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	Appropriate technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Appropriate technology is technology that is most appropriate to the environment and culture it is intended to support.
		What exactly constitutes appropriate technology in any given case is a matter of debate, but generally the term is used by theorists to question high technology or excessive mechanization, human displacement, resource depletion or increased pollution associated with unchecked industrialisation.
		Appropriate technology can benefit from the latest research, as with the cloth filter which was inspired by research into the way cholera is carried in water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Appropriate_technology (1259 words)

	Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Technology is a word with origins in the Greek word technologia (τεχνολογία), techne (τέχνη) "craft" and logia (λογία) "saying." It is a broad term dealing with the use and knowledge of humanity's tools and crafts.
		In this use, technology is a far-reaching term that may include both simple tools, such as a wooden spoon, and complex tools, such as a space station or the written sets of procedures and maintenance manuals for it.
		The notion of appropriate technology, however, was developed in the 20th century to describe situations where it was not desirable to use very new technologies or those that required access to some centralized infrastructure or parts or skills imported from elsewhere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Technology (4253 words)

	Appropriate technology Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Among advocates of voluntary simplicity and related Luddite movements, appropriate technology is technology whose risk/cost/value tradeoff is compelling enough to justify continued use.
		A related term, intermediate technology, refers specifically to tools that cost more than those currently in use in a developing nation but much less than those that would be used in a developed nation.
		Which technologies are truly "appropriate" remains a matter of ongoing debate among those that have pioneered the concept.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/a/ap/appropriate_technology.html (223 words)

	Appropriate Technology Solutions - Suitable Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Appropriate technology is that which strives to minimize negative consequences to all life, and connects people with each other and the Earth.
		Appropriate technologies have the potential to enhance community self-sufficiency, build local economies, and draw on traditional and cultural wisdom.
		Because appropriate technology is firstly a grassroots technology it is expressed in an extensive array of inventive, creative solutions to problems, that 'outsiders' would be unlikely to consider.
	www.ustechnologysolutions.com (468 words)

	Selection of Appropriate Technology
		The authors discuss the selection of appropriate technology for children with disabilities, particularly as it relates to recent reauthorization of public legislation which places greater responsibility on the schools to provide devices and equipment to students with disabilities.
		These technologies, such as robotics and artificial intelligence devices, are not yet commercially available on a widescale basis, and their expense would be impossible for most school systems to consider for all children with disabilities.
		In a case where a costly, commercially unavailable technology is deemed to be a desirable alternative for a child with a disability, the IEP team may choose to find partial external funding for the device.
	www2.edc.org /NCIP/library/ec/Parrette.htm (3021 words)

	Appropriate technology: Journey to Forever - technology that fits, small is beautiful, blacksmiths, wood fires that ...
		Appropriate technology is the kind of technology that fits small-scale, grassroots, people-centred economics.
		Appropriate technology works from the bottom up; it is not an overlay to the situation; it is a genuine grassroots solution to economic needs.
		In fact appropriate technology is to be found throughout this website, and the whole Journey to Forever project.
	journeytoforever.org /at.html (658 words)

	Appropriate Technology text
		Appropriate technology makes use of skills and technology that are available in a local community to supply basic human needs, such as gas and electricity, water, food, and waste disposal.
		It is important to realize that use of appropriate technology does not mean turning the clock back to the 18th or 19th century.
		Appropriate technology is attractive because it makes households and industries more self-sufficient, and most things can be managed at a local level.
	lsa.colorado.edu /essence/texts/appropriate.htm (598 words)

	Appropriate Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Appropriate technology in economic development : proceedings of a seminar held in the University of Edinburgh under the joint auspices of the Centre of African Studies and the School of Engineering Science (Electrical Engineering) September 1973 / organisation and editorial, J. Cook...
		Appropriate technology, culture, and lifestyle in development : declarations and resolutions from the seminar / organized by the Institut Masyarakat and the Consumers' Association of Penang at Universiti Sains Malaysia, 3-7 November 1981.
		Technology, trade policy, and the Uruguay Round : proceedings of the Round Table on Technology and Trade Policy : held at Delphi, Greece, from 22 to 24 April 1989 and co-hosted with the European Cultural Centre, Delphi, and the University of Athens.
	www.crescentmeadow.com /perma/biblio/appropriate_technology.html (8604 words)

	What is Appropriate Technology?
		The idea of appropriate technology is that local people, struggling on a daily basis with their needs, understand those needs better than anyone and can therefore suggest or in fact, invent the technological innovations necessary to meet those needs.
		While grassroots activity is vital in developing appropriate technology, a larger view is definitely called for in understanding how organizations can combine funds and human resources to develop and market technologies.
		It's not appropriate to install solar modules in a place with very little sun, a wind generator in a place with little or no wind.
	www.gdrc.org /techtran/appro-tech.html (351 words)

	Appropriate Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Appropriate Technology is used to solve technological problems throughout the world, by providing sustainable solutions which are beneficial to the local community, and which are sensitive to the need to reduce environmental pollution, by using renewable sources of energy and recycling materials wherever possible.
		The use of Appropriate Technology should be economically viable on a long-term basis for the community, and provide suitable employment opportunities.
		Here are some relevant links to sites which can give you a greater insight into the meaning of Appropriate Technology, and they ways in which it is used successfully throughout the world, in a wide variety of projects and assignments.
	www.webschool.org.uk /ourmall/satis.html (385 words)

	Department of Technology
		Appropriate Technology reflects an approach to technological development, characterized by creative and sound engineering, that recognizes the social, environmental, political, economic, as well as, technical aspects of a proposed technological solution to a problem facing a society.
		Generally appropriate technologies are smaller scale technologies, that are ecologically and socially benign, affordable, and often powered by renewable energy.
		The field is an interdisciplinary one drawing from the physical and social sciences as well as Engineering, Architecture, and Technology.
	www.tec.appstate.edu /at/app_tech.html (407 words)

	Appropriate Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Appropriate Technology - Technology that is accessible and affordable to ordinary women and men to use in their own communities, and which is both economically and environmentally sustainable for them.
		Technology is only appropriate if its users are able to continue to adapt and innovate whatever the future brings.
		This workshop is designed to help build the technical capacity of small manufacturers - that is, their own ability to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding of the technology options available to them.
	www.actsfiji.org /html/body_approptech.html (190 words)

	Appropriate Technology :: North Chadderton School :: Developing and sharing with a global community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Posted by: admin on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 08:35 PM Appropriate Technology is used to solve technological problems throughout the world, by providing sustainable solutions that are beneficial to the local community......
		Appropriate Technology is used to solve technological problems throughout the world, by providing sustainable solutions that are beneficial to the local community, and which are sensitive to the need to reduce environmental pollution, by using renewable sources of energy and recycling materials wherever possible.
		The use of high technology to solve a problem often involves the use of expensive components, which usually need to be imported.
	www.mywebschool.org /postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=142 (572 words)

	Institute of Appropriate Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Institute of Appropriate Technology was established in the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) to cater the need for an Institution to support development of national indigenous capability in selection, generation and dissemination of technologies appropriate to the national development objectives of Bangladesh.
		One of the main objectives of the institute is to assist the government in policy planning with respect to technology.
		IAT short courses are designed and organized to provide an opportunity to the participants to update and expand the knowledge base on different issues related to technology and development which will ultimately help in developing national indigenous capabilities in selection, generation and dissemination of technologies appropriate to national development objectives.
	www.buet.ac.bd /iat (556 words)

	Appropriate Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Contemporary questions of energy, environment, and equity converge in unusual and unexpected ways around a technology that seems to be of the past but is very much a part of the present: fuel-based lighting in the developing world.
		Best practices and appropriate technologies are management and cultural practices that allow people to get the most beneficial use out of the land and other available natural resources in a sustainable manner.
		SRISTI, the society for research and initiatives for sustainable technologies and insitutions, is a non-governmental organisation in India set up to strengthen the creativity of grassroots inventors, innovators and ecopreneurs engaged in conserving biodiversity and developing eco-friendly solutions to local problems.
	www.changemakers.net /library/collections/appropriatetechnology.cfm (8045 words)

	Community Development Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Schumacher's famous introduction of the concept of "intermediate" (or "appropriate") technology has had a major impact on current thinking in the development field.
		To that end he is a leading advocate of "appropriate technology" as a partial answer to global problems of food and energy shortages, alienation, and poverty.
		In the developing countries, designed particularly to suit agricultural conditions that are different from those in the industrialized countries, this technology should be superior to the primitive forms of the past.
	www.villageearth.org /pages/AT_Library (567 words)

	RIL: Appropriate Technology
		We incorporated our existing publication, International Agricultural Development, into Appropriate Technology commencing with the first issue of 2000, with the intention of more fully reflecting the part that agriculture plays in the developing world.
		Since then, and with the addition of gate technology material and a massive increase in the number of pages, we believe that subscribers to all three magazines are now receiving the best of everything.
		Appropriate Technology is edited by the former editor of International Agricultural Development, David Dixon -- the well known farming journalist and BBC broadcaster.
	www.researchinformation.co.uk /apte.php (218 words)

	eBay - Book: Appropriate Technology (ISBN: 0123351901) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The introduction of technology into developing communities around the world is closely tied to the everyday jobs of international aid workers, engineers, health professionals, social workers, and members of religious organizations.
		Appropriate Technology is written for both non-technical and technical students and professionals who are interested in or currently working in international and community development.
		Appropriate Technology provides interesting and challenging end-of-chapter projects and problems for self study.
	product.ebay.com /Appropriate-Technology_ISBN_0123351901_W0QQfvcsZ1392QQsoprZ787490 (284 words)

	Appropriate Technology Africa - Creating Employment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		ATA - Appropriate Technology Africa with the strapline, CREATING EMPLOYMENT - sums up what we do, making a practical difference in the lives of poor people in Africa.
		ATA recognises the importance of technology and hands on work, sharing knowledge and working together with communities.
		Appropriate Technology Africa provides technology to empower poor people in Africa to make sellable end user products.
	www.approtechafrica.com (243 words)

	Appropriate technology resources: Journey to Forever
		This is NOT because appropriate technology is nostalgic, it's because old references often contain valuable and useful information that simply is not available now.
		IT is engaged in a range of activities including research, technology development, field testing and commercialization, technical assistance, training, and advocacy, covering a wide range of subjects.
		A low-cost technology which will enable workshops to set up their own facilities and manufacture a range of wheels from standard steel sections.
	journeytoforever.org /at_link.html (2722 words)

	Appropriate Process Technology Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Properly-selected traditional process technologies will achieve their aims, but they can also let operators down if they are under-specified or misapplied - for example when important technical requirements are overlooked in a low-cost fast-track project environment.
		These apparent shortcomings can drive users towards the promise held out by new technologies, yet it is often not necessary to change.
		Too often a new technology is held out as the solution to common problems, but is then applied outside its true capabilities - letting the user down, and often to the unnecessary detriment of the technology itself.
	www.approtech.co.uk (332 words)

	Departments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		(Appropriate Technology) must have passed Mathematics and Physics/Physical Sciences in the KCSE or its equivalent at a minimum grade of B-In addition, a candidate must have passed any one subject from the following alternatives at the grade shown (or better):
		(Appropriate Technology) programme will be required to take and pass in not less than 56 units plus the attachment in order to qualify for award of the degree.
		All Master of Science degrees in Appropriate Technology shall be by coursework, examination and thesis.
	www.ku.ac.ke /academic/departments.asp?Dcode=SAT (569 words)

	Appropriate Techonology by Roger J. Wendell
		The 1993 edition of The Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science defines Appropriate Technology as as an "Applied science that is suitable for the level of economic development of a particular group of people.
		Approrpriate technology is decentralized, can be understood and operated by by its users (i.e., does not require outside operators), uses fuel and other resources that are either local or easily obtrained, and involves machinery that can be maintained and repaired by its users.
		I believe Appropriate Technology is being mindful of what we're doing and being aware of the consequences.
	www.rogerwendell.com /solar.html (887 words)

	INASP Directory 2002-2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Le Collectif d'Échanges pour la Technologie Appropriée (COTA) is a non-governmental organisation which provides documentation, information and support to organisations in both North and South involved in development.
		The subject of COTA's work is development methods in general and appropriate technology in particular.
		COTA has a substantial information resource on manufacturers and suppliers of appropriate technologies and, in addition, consultancy is provided and an annual seminar held.
	www.inasp.info /pubs/directory/appropriate.html (922 words)

	appropriate technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		ETC Group promotes and campaigns for the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights, and the socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies.
		The concept of participatory research in agriculture is to enable farmers, particularly in the third world, to be directly involved in the development of technologies aimed at increasing food production and improving rural livelihoods.
		The participation of women is important because their access to appropriate technology has an effect on household food security and the well-being of children.
	agrifor.ac.uk /browse/cabi/detail/ebe96c5eb7c8879da73f28d9dea6c1e2.html (361 words)

	NCAT Websites for a Sustainable World
		Marketech Research Center is operated by NCAT's for-profit subsidiary (New Horizon Technologies Inc.) The MarketTech Research Center performs detailed market assessments on early-stage technologies being developed by independent inventors and innovators, small businesses, university laboratories and government agencies.
		New Horizon Technologies LLC was created from NCAT's for-profit subsidiary in 1999.
		Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Operation Fresh Start helps individuals and communities incorporate sustainable principles and technologies into their plans as they recover from a flood, earthquake, or other disaster.
	www.ncat.org /website.html (1059 words)

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