The modern world is characterised by a focus on technology, one that might be characterised as an addiction, and the trend is towards an ever-greater technological reliance. Environmentally speaking, the associated impacts are proving to be substantial. Engineering structures are usually built outside the human scale, and one-size-fits-all applications of technology are often homogenous rather than being tailored to the local environment via an intimate knowledge of how it functions.
In recent years, alternative visions have sprung up. One is Low-Tech Magazine, an online and hard copy resource put together by Kris De Decker, a blogger based in Barcelona. The idea behind the publication is not rejecting technology, but judiciously eschewing the newest and shiniest option in favour of older and often simpler alternatives with a lesser impact. In the Low-Tech…
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WellBeing (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 203