📗 Libro en inglés SUSTAINABLE LIVING AT THE CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY

This book presents a detailed exploration into the Centre for Alternative Technology CAT an enterprise concerned with finding and communicating sustainable ways of living established in Wales in 1973 Playing a central role in the global green network this study examines CAT s history and context for creation its development over time and its wider influence in the progression of green ideas at the local national and international levels Based on original archival and ethnographic research this book provides the first in depth analysis of CAT and uses the case study to explore wider issues of sustainability and environmental communication It situates the Centre within current environmental and political discourse and emphasises the relevance and reach of CAT s practical solutions and creative educational programme These practical solutions to the destruction of the environment of human activity are increasingly vital in today s context of climate change loss of biodiversity and rising levels of pollution It debates the spectrum of attitudes between environmentalism and ecologism evident at CAT and in broader conversations surrounding sustainability Woven throughout the text the author makes clear what we can learn from CAT s almost 50 years of experiment