Rotary - Appropriate Technologies - 2015
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This document discusses appropriate technology and how Rotary Clubs can use it to get things done and have fun while building friendships and connections. It notes that appropriate technology needs to consider local needs and resources. The document also mentions Appropedia, an online wiki with over 60 million views and 300 thousand edits that provides information on appropriate technology design projects.
Rotary - Appropriate Technologies - 2015
- 2. Rotary Club Get Things Done Have Fun Through friendships and connections
- 41. E215_Introduction_to_Design _projects Appropedia: Over 60 million views Over 300 thousand edits
- 42. Questions
Editor's Notes
- Waterpod image from http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/waterpod-new-york-at-sea.jpg
- E.F. Schumacher AT is technology with a human face. "Economics as if people mattered" was the subtitle ofSmall is Beautiful, Schumacher's seminal book
- The ability to repair, maintain, reproduce, and adapt it with local know how, money, etc. Impacts to the local and global environment Jobs? Cultural impacts Desire Bolsters local capacity Leverages local resources Designed with the stakeholders For me a truly appropriate technology must be designed and built not just for, but by or with the local stakeholders.
- Prioritizing Needs and Exploring Resources
- It all starts with the chaos of community building trust and projects