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LOW←TECH MAGAZINE
Type of site
Blog
Available inEnglish
French
German
Spanish
Dutch
Polish
Italian
Portuguese
Founded2007
Headquarters
Barcelona
Country of originSpain
Created byKris De Decker
Key peopleMarie Verdeil: prototype design, graphic design, workshops, visual media, illustrations, management
Roel Roscam Abbing: solar powered server, solar web design
URLhttps://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/
Current statusLive

Low-Tech Magazine is a blog about low-technology founded in 2007 and operated by Kris De Decker. De Decker had previously worked as a technology reporter.[1][2] The website "underscores the potential of past and often forgotten technologies, and how they can inform sustainable energy practices".[3]

In 2018, De Decker launched a low-tech, solar powered website, hosted from Barcelona. This version reduced the size of the website by a factor of five. The site sometimes goes offline in cloudy weather as it relies on solar panels and batteries fitted in De Deckers' balcony.[4][1][2][5][6][7][8][9]

The articles in the website have been translated to eleven languages.[10] It has been in print since 2019. Printed books include a compressed edition, thematic books, a chronological series and translated books in Dutch and French.[11][3][12][13]

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  1. 1 2 Neason, Alexandria. "How an online magazine avoids the internet's impact on the environment". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "This Solar-Powered, 'Low Tech' Website Goes Offline When It's Cloudy". VICE. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 Decker, Kris De. "What is Low-tech Magazine?". LOW←TECH MAGAZINE. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Decker, Kris De. "About the Solar Powered Website". LOW←TECH MAGAZINE. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kris De Decker: 'We need to reduce energy consumption no matter where the energy comes from'". RNZ. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Low-Tech Magazine Switches to a Low-Tech, Low Carbon Website". Treehugger. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Outside/In, Justine Paradis (8 April 2022). "Outside/In: How to build a solar-powered website". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Low-tech Magazine's Solar-Powered Website is Rewriting the Rules of Web Design". Eye on Design. 12 November 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Stefanski, Jasio (21 November 2018). "Imagining a Solar-Powered Internet: Kris De Decker Low<–Tech Magazine". walkerart.org. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Decker, Kris De. "Translations". LOW←TECH MAGAZINE. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Kris De Decker". Kris De Decker. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Decker, Kris De. "Offline Reading". LOW←TECH MAGAZINE. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Low-tech Magazine 2007-2021: The Compressed Edition". CreativeApplications.Net. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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