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    1 Llwynygog
    Pantperthog, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9AZ
    Pantperthog
    SY20 9AR

    general: 01654 705950/ courses: 01654 704966

    Profile:

    CAT is an education and visitor centre which demonstrates practical solutions for sustainability. We cover all aspects of green and sustainable living: environmental building, eco-sanitation, woodland management, renewable energy, energy efficiency and organic growing. CAT offers a broad and unique range of short courses and MSc courses. Our site is a unique and valuable practical demonstration centre, a living laboratory with an enormous range of live examples of sustainable solutions.

    Listed under:

    Low-impact tourism - products & services , Hedges - courses , Low-impact building - courses , Nature awareness - courses , Tree / woodland management - courses , Working horses - courses , Permaculture - courses , Solar electricity - courses , Biomass boilers - courses , Living roofs - courses , Timber building - courses , Roof shingles - courses , Basketmaking - courses , The 'nature problem' - courses , Solar hot water - courses , Low-impact energy - courses , Straw-bale building - courses , Earth ovens - courses , Wind generators - courses , Compost toilets - courses , Recycling, reusing & repairing - courses , Low-impact retrofitting - courses , Rammed earth building - courses , Rustic furniture - courses , Micro-hydro - courses , Steady-state economics - courses , Shelter - courses , Clay & earth plasters - courses , Cob building - courses , DIY - courses , Hemp building - courses , Insulation - courses , Mushrooms (wild) - courses , Craft production - courses , Green woodworking - courses , Woodworking - courses , Low-impact water supply - courses , Heat pumps - courses , Reed beds - courses , Wood stoves - courses , Dry stone walling - courses , Herbal remedies - courses , Low-impact sewage treatment - courses , Commons economy - courses , Land - courses

    There’s a crash coming – a slap from Mother Nature. This isn’t pessimistic; it’s realistic.

    The human impact on nature and on each other is accelerating and needs systemic change to reverse.

    We’re not advocating poverty, or a hair-shirt existence. We advocate changes that will mean better lives for almost everyone.

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