Centre for Alternative Technology
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The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is an eco-centre in Wales dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. It is open to visitors, holds residential courses; and publishes information on organic farming, gardening, and ecologically-friendly living. CAT also runs several eco-businesses, including a consultancy service and mail-order catalogue.
The Centre was founded by businessman-turned-environmentalist Gerard Morgan-Grenville, and opened in 1974 in the disused Llwyngwern slate quarry in Machynlleth. It occupies a seven-acre (2.8 ha) site.
The Centre is open year-round, seven days a week.
The facilities and exhibits include:
- a water-powered funicular railway
- solar, hydro and wind power
- a low-energy house
- a site-wide electricity grid powered by renewable energy
- displays of organic gardening methods
- an hydraulic ram pump
- strawbale and rammed earth buildings
External link
- CAT home page (http://www.cat.org.uk)