Low Tech News One Man’s Fight Against Poverty, by Making a Mansion Out of Mud – Natural Building Blog Peruvian Farmers, Chefs Cash in on Guinea Pig Craze – NPR This YouTube Survivalist Can Teach You to Skin Deer and Cook Rats – Grist Homemade rhubarb varroa strips for bees – Walden Effect Do solar … More News Roundup — 21 Oct. 2016
We articulated three central tenets of the Low Technology Institute. These are simple concepts but they have profound implications for our everyday lives. Naessi articulated a list of character traits (adapted below) that we hope to cultivate in our society. These are not meant to be rules, but examples of how one might live. The … More Basic Stances — Building Communities
We articulated three central tenets of the Low Technology Institute. These are simple concepts but they have profound implications for our everyday lives. Naessi articulated a list of character traits (adapted below) that we hope to cultivate in our society. These are not meant to be rules, but examples of how one might live. The … More Basic Stances — Careful Consumption
Low Tech News We’re So Addicted to Our Gadgets That ‘Unplugged’ Tourism Is Booming – Vice: Motherboard Growing a Jungle in a New York Apartment – Natural Building Blog Earthbag Method is Ideal for Constructing Community Toilets in India – Natural Building Blog Kites Could Soon Power an Entire Region of Scotland – Vice: Motherboard … More News Roundup — Oct. 14, 2016
We articulated three central tenets of the Low Technology Institute. These are simple concepts but they have profound implications for our everyday lives. Naessi articulated a list of character traits (adapted below) that we hope to cultivate in our society. These are not meant to be rules, but examples of how one might live. The … More Basic Stances — A Meaningful Life of Simplicity
Low Tech News Reykjavik Turns Off Street Lights To Turn Up The Northern Lights – NPR Using Tree Bark Flours in Cooking – Walden Labs Turf Houses in Iceland – Natural Building Blog Sweden Proposes Tax Breaks for Repairs – NPR Life on this Colorado farm is about more than plants – Grist Here’s how … More News Roundup — Oct. 7, 2016
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel EcoGuerrillas. The environment has played a prominent role in the rise and fall of civilizations throughout history and will have an out-sized effect on industrialized society, but people raising awareness of problems with greenhouse emissions, fossil fuels, the arctic, dams, rain forests, and endangered species are … More Basic Stances — Deep Ecology and the Problem of Anthropocentrism
Low Tech News Chaga: The Old New Superfood – Walden Labs Beekeepers Benefit From The Hive Mind In Community Apiaries – NPR Environmental News Presidential Candidates Hold Starkly Different Views On Energy – NPR Carbon Tracker Analysis: ‘Renewables are Already Outcompeting Fossil Fuels’ – Resilience How to Talk About the Paris Climate Agreement at the … More News Roundup — Sept. 30, 2016
“Luddite” is a cudgel to batter technology skeptics. It might be applied to a friend without a smartphone, a grandparent who refuses to use a computer, or a neighbor who hangs their laundry on a line. The protest of eighteenth-century weavers has been misunderstood as a stand against new technology. Their smashing of mechanical looms … More In Defense of Luddites