Low tech

Image 10 of 17 from gallery of This Innovative Cooling Installation Fights Soaring Temperatures in New Delhi. © S. Anirudh

Michael Perdriel fashioned a manual clothes washer that could be used by those in developing countries, but its low-tech design makes it indispensable

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Channel your inner Ingalls and put together a cold-storage container that can keep your harvest fresh and lively for months.

“The way we cool our buildings right now is totally wrong,” said Indian architect Monish Siripurapu in a video produced the United Nations' Environment New Delhi firm Ant Studio has developed a flexible environmental cooling system made of terra-cotta that is inspired by ancient techniques.

If we want the internet to keep working in circumstances where access to energy is more limited, we can learn important lessons from alternative network technologies.

Solar Air Heater: The design of this solar heating was strongly inspired by Guy Isabel, on the plans he describes in his book Les capteurs solaires à air, Eyrolles edition. The sun transmits energy to the earth by radiation. At the equator, the radiation reaches the…

Regular readers will know that we tend to favour simple, non-mechanical methods of green design, like passive solar heating instead of, say, thermal solar collectors with evacuated tubes and pumps. One

Communication will be vital after a major disaster. From hi-tech to low-tech, here are 11 ways to communicate after the grid goes down.

Nimble brings ethical tech products made from sustainable materials & e-waste for less than half the price, without sacrificing performance.