Sustainable Living at the Centre for Alternative Technology - Radical Ideas and Practical Solutions (Hardcover)

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 experiments and experiences, from his first-hand account of working at the site. This will be a fascinating and revealing read for academics, researchers, students and practitioners interested in all aspects of sustainability and environmental issues.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Sustainability
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Stephen Jacobs
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-207562-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > History > British & Irish history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-03-207562-7
Barcode:	9781032075624

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