28th November 2019 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

22nd November 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

22nd November 2019 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

19th November 2019 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

6th November 2019 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

11th October 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

10th October 2019 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,…

Fledgling farmers

7th October 2019 An update on the Pathways to Farming pilot project by Katie Hastings We have reached the end of our first year training new commercial food producers to grow and sell…

This is an emergency — let’s act like it.  

17th September 2019 Public awareness and the desire to create change is building. Later this week people from across the world will join a global week of climate action in support of the…