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1974 – 2014: CAT turns 40!
2nd February 1974: “South West gale, rain. Arrived at Machynlleth with Pat Keiller. Found the Centre very much as we had left it. A Douglas Fir had fallen across the top of the road, but all the...
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Ecobuild – How do you see the Future?
In a week’s time CAT will be heading down to Ecobuild in London. Visit the CAT stand to learn more about our postgraduate programmes and sustainable building techniques. The largest sustainable...
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REBE Alumnus Powering Conservation in the Seychelles
Our MSc Renewable Energy and the Built Environment provides its students with the knowledge and practical skills to make a positive impact within the world of Renewable Energy. One of our Alumni, Tim...
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ZCB US research trip: Stop 1 – Boston, Massachusetts
This is the second in a series of blogs on Paul’s trip to the USA to talk about CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain research with a range of grassroots groups. The first post, explaining the trip, can be read...
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Statement on Conservative Party plans to cut the onshore wind industry
Today the Conservatives announced plans to pull public funding of onshore windfarms and change the way planning permission is granted if they win again in 2015. Renewables UK have said this would kill...
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Guest Blog: To achieve Zero Carbon Britain, we must steadily withdraw our...
Guest post by Tim Gee, author of “Counterpower: Making Change Happen” The Centre for Alternative Technology’s Zero Carbon Britain report is a gift to the environmental movement; proof that zero carbon...
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Course on how to adapt to the impacts of climate change
Click here to find out more about the climate change adaptation course. Click here to find out more about the climate change adaptation course.
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Masters Courses Open Day November 2014
16 November at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) 10:30 – 4:30 Join us on Sunday the 16th November to meet tutors and decide which environmental masters degree at CAT is most suitable for you....
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Catalan independence is about energy as well as politics
Paul Allen, who heads CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain project, is in Girona Province talking about the possibility of Zero Carbon Catalonia. From almost every balcony, rooftop or garden, flags have been...
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Renew Wales wins community category at Wales Green Energy Awards
Renew Wales, a project all about supporting communities developing renewable energy projects in Wales, has won an award in the coveted Wales Green Energy Awards. CAT is a partner in the Renew Wales...
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The sun shines on Mynydd Gorddu Windfarm.
The sun shines on Mynydd Gorddu Windfarm. A REBE trip to Myn ydd Gorddu Windfarm. Yesterday the REBE (Renewable Energy and the Built Environment) students were taken to visit Mynydd Gorddu Wind...
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We need to fight for energy justice
Global Justice Now (formerly the World Development Movement) have just launched a new report called Rays of Hope – Clean and democratically controlled energy for everyone’. This is an extract from the...
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We are Energy!
Guest blog post from Global Justice Now ( formerly the World Development Movement) who have recently published Rays of Hope, a booklet about energy alternatives. “As the UK is edging closer to...
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Machynlleth: Sustainable Capital of the UK
CAT is based in the buzzing Dyfi Valley awash with active environmental and sustainability projects- according to a Guardian article: “if any place in Britain could be called its sustainable...
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Community energy in Wales: overcoming the challenges
The benefits of community energy projects cannot be overstated, so why do so many fail to get off the ground? Paul Burrell from Machynlleth based Anemos Renewables shows how some Welsh communities are...
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Power in the Land
We are excited to hear that the North Wales arts collective X-10 are opening their new show Power in the Land this weekend. The dynamic, diverse and multi-talented group of ten artists were inspired by...
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Student open space day tackles barriers to Zero Carbon Britain
Students from the Centre for Alternative Technology’s (CAT’s) Graduate School of the Environment held an interactive Open Space day to discuss barriers to bringing about a rapid transition to a low...
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Skill-sharing with the Wanju Ladies Club
There’s a quiet revolution happening in South Korea. People are moving ‘back to the village’ in huge numbers following the economic crisis and rejection of the consumerist and competitive urban...
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Zero Carbon Conversations
During our latest Zero Carbon Britain (ZCB) course, film-maker Mike Erskine asked people about their hopes, fears and ambitions for a climate safe future. Watch these Zero Carbon Conversations to find...
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CAT supporters ‘Make it Happen’ at the CAT conference
Last weekend saw the return of CAT’s annual members’ conference – three days filled with ideas, inspiration and connection. Fundraising Officer Tanya Hawkes reports. CAT was alive with people and ideas...
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