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Low-tech Solutions

Interesting possibilities arise when you combine old technology with new knowledge and new materials, or when you apply old concepts and traditional knowledge to modern technology.

How to Build a Floating Trash Island

Artificial floating islands can be used to clean urban bodies of water. Any polluted canal, river, estuary, lake in a city park, or storm water retention pond would benefit from a floating island.

The Age of Speed: How to Reduce Global Fuel Consumption by 75 Percent

If we cut the average speed of all vehicles by half, fuel consumption would decrease by a whopping 75 percent.

Bring Back the Horses

Replacing tractors with real horse power could be the revolution that agriculture needs.

Download, print, fold, paste

Downloading cars, houses and aeroplanes is no science fiction.

Gaming unplugged

The newest generation of board games is more fascinating than most computer games.

Heat your House with Car Tyres and Earth

Energy hungry America teaches the world how to build ecological houses.