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Appropriate Technology

What is appropriate technology all about? It is a way of thinking about technological change; recognizing that tools and techniques can evolve along different paths toward different ends. It includes the belief that human communities can have a hand in deciding what their future will be like, and that the choice of tools and techniques is an important part of this. It also includes the recognition that technologies can embody cultural biases and sometimes have political and distributional effects that go far beyond a strictly economic evaluation. "A.T." therefore involves a search for technologies that have, for example, beneficial effects on income distribution, human development, environmental quality, and th distribution of political power—as well as productivity—in the context of particular communities and nations.

THE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY

AT Library

The AT Library contains the full text and images from over 1050 of the best books dealing with all areas of do-it-yourself technology. Portable and easy to use on 26 CDs or 4 DVDs. A Portable Internet!

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THE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY SOURCEBOOK

AT Sourcebook

The online version of the Appropriate Technology Sourcebook contains reviews of over 1050 of the the best, most practical appropriate technologies..

Click here for the complete online version.

APROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS/DEMOS.

Lakota Wind Turbine

Village Earth supports the innovation and development of appropriate technologies through the following initiatives.

  • Farming Systems Project
  • Lakota Wind Turbine Project
  • Lakota Stewardship Model
  • Butte Biofuels (Pine Ridge Reservation)

APROPEDIA.ORG WIKI

Apropedia Logo Village Earth has recently merged our Appropriate Technology Wiki with Appropedia, a dynamic and open library wiki, focused on success in two core initiatives:
  • Reducing poverty through International Development
  • Increasing Sustainability through all means, including Appropriate Technology
Learn more about Appropedia's vision and mission at our Mission page.
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 

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» Village Earth Joins the Appropedia Wiki Community
28/03/07 23:43 from Appropriate Technology Project Blog
Village Earth, who created the first wiki for appropriate technology, has joined forces with Appropedia.org , the largest wiki for sustainable development, appropriate technology and poverty reduction. Together, Village Earth and Appropedi..

» Appropriate Technology Library Used as Teaching Aid in the Phillipines
27/02/07 06:50 from Appropriate Technology Project Blog
Testimonial sent via email. My wife Debra and I are located near Iligan City on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. We teach at the Life Resources Foundation (LRF) which is a two-year residential, post-high school, training institut..

» VE's Appropriate Technology Library Helps Villages in Uganda
27/02/07 06:48 from Appropriate Technology Project Blog
Bob Wright is originally from New Jersey. He now lives in Karamojo, a district of northern Uganda where he purchased 150 acres of land. On this land he has created a service center similar to those developed by Village Earth's partners aro..

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