E. F. Schumacher

E. F. Schumacher

male, deceased (1977)
From Bonn, English-language writer, Environmental economics, Sustainability advocate, keynesian economics, British…appropriate technology, Appropriatetechnologyadvocate, Intermediate Technology Development Group, appropriate technologies, Intermediate Technology
Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher (16 August 1911 - 4 September 1977) was an internationally influential economic thinker with a professional...
Karl Hess

Karl Hess

male, deceased (1994)
American military personnel of World War II, atheist, Republican, Autodidact, anarchist, tax resister…Appropriatetechnologyadvocate
Karl Hess (May 25, 1923-April 22, 1994), was a speechwriter, editor, political philosopher, hippie, welder, motorcycle racer, tax resister and...
Hassan Fathy

Hassan Fathy

male, deceased (1989)
architect, Egyptian, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, adobe, appropriate technology, Appropriatetechnologyadvocate
Hassan Fathy was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to re-establish the...
Jock Brandis

Jock Brandis

male
sustainable architecture, Appropriatetechnologyadvocate, Cinematographer, brunswick county, Sustainable, Canadian
Jock Brandis is an author, film technician, inventor, and alleged air pirate. He is also in the process of founding the world's first sustainable...

John Todd

male, 70 years old
University of Michigan, New Alchemy Institute, alternative technologies, tropical medicine, Alternative Technology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…technology, Appropriatetechnologyadvocate
Dr. John Todd (b. 1939) is an important biologist working in the field of ecological design. His ideas often involve applications that make use of...
Victor Papanek

Victor Papanek

male, deceased (1999)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Design for the Real World, Balinese, cooper union, navajo nation, Appropriatetechnologyadvocate
Designer and educator Victor Papanek (1927-1999) was a strong advocate of the socially and ecologically responsible design of products, tools, and...
Amory Lovins

Amory Lovins

male
energy, Bates College alumni, Winning the Oil Endgame, Non-fiction writer, Harvard University alumni, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford…Appropriatetechnologyadvocate, Sustainability advocate, World Technology
Amory Bloch Lovins is a "consultant experimental physicist" with an MA in physics from Oxford. He is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky...
Aton Edwards

Aton Edwards

male
"Gaiatat", LIFE-O.N.E, Amen Shepsu Adio, Shelter From The Storm, International Preparedness Network, Executive Director…Appropriatetechnologyadvocate
Aton Edwards is the Executive Director of the "International Preparedness Network", an organization he co-founded in 1989 (originally called...

Amy B. Smith

female
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, third world, botswana, appropriate technology, peace corps, Massachusetts Institute of Technology…Appropriatetechnologyadvocate
Amy Smith served four years in the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Botswana and it was there that she found her calling as an inventor who focuses on...
Trevor Baylis

Trevor Baylis

male, deceased (1937)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, English, From Kilburn, Order of the British Empire, Princess Royal, Trevor G. Baylis OBE…Appropriatetechnologyadvocate
Trevor was born in 1937 in London during the Blitz. At the age of 15, Trevor swam for Britain, and on leaving school, worked as a stunt man,...