Centre for Alternative Technology: Short and Long Term Volunteers Placements

The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) offers solutions to some of the most serious challenges facing the planet and the human race, such as climate change, pollution and the waste of precious resources. They demonstrate practical ways of addressing these problems. Leading by example, they aim to show that living a more sustainable life is not only easy to do but can provide a better quality of life. Volunteers are extremely important to their work at CAT, their achievements over the last 30 years simply wouldn't have happened without the hard work, inspiration and dedication of the initial idealists who founded the centre in 1975.

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Requirements

Duration
  • 2 weeks or less
  • 3-6 months
Maximum age
90
Student status required
No
Qualifications required
  • None
Application process
To apply, applicants should write to CAT with a CV, stating which departments and dates they are interested in. CAT is looking for people with the maximum of useful experience or skills.

Pricing

Price range
  • n/a
Price includes
  • Accommodation
  • Meals

Organization details

CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. Within this search the role of CAT is to explore and demonstrate a wide range of alternatives, communicating to other people the options for them to achieve positive change in th...

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