Event: Free Webinar - “Ripples of Change: the altering ecological state of Welsh rivers and lakes”
The Centre for Alternative Technology
Join us online on Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 7pm as we kick off our new series of FREE online webinars. Dr Jane Fisher will be delving into the changing state of Welsh Freshwater Environments, the factors driving these changes and possible solutions.
Healthy freshwater ecosystems are vital to habitat biodiversity, climate regulation, energy, natural flood prevention, drinking water, and more, but over the last two decades we have seen a rapid change in the ecological condition of Welsh Rivers and Lakes.
In this lecture and Q&A, Dr Jane Fisher will look at the driving causes behind these changes and possible solutions. Examining the relationship between land use change, sewage discharges, invasive species and climate change, and the changing ecology and water quality of our freshwaters. Jane will also consider why lakes and rivers respond differently to management interventions and the reasons why there are still so many unknowns.
Key information:
CAT’s new series of free webinars will bring our Graduate School Lecturers and expert inhouse staff to your screens as they draw on their areas of expertise to explore a range of issues relating to Sustainability. Webinar themes will span a range of topics – from food and natural resources, habitat restoration and renewable energy to systems change, sustainable architecture and more.
Further topics and dates in our new series of free webinars will be announced soon.
- Duration: 1 hour, including talk and Q&A
- Upcoming dates: Wednesday 8 July 2026
- Start time: 7.00pm
- Spaces are limited to 100 people
About the Speaker:
Dr Jane Fisher is programme leader on our MSc Sustainability and Ecology and Sustainability and Behaviour Change courses. Prior to joining CAT, Jane worked as a senior lecturer and BSc programme leader for Wildlife Conservation at Liverpool John Moores University, an environmental consultant and as a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
Her research has focused on freshwater and wetland ecology, mainly on the relationships between phytoplankton, diatoms, macrophytes and eutrophication. This includes research for the Natural Environment Research Council, Environment Agency and the European Commission.
About Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
CAT is an educational charity dedicated to researching and communicating positive solutions for environmental change.
We speak to government and campaigners about policies that would help create a zero carbon Britain; we train students in all aspects of sustainability; we help schoolchildren to understand the importance of action on climate change; and we give advice to householders on what they can do in their own homes.
CAT is an educational charity dedicated to researching and communicating positive solutions for environmental change. We speak to government and campaigners about policies that would help create a zero carbon Britain; we train students in all aspects of sustainability; we help schoolchildren to understand the importance of action on climate change; and we give advice to householders on what they can do in their own homes.
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