Appropriate Technology

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Appropriate Technology

Any technology that meets current needs by leveraging available resources while bolstering local capacity and protecting the future.

Need to consider:

Can it be maintained and adapted with local knowhow, money, and other resources.

What are the Cultural, Political, Economic, Environmental (local and global) impacts.

For me a great Appropriate Technology must be designed and built not just for, but by or with, the local stakeholders.

Needs and Resources

Las Malvinas II, Dominican Republic

Arroyo Norte, Dominican Republic

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CCATArcata, California

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