{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/638bfc8cfb2ba600116287ea?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"647: Kris de Decker, part 1: Low and No Tech Magazine: We believe in progress and technology","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1670119098041-e07fcb5ee3ebbfc18344f071e4e31549.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Low Tech Magazine</a>: Low-tech Magazine underscores the potential of past and often forgotten technologies and how they can inform sustainable energy practices.</li><li>Some articles that influenced me or I enjoyed:</li><li><a href=\"https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2017/02/vietnams-low-tech-fermentation-food-system-takes-advantage-of-decay.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam's Low-tech Food System Takes Advantage of Decay</a> (this article led me to unplug my fridge, which led me to unplug my apartment)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/01/how-much-energy-do-we-need.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Much Energy Do We Need?</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/12/fruit-walls-urban-farming.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2021/03/urban-fish-ponds-low-tech-sewage-treatment-for-towns-and-cities.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Fish Ponds: Low-tech Sewage Treatment for Towns and&nbsp;Cities</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/site-map.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Many more</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.notechmagazine.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">No Tech Magazine</a>: We believe in progress and technology</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}