Sustainable Living At the Centre for Alternative Technology - Radical Ideas and Practical Solutions

This book presents a detailed exploration into the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), an enterprise concerned with finding and communicating sustainable ways of living. A fascinating and revealing read for academics, researchers, students and practitioners interested in all aspects of sustainability and environmental issues.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1. The Context and Early History of the Centre for Alternative Technology; Chapter 2. From Community to Network; Chapter 3. Decision Making; Chapter 4. Communication, Education and Persuasion; Chapter 5. Zero Carbon Britain; Conclusion

About the author

Stephen Jacobs is Senior Lecturer in Media, Religion and Culture at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. His recent publications include The Art of Living: Foundation: Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Global Context - a multisited ethnographic study of an international meditation organisation. He has had an interest in environmental issues and sustainability since working at the Centre for Alternative Technology in the 1980s. He was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for this project.

Summary

This book presents a detailed exploration into the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), an enterprise concerned with finding and communicating sustainable ways of living. A fascinating and revealing read for academics, researchers, students and practitioners interested in all aspects of sustainability and environmental issues.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Jacobs, Jacobs Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032075624
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207562-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainability
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sustainability, Education, Climate Change, Landscape art & architecture, NATURE / Ecology, Applied ecology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Communication Studies, Regional Studies, Environmental Management, Social impact of environmental issues, Regional / International studies, British Isles, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental policy & protocols, Human Geography, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Landscape architecture and design, Environmental policy and protocols, Civil engineering, surveying and building