Not on camera! The hidden hedgehogs of CAT
One of our best loved mammals, the hedgehog was this year added to the Red List of endangered species. Dulcie Fairweather takes an in-depth look at the threats to this…
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Category: Gardening and Agriculture
Caught on camera: the lesser horseshoe bats of CAT
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is home to no less than five types of bat. Dulcie Fairweather gives us a glimpse of an endangered species that has found a…
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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…
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A celebration and vow of protection to pollinators
On World Bee Day, CAT has been awarded Bee Friendly status as part of a Welsh Government initiative to make Wales a pollinator friendly country. To celebrate the amazing work that bees…
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A gardener’s privilege
As the barrenness of winter slowly gives way to the sounds and sights of spring, CAT Gardener Petra Weinmann begins to make plans for the CAT gardens. As I write…
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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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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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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…
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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…
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Pathways to Farming – strengthening the local food economy
One year into the Pathways to Farming project, Coordinator Katie Hastings gives a run down on the work being done to strengthen the local food economy in Machynlleth. When we…
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