Sustainability and Ecology Centre for Alternative Technology

Overview

CAT is situated in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with easy access to a wide range of habitats, including woodlands, wetlands, high mountain pasture, heathland and riverine, coastal and transitional wetlands – many of which are represented at CAT itself and allow for practical learning from nearby cases studies.

Some of the topics of the Sustainability and Ecology programme from Centre for Alternative Technology you will study will include:

• Landscape management and local habitat management practises with a view to maximising environmental sustainability benefits
• Values and limitations of habitat restoration, rewilding, species reintroduction, biodiversity, conservation, health and nature and urban green infrastructure
• Global and local scale ecological sustainability and how it relates to the ongoing demands of modern society, the integrated nature of the systemic drivers of climate change and biodiversity loss and ecological worldviews
• Land use, biodiversity needs for conservation and ecosystem service provision
• The political and economic bases for sustainability in resource sourcing, use and management

Behaviour change relevant to delivering transformational environmental change

Why study at CAT?

Benefit from over 50 years’ sustainability experience

CAT is a world-leading eco centre and a pioneer in researching and teaching practical solutions for sustainability, with over 50 years’ experience in low-impact building, energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable food production, natural resource management and more.

Immersive or distance learning

Students can decide whether they want to study a module on-site or via distance learning.

Our taught modules offer an immersive learning experience through lectures, talks, seminars and workshops delivered by our expert in-house staff, with specialist insights from visiting lecturers from industry and academia. Practical sessions during on-site study visits at CAT, allow you to get hands-on with sustainable building materials, ecological assessments and energy efficiency. 

Accreditation

This course is created and delivered by CAT and validated by the Liverpool John Moores University.