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.
Restore, revive, rewild
Opening conversations around a Zero Carbon Ireland
Paul Allen reports from his travels around Ireland as part of the innovative Convergence Festival.
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On-grid or off-grid? Which is greener?
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.
New dates added for eco refurb short course
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.
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The CAT Conference 2017
With CAT’s annual conference fast approaching, programme organiser Tanya Hawkes gives us a taste of what’s in store.
Living together: the environmental benefits of co-housing and communal living
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.
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Sharing zero carbon solutions worldwide
CAT’s Paul Allen joined the International Network For Sustainable Energy (INFORSE) in Denmark to share the latest Zero Carbon Britain research on a global platform. The 25th anniversary meeting brings together organisations from across the world to explore the transition to sustainable energy, community power and the development of new initiatives and projects.
Zero Carbon Britain: Stories for Change – part 2
How three people are shaping a more sustainable world, in their own words…
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The nature of CAT – an interview with the woodland team
We are extremely proud of our biodiversity here at CAT and are very lucky to be surrounded by such rich habitats every day. We caught up with Alex Chadwick, a Conservation Development Assistant and part of the woodland team here at CAT, to learn a little bit more about how the site is managed for nature and to find out what wildlife to look out for at this time of year.
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Focusing on solutions empowers us
The shift to zero carbon is one of the most exciting opportunities in human history. It offers huge benefits in better housing, affordable and accessible transport, reduced obesity, improved health, cleaner air and more jobs.