647: Kris de Decker, part 1: Low and No Tech Magazine: We believe in progress and technology

Kris created and runs what I consider one of the top sites online. It has influenced my behavior and expectations to enjoy living more sustainably, including unplugging my fridge, which led to unplugging my apartment, and start seeing that solar and wind aren't sustainable any more, though we could make them more so.

I've looked forward to connecting with Kris for years. In our conversation, he shares his transition from reporting on new technologies for others for pay to reporting on technology from the view of improving life and how we keep losing the purpose of technology helping us.

He also shares how he lives by the values he writes about, or writes about the values he lives, showing integrity and credibility lacking in most people working on sustainability or technology, also understanding from hands-on experience the systemic effects that Silicon Valley and political types misunderstand nearly every time.

• Low Tech Magazine: Low-tech Magazine underscores the potential of past and often forgotten technologies and how they can inform sustainable energy practices.
• Some articles that influenced me or I enjoyed:
• Vietnam's Low-tech Food System Takes Advantage of Decay (this article led me to unplug my fridge, which led me to unplug my apartment)
• How Much Energy Do We Need?
• Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s
• Urban Fish Ponds: Low-tech Sewage Treatment for Towns and Cities
• Many more
• No Tech Magazine: We believe in progress and technology

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