Centre for Appropriate Technology (Australia)
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The Centre for Appropriate Technology Inc is an Australian indigenous controlled organisation, based in Alice Springs (Central Australia), which aims to improve the lives of indigenous Australians
, using appropriate technology to improve their access to a range services.
It is headquartered in the Desert Knowledge Precinct alongside the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
.
Bushlight is a division of CAT that builds and maintains renewable energy systems in remote homeland
communities. These are generally standalone solar
(or solar diesel hybrid) electricity systems. They are unusual in that there is a complex but user-friendly interface which assists demand management promoting efficient use of the available power. By 2011 around 120 systems had been installed across northern Australia, while a version of the Bushlight system is being trialled in India.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
, using appropriate technology to improve their access to a range services.
It is headquartered in the Desert Knowledge Precinct alongside the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education provides training and further education , and higher education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is based in Batchelor, Northern Territory in Australia...
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Bushlight is a division of CAT that builds and maintains renewable energy systems in remote homeland
Outstation movement
The Outstation movement refers to the relocation of Indigenous Australians from towns to remote outposts on traditional tribal land.As described in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody a range of problems faced Aboriginal people living in towns.During the 1980s a number of groups...
communities. These are generally standalone solar
Solar
Solar may refer to:Astronomy* Of or relating to the Sun** A device that utilizes solar energy** Solar calendar, a calendar whose dates indicate the position of the earth on its revolution around the sun* Solar Maximum Mission, a satellite...
(or solar diesel hybrid) electricity systems. They are unusual in that there is a complex but user-friendly interface which assists demand management promoting efficient use of the available power. By 2011 around 120 systems had been installed across northern Australia, while a version of the Bushlight system is being trialled in India.