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CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE

TECHNOLOGY (CAT) -

TRAINING, INFORMATION

AND EDUCATION CENTRE.

For 50 years, CAT has been showing people what
a better future could look like. Today, the CAT
community is learning new skills and putting
knowledge into practice through all these areas of
our work.
Our short courses are helping to fill the skills gaps
that are holding back progress and empowering
people to take practical action.
Many of the thousands of people who have
"This has been a life-changing week for me - I
graduated from our Graduate School of the
did stuff I never thought I could do."
Environment have gone on to achieve big things ,
creating a network of sustainability professionals Suzanne Oakley, short course participant
that now spans the globe.

“I explored and researched the solar PV
market for my thesis at CAT, research that
essentially prepared me for setting up my
own company.”
Through our Zero Carbon Britain Hub, Innovation
Owen Morgan, Cambridge Solar & Exeo Energy
Labs and bespoke training, we are helping
people and organisations to overcome the
barriers they face to cut emissions on a local
level and to understand that solutions already
exist.
“The Zero Carbon Britain programme was
Many of the children and teenagers who
the catalyst. It started that first conversation
have visited CAT with their school have been
about how we might be able to work together
inspired to take action at home, contacting
to achieve a position of carbon neutrality.”
their government representatives , joining
local activist groups, or changing things in the Innovation Lab participant
community.
‘’Visiting CAT has given the pupils a sense
of purpose and understanding around the
importance of climate change to them and
their future too .”
Tomi Rowlands, teacher https://cat.org.uk/

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