Appropriate technology

Appropriate technology in a most basic sense means suitable technology. In practice, it is often something that might be described as using the simplest and most benign level of technology that can effectively achieve an intended purpose. Definitions differ, however, among those theorists, writers, and practitioners who use the term. The term has often, though not always, been applied to the predicaments of developing nations or underdeveloped rural areas of industrialized nations.

External links

• Australian CAT
• UK CAT
• This site (English) discusses the Cuban Cita (in Spanish).
• DCAT
• The Pangea Partnership - Eco-building workshops in the developing world
• The Appropriate Technology Library
• Full Belly Project-open source appropriate agricultural technology for developing countries]
• The Solar Bowl at Auroville