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Attractions:

17th May 2012

Centre for Alternative Technology CAT

Centre For Alternative Technology

Europe's leading Eco-centre

Set against the backdrop of beautiful Snowdonia, this unique visitor attraction is guaranteed to entertain, inform and fascinate all the members of your family.

Lifted up by 'the water-balanced' cliff railway with its breathtaking views visitors arrive at our 7 acre display gardens, crammed with exhibitions displays and information.

Whether you want learn all about the environment, how to save energy and money in your home or just enjoy the gardens, shops and the excellent vegetarian restaurant it will be an experience to treasure and remember.

Centre For Alternative Technology Wales

Centre for Alternative Technology is concerned with presenting solutions to environmental problems, rather than the doom and gloom view, we take a positive and uplifting approach, demonstrating all kinds of environmental technologies in an interesting and informative way.

CAT began as an experimental sustainable community over 25 years ago, since 1974 it has evolved into Mid Wales' most unique and popular visitor attraction.

Please visit www.cat.org.uk for details on day visits, our residential courses and for lots of useful environmental information and contacts.

Centre for Alternative Technology

Where’s the impact of pads and tampons?

  In this series, we’ve been investigating the impacts of various different consumer products, attempting to untangle the complicated webs of production, manufacture and resource use. We’ve told the story of a chocolate Easter egg, a cotton t-shirt, and a paperback book, discovering along the way so...

Nature Blog: Yellowhammer onomatopoeia

Rennie, CAT’s resident naturalist, enjoys the abundance of birdsong at CAT. Well, this is the last Monday morning that I’ll be trudging up the garden steps, mentally preparing myself for another day at the coal face and it’s a lovely bright sunny day – for the moment at least. Yet again I am struck ...

Student story: Becca on climate adaption and mitigation

  Former CAT MSc student and engineering volunteer Becca Warren writes about public speaking, building a shed on the roof of Manchester University, and working as a low carbon generation consultant. This year I’ll be presenting at Greenbuild on ‘Climate Adaptation and Mitigation.’ Greenbuild is Manc...

Exciting job opportunities at CAT

  Are you interested in joining the CAT team? We’ve got some exciting vacancies available here at the moment. It’s an exciting time to be a part of CAT’s work, as the next stage of research for Zero Carbon Britain is about to get underway. For this research, we’re recruiting people to fill three pos...

Nature Blog: duck attack!

  Sometimes I think we tend to underestimate the intelligence or acumen of some of the other creatures that share our planet with us; often they can do something that is difficult to explain away as instinctive or unreasoning. Take this little example for instance: on my way home each day, I usually...
Contact 01654 705 950, for details

Web: http://www.cat.org.uk