Blog from the Centre for Alternative Technology
Sustainability into practice
In support of the Climate Coalition’s UK-wide ‘Speak Up Week’ from 30th June to 8th July, CAT will be helping the fight to tackle climate change by inviting the public to discover what a Zero Carbon Britain looks like and how it can be achieved.
CAT Architecture student projects on display at end of year show
Dreaming of a Zero Carbon Christmas? Paul Allen has been exploring the possibilities with a group of visionaries at London’s Young Vic Theatre.
Continue reading “Twelve days of Climate Christmas at the Young Vic”
In celebration of the Tree Charter’s ‘National Tree Week’, we caught up with Conservation Development Assistant Alex Chadwick to see how you can get involved!
How best can we restore and protect lost habitats to help create a place where nature can thrive? Ross Mackenzie joined a recent rewilding course at CAT to find out.
Paul Allen reports from his travels around Ireland as part of the innovative Convergence Festival.
Continue reading “Opening conversations around a Zero Carbon Ireland”
With fossil fuels still providing most of the UK’s electricity mix, should we all be aiming to go off-grid? CAT Information Officer Mim Davies explores the issues.
If you’re thinking of renovating your home and would like to find out how to do it in an environmentally sensitive way, you’ll be please to hear that we’ve just added another Eco Refurbishment short course to our calendar.
Continue reading “New dates added for eco refurb short course”
With CAT’s annual conference fast approaching, programme organiser Tanya Hawkes gives us a taste of what’s in store.
From saving energy to reducing waste packaging, sharing living space has the potential to reduce our environmental impact. CAT Information Officer Mim Davies explores the possibilities.
Continue reading “Living together: the environmental benefits of co-housing and communal living”