The Science of Sustainable Food Production (Sold out)

30th June 2025 Short Course Join a CAT student teaching week to take an in-depth look at the variety of techniques and growing approaches to sustainable food production and the impact of these on the…

Transformational International Energy Management

30th June 2025 Short Course Join a CAT student teaching week and explore the energy requirements and carbon emissions of different international contexts and their potential to meet their energy needs more sustainably. Through a…

Build a Tiny House (Only two places left)

4th July 2025 Short Course Gain the practical experience and key skills to build a tiny house all of your own. Whether you’re planning to build your own home or just want to pick up…

Virtual Open Day: MArch Sustainable Architecture Part 2

7th July 2025 Online Courses and Events Join tutors from the MArch course and CAT graduates for an introduction to CAT, an overview of our Masters in Sustainable Architecture Part 2 course and a student experience talk…

Regenerative Futures – Architecture Summer School

14th July 2025 Short Course Are you a climate aware architecture student? Join our Architecture Summer School at CAT and explore how we can do architecture differently, putting sustainability at the heart of your practice.

CAT Summer Open Day

2nd August 2025 Join us for CAT’s Free Summer Open Day on Saturday 2 August!

Build a Tiny House (Only three places left)

8th August 2025 Short Course Gain the practical experience and key skills to build a tiny house all of your own. Whether you’re planning to build your own home or just want to pick up…

Cob Building

9th August 2025 Short Course Learn how to build using cob – a versatile, durable, low impact material. A natural building material that has been used in the UK and around the world for hundreds…

Annual CAT Conference

15th August 2025 Join our annual CAT Conference for talks and workshops exploring the skills and knowledge needed to take action for a safer, healthier and fairer future.  Spend a summer weekend at…

Build a Tiny House

29th August 2025 Short Course Gain the practical experience and key skills to build a tiny house all of your own. Whether you’re planning to build your own home or just want to pick up…

Beekeeping Intensive

6th September 2025 Short Course Get to grips with the basics of beekeeping and explore the biology of honeybees and their environmental benefits.  This 2 day course will give you a thorough grounding in understanding…

Build a Small Wind Turbine

6th September 2025 Short Course Generate electricity with a homemade wind turbine. Join Tom Dixon of V3 Power to build a wind turbine yourself, from scratch. Drawing on over ten years of experience in teaching…

Building with Earth and Natural Fibres

13th September 2025 Short Course This two-day short course offers a practical introduction to earth buildings and using earth as a building material. Whether you want to build your own earth structure or just learn…

Introduction to Renewables for Households

13th September 2025 Short Course Rethinking household energy provision – bringing energy into your own greener hands. Where our energy comes from has a big impact, and to reach a Zero Carbon Britain it needs…

Eco Refurbishment

29th September 2025 Short Course Transform buildings into cosy, low impact, energy efficient homes. Refurbishing our homes to make them more energy efficient is one of the key aspects of effective action on climate change.…

Timber Framing for Everyone

29th September 2025 Short Course Gain the practical experience and key skills to build a timber frame building all of your own.

Build a Tiny House

10th October 2025 Short Course Gain the practical experience and key skills to build a tiny house all of your own. Whether you’re planning to build your own home or just want to pick up…

Renewables for Households: Insulation

8th November 2025 Short Course Rethinking household energy use – the importance of insulation. A lot of existing buildings in the UK are poorly insulated and draughty, resulting in loss of heat and higher energy…

Sustainable Woodland Management

10th November 2025 Short Course The theory and practice of managing woodlands in a way that benefits people and wildlife. Winner of the Woodlands Awards Best Woodlands Course 2017, this highly practical five-day course gets…

Renewables for Households: Wind Turbines

10th January 2026 Short Course Rethinking household energy provision – an in depth look at small scale wind turbines. Whether you’re thinking of installing wind turbines at home, in your community or for your business,…

Sustainable Woodland Management

23rd February 2026 Short Course The theory and practice of managing woodlands in a way that benefits people and wildlife. Winner of the Woodlands Awards Best Woodlands Course 2017, this highly practical five-day course gets…

Renewables for Households: Heat Pumps

7th March 2026 Short Course Rethinking household energy provision – getting to grips with heat pumps. Heat pumps are often advertised as ‘free heat’ as for a small amount of energy in (electricity) they can emit…

Renewables for Households: Solar PV

18th April 2026 Short Course Rethinking household energy provision – explore the how to’s of solar PV for households.  Solar panels: where should you put them? How much power will you get? How much money…

Renewables for Households: Micro Hydro

16th May 2026 Short Course Rethinking household energy provision – delve into generating electricity with micro hydro turbines on this one-day short course.