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Canolfan y Dechnoleg Amgen 🌏 Dros 50 mlynedd o addysg ac arloesi amgylcheddol 💚 Over 50 years of environmental innovation and education

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Earlier this week, attendees of our Sustainable Allotment Management: Autumn Short Course spent a day in the CAT Gardens with Veronica, our Gardens Ranger, learning how to grow food sustainably and adapt to the gardening challenges brought about by a changing climate.

A big thank you to everyone who attended! If you missed out, check out our Two-day Sustainable Allotment Management Course coming up in Spring👇
https://cat.org.uk/event/two-day-sustainable-allotment-management-course-spring-summer/ Recently planted kale plant by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Book a different sort of venue - perfect for conferences, team away days and a host of other events.

🟢Experience incredible views surrounded by examples of sustainability in action
🟢Enjoy keynote addresses, presentations and discussions in our stunning rammed earth lecture theatre
🟢With catering facilities for over 150 delegates our delicious meals are prepared using fresh produce from the CAT gardens
🟢Located just 3 miles from the historic market town of Machynlleth, which is on the Cambrian railway line

Find out more👇
https://cat.org.uk/groups-learning/venue-hire/ by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Delve into how we can stop the drivers of climate change and mitigate the impacts while studying a Masters course at CAT.

🟢Our postgraduate courses take a big-picture, integrated approach to sustainability
🟢Benefit from CAT’s 50 years of sustainability experience.
🟢Take advantage of our flexible study options
🟢Learn from expert lecturers and industry-leading guest speakers

Find out more👇
https://cat.org.uk/graduate-school/ by @centreforalternativetechnology

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This week we’ve welcomed participants on our Build a Tiny House Short Course to CAT.

The course is a firm favourite with many who’ve joined Dieter and Carwyn to build a tiny home from the ground up as they learn how to:

💚Build the floor and walls of a simple timber frame tiny house
💚Understanding the advantages of different layouts
💚Cladding and insulating the walls
💚Using tools safely
💚Building different roof shapes
💚Installing windows and more…

Here’s Chris Lynn (Lynny), who joined this course earlier this year, to tell us more about what he learnt.

Visit cat.org.uk/shortcourses to see upcoming short courses. by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Don't miss out on our FREE Autumn Open Day on Saturday 31 October!

Join us for a celebration of autumn and enjoy a day of nature-inspired discovery and hands-on fun for all of the family.

🧹Try your hand at autumnal crafts and activities
🧹Explore a site where sustainability is embedded in the landscape
🧹Walk through Sustainably Managed Woodlands and gardens
🧹Enjoy delicious seasonal dishes from CAT’s vegetarian café

Book your FREE place👇
https://cat.org.uk/event/public-open-day/
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Peidiwch â methu allan ar ein Diwrnod Agored yr Hydref AM DDIM ar ddydd Sadwrn 31 Hydref!

Ymunwch a ni i ddathlu’r hydref a mwynhewch ddiwrnod o ddarganfyddiadau wedi'u hysbrydoli gan natur a hwyl ymarferol i'r teulu’n oll.

🧹Rhowch gynnig ar grefftau a gweithgareddau Hydrefol
🧹Darganfyddwch safle lle mae cynaliadwyedd yn ddwfn yn y tirwedd
🧹Archwiliwch ein coetiroedd a gerddi a reolir yn Gynaliadwy
🧹Mwynhewch brydau tymhorol blasus o gaffi llysieuol CyDA

Archebwch eich lle AM DDIM👇
cy.cat.org.uk/event/diwrnod-agored-cyhoeddus by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Yn digwydd yn CyDA dydd Iau yma- Digwyddiad Hyfforddi AM DDIM: Helpwch warchod coetiroedd a cynefinoedd brodorol arall trwy gofnodi rhywogaethau anfrodol ymledol.

Archebwch eich lle isod 👇
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recording-invasive-non-native-species-inns-for-conservation-management-tickets-2001182960104
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Happening at CAT this Thursday - FREE Training Event: Help to conserve woodlands and other native habitats by recording Non-Native Species (INNS).

Book to secure your place👇
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recording-invasive-non-native-species-inns-for-conservation-management-tickets-2001182960104

@coedceltaidd_celticrainforests by @centreforalternativetechnology

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As the climate crisis deepens, can traditional economic growth still deliver social progress?

In June this year, a Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth was presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva – a policy toolkit detailing the need for a post-growth approach to the eradication of poverty.

One of the contributors to the UN roadmap was CAT Graduate Gemma Young, whose recommendation was based on the dissertation she completed during her studies on CAT’s MSc in Sustainability and Behaviour Change.

Gemma’s proposal looked at how redesigning financial markets could make investors more accountable for the socio-ecological consequences of the activities they finance.

Read more about Gemma’s contribution and the Roadmap in our recent blog 👇
https://cat.org.uk/posts/a-future-beyond-limitless-growth/ by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Stay surrounded by nature and examples of sustainability in practice, just 3 miles from the historic market town of Machynlleth.

🟢Twin and double en-suite rooms available
🟢Includes a delicious breakfast from our vegetarian café
🟢Enjoy exploring our sustainably managed woodlands and gardens
🟢Walk around our Quarry Trail from awe-inspiring views across the Dulas Valley

Visit cat.org.uk/bnb to book your stay. Aerial autumnal view of the CAT site by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Luke Neve is a #CATgraduate of our MSc in Sustainable Food and Natural Resources who is now using the knowledge he gained at CAT in his role as North of England Regional Coordinator for Better Food Traders.

Along with gaining practical skills, the course introduced Luke to a community of people who wanted to make a difference in the face of the environmental crisis and helped him assuage his experience of climate anxiety.

Here’s Luke to tell us more…

To learn more about the course visit👇
https://cat.org.uk/graduate-school/courses/msc-sustainable-food-and-natural-resources/ by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Explore small-scale renewable energy for the home and develop practical skills on one of our upcoming short courses.

🟢14 November - Renewables for Households: Micro Hydro
🟢15 November - Renewables for Households Wind Turbines

Visit cat.org.uk/energy-short-courses to find out more. by @centreforalternativetechnology

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Yesterday, CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain Innovation Lab was at @ellesmere_college in Shropshire, working with sixth form students from across the region as part of their first ever Climate Conference.

Rachel Tuckett, who leads the Innovation Lab at CAT, joined Amie Andrews from @aberystwyth.university to run a hands-on mini Climate Action Lab.

Through creative activities, students explored the role they can play in responding to the climate emergency, and worked together to develop fresh ideas for a greener future. The workshop offered a model for thinking about transformative change, emphasising the importance of dialogue between different perspectives, imagination, experimentation and collaboration.

CAT’s attendance was supported by the Local Policy and Innovation Partnership (LPIP).

To learn more about our Innovation Lab's work visit👇
https://cat.org.uk/info-resources/zero-carbon-britain/zcb-innovation-lab/ Student painting a landscape with watercolours by @centreforalternativetechnology

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This week, #CATstudents have been deep diving into ecological restoration.

Climate change and other human-induced stresses mean the conditions under which ecosystems have evolved have changed rapidly. At the same time, we need functioning ecosystems to help mitigate against the impacts of climate change and continue providing us with essential resources.

Dr Jane Fisher, Programme Leader for our MSc Sustainability and Adaptation course, explains more about why we teach ecological restoration👇
https://cat.org.uk/posts/why-we-teach-ecological-restoration/ Students in CAT's Coed Gwern woodland conducting an ecological survey by @centreforalternativetechnology

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