Low-tech Magazine questions the blind belief in technological progress, and talks about the potential of past and often forgotten knowledge and technologies when it comes to designing a sustainable society. Interesting possibilities arise when you combine old technology with new knowledge and new materials, or when you apply old concepts and traditional knowledge to modern technology.
Low-tech Magazine was founded in November 2007: overview of all articles. Since 2018, the blog is also available on a solar powered server, and since 2019 also in print.
Low-tech Magazine publishes at most 12 well-researched stories per year. Sister blog No Tech Magazine brings more regular updates.
Low-tech Magazine is written by Kris De Decker (Barcelona, Spain). A list of contributors is in the making.
The website is also published in Dutch and in Spanish. Several articles have been translated to French and some to German.
Low-tech Magazine greatly appreciates financial support from its readers. We accept donations through PayPal, Patreon and LiberaPay.
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Low-tech Magazine makes the jump from web to paper. The first result is a 710-page perfect-bound paperback which is printed on demand and contains 37 of the most recent articles from the website (2012 to 2018). A second volume, collecting articles published between 2007 and 2011, will appear later this year.
Read more: Low-tech Magazine: The Printed Website.