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Sustainability into practice

With over 7 acres of hands-on displays and gardens and with over 35 years of experience in sustainability practice, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) inspires thousands of visitors every year. Based in beautiful Mid Wales, the Centre overlooks the Snowdonia National Park, renowned for its stunning scenery and outdoor activities. Join us with your family, friends or come alone and explore what you can do!

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Solar Ovens in Wales
The Centre for Alternative Technology was delighted to recieve a solar oven as a gift from a recent visitor to the...
Communicating the Communications Officer Role
The research period for the latest Zero Carbon Britain report is coming to a close, and we are now looking ahead to the...
Taking the Pressure Off Your Water Use
Water conservation is a fantastic way to reduce your ‘water footprint’. It has a positive impact on waste, reduces...
The Dyfi Valley
Here at CAT we’re part of the Dyfi Biosphere – an area recognised by UNESCO as being particularly environmentally...
Compost Toilets: a Grand Design or a Space of Waste?
Last week CAT headed to London for Grand Designs Live. We had been asked to provide live demonstrations as part of the...
ZCBlog: Winds of Change
Electricity production from wind power in the UK has increased dramatically over the last few years, as this graph...
ZCBlog: Educating for a zero carbon future
This week on ZCBlog Sarah Everitt, a long-term volunteer at CAT, describes her work linking between different parts of...
Glue Laminating at Grand Designs Live
This year CAT has been on bit of a promotional tour – travelling to London, Birmingham and London again to attend...
ZCBlog: Catalysing the shift we need
As we press ahead with our new Zero Carbon Britain research, we are all motivated by the clear evidence that our climate...
CAT pioneers reunite for BBC Radio 4 broadcast as 40th anniversary approaches
Five early pioneers of the Centre for Alternative Technology were reunited on Sunday 28th April for BBC Radio 4’s...
Carbon Omissions: why we need to start talking about consumption
Elena Blackmore, a Project Officer at the Public Interest Research Centre, writes about the Carbon Omissions event in...
Catch CAT on radio 4, this Sunday at 11.15am
Listen to the BBC audio slideshow here Centre for Alternative Technology – Audio Slideshow from Whistledown...
How to make the most of longer days in the woods
If you manage woodlands you’ll know that spring heralds the time to reduce your timber harvesting. Richard and the CAT...
Tales from the Stawbale
For three weeks CAT’s Strawbale Theatre was transformed into an inventor’s den when we ran Eco Easter Activities....
The Work that Reconnects: spiraling towards sustainability
What makes CAT special? CAT is so many things to so many people, but in the two months I’ve volunteered here every...

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