The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to connect, inspire and assist people to make sustainable choices in their homes and communities. Established ...

Maker Faire Africa shows off appropriate technology and do-it-yourself spirit in its second year.

Kim Fortun, Environmental Information Systems as Appropriate Technology, Design Issues, Vol. 20, No. 3, STS and the Social Shaping of Design (Summer, 2004), pp. 54-65 ...

Dani Rodrik argues that making global innovation more labor-friendly would benefit rich and poor countries alike.

Joshua Pearce describes how physicists can help bring simple, affordable and life-changing devices to people and laboratories all over the world, using the concept of open-source appropriate ...

Reviving appropriate technologyCAMBRIDGE — In 1973, the British economist E.F. Schumacher published a book with the captivating title “Small Is Beautiful”, advocating the use in poor countries of ...

Based on the concept of appropriate technology, the system from the Flow Battery Research Collective will be easy to construct, easy to maintain, and safe to operate in a residential environment.

Schumacher, an Oxford-educated economist, popularized the idea of “appropriate technology:” small-scale, low-tech innovation designed and produced by people--chiefly those living in ...

Neutrality is defined as “the freedom of individuals and organizations to choose the most appropriate technology adequate to their needs and requirements for development, acquisition, use or ...

New technology often gets a bad name in its early going. People don´t adapt well to change, and early applications often look clumsy and expensive. It took a long time for microwave ovens, mobile ...

RAND has released a list of six factors that educators and parents should consider when thinking the use of technology with young children.