What is Low-tech Magazine? | LOW←TECH MAGAZINE
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Low-tech Magazine underscores the potential of past and often forgotten technologies and how they can inform sustainable energy practices.
Technology has become the idol of our society, but technological progress is—more often than not—aimed at solving problems caused by earlier technical inventions. There is a lot of potential in past and often forgotten knowledge and technologies when it comes to designing a sustainable society. Interesting possibilities arise when we combine old technology with new knowledge and new materials, or when we apply old concepts and traditional knowledge to modern technology. "Low-tech" is not a noun but an adjective. The dictionary defines it as "not using the latest technologies", while high-tech
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