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First the doom, then the optimism: a Small Farm Future reader poll special

May 15, 2023 by Chris Smaje

My Plan B is no hey presto. It’s a numbers game. Slowly try to build a second, low-tech, distributed world within and around the edges of the mainstream world.

Categories Environment, Food & Water, Food & Water featured Tags agrarian localism, low tech, small farm future Leave a comment

A Review of ‘The Age of Low Tech’ by Philippe Bihouix

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 by Ben Shread-Hewitt

The Age Low Tech is a funny, informal, practical, angry, and subtly deep book. Released in 2014, its discussion of energy crisis and supply chain fragility feel prescient to 2022.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Act: Inspiration featured, Energy, Environment, Environment featured, Society Tags building resilient societies, low tech, powering down Leave a comment

The Age of Low Tech by Philippe Bihouix: review

September 1, 2021 by Mark Garavan

‘Let’s always ask ourselves: Can I do without? Can I do less? Can I make it easier? And by the way, why do I have to do that? And couldn’t I do with what already exists?’

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy, Economy featured, Energy, Environment Tags building resilient societies, degrowth, low tech, powering down Leave a comment

Toward an age of low tech for a more resilient and sustainable society

November 3, 2020 by Philippe Bihouix

I believe ‘high’ technology will not solve global problems and propose a different ‘low tech’ approach to building a more resilient, equitable and sustainable society.

Categories Economy, Economy featured Tags appropriate technology, building resilient societies, conviviality, low tech, new economy, zero waste Leave a comment

If We Insulate Our Houses, Why Not Our Cooking Pots?

August 14, 2020July 2, 2014 by Kris De Decker

In the early twentieth century, fireless cookers were common additions to western kitchens, similar to the refrigerator or cooking stove.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Food & Water Tags Cooking, home energy efficiency, low tech Leave a comment

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