A controlled open fire using wood, invented 1.7-2 million years ago, being used for cooking in 2015 Low technologies or low-techs (low tech; adjective forms: low-technology, low-tech, lo-tech) are a set of technologies and logics aiming at energy and material sobriety, strong sustainability and collective resilience. The approach opposes the obsession with high-tech and encourages techno-discernment.This is not a technophobic but a technocritical approach, which raises the question of the right technological mix. We speak above all of a low-tech approach since it is difficult to assess whether a product or a service is really low-tech or not (example: the bicycle seems low-tech but its manufacture requires high -tech), the objective being to set the optimum technological level (lowest technological level to ensure essential functionalities) . Finally, it should be remembered that low-techs are much more than technical solutions that have emerged from the past or have been tinkered with , they carry organizational, systemic, cultural, even political and philosophical dimensions. This is in line with the words of Arthur Keller, for whom the low-tech approach is an approach, a method, a vision, a philosophy. Almost a culture, going well beyond the strict technological question. An overall approach that allows us to get back into compliance with planetary limits, that is to say not to consume more energy, materials and resources than what the Earth can sustainably provide .
A controlled open fire using wood, invented 1.7-2 million years ago, being used for cooking in 2015 Low technology (low tech; adjective forms: low-technology, low-tech, lo-tech) is simple technology, opposed to high technology. They often refer to a traditional or non-mechanical kind, such as crafts and tools that pre-date the Industrial Revolution . Low technology can simply be practiced or fabricated with a minimum of capital investment by an individual or small group of individuals. Also, the knowledge of the practice can be completely comprehended by a single individual, free from increasing specialization and compartmentalization. In some definition, low-tech techniques and designs may fall into disuse due to changing socio-economic conditions or priorities. Overall, these technologies are easily fabricable, adaptable and reparable, and use little energy and resources (that all come from local sources) to stay on the whole eco-friendly .
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are a set of technologies and logics aiming at energy and material sobriety, strong sustainability and collective resilience. The approach opposes the obsession with high-tech and encourages techno-discernment.This is not a technophobic but a technocritical approach, which raises the question of the right technological mix. We speak above all of a low-tech approach since it is difficult to assess whether a product or a service is really low-tech or not (example: the bicycle seems low-tech but its manufacture requires high -tech), the objective being to set the optimum technological level (lowest technological level to ensure essential functionalities)
is simple technology, opposed to high technology. They often refer to a traditional or non-mechanical kind, such as crafts and tools that pre-date the Industrial Revolution
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Finally, it should be remembered that low-techs are much more than technical solutions that have emerged from the past or have been tinkered with , they carry organizational, systemic, cultural, even political and philosophical dimensions. This is in line with the words of Arthur Keller, for whom the
Low technology can simply be practiced or fabricated with a minimum of capital investment by an individual or small group of individuals. Also, the knowledge of the practice can be completely comprehended by a single individual, free from increasing specialization and compartmentalization. In some definition,
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approach is an approach, a method, a vision, a philosophy. Almost a culture, going well beyond the strict technological question. An overall approach that allows us to get back into compliance with planetary limits, that is to say not to consume more energy, materials and resources than what the Earth can sustainably provide
techniques and designs may fall into disuse due to changing socio-economic conditions or priorities. Overall, these technologies are easily fabricable, adaptable and reparable, and use little energy and resources (that all come from local sources) to stay on the whole eco-friendly