and dry. We talked to conservation builder and CAT course…

Fun-packed family activities this Summer Holidays

We’re all set to welcome thousands of visitors to CAT during the summer holidays. A full programme of family events will get you out and about around the visitors centre,…

New hub and innovation lab to share zero carbon solutions

A new Zero Carbon Britain Hub and Innovation Lab is being launched at CAT later this year to help communities, local authorities and policymakers to create Zero Carbon Action Plans,…

Author: Billy Aiken