AN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY CHECKLIST 1

Abstract

The protocol for the International Network on Appropriate Technology (INAT) defines the objectives and methods of globally sustainable and equitable technology. This essay provides a checklist for INAT members to use in assessing the merits of proposed technologies. Checklist items serve as reminders of steps to be taken while engaged in life-critical measures. The checklist focuses on three aspects of proposed projects: their rationality, ethicality, and compatibility with key features of appropriate technology. Justification for the first two sets of checklist items flows from the origins of rationality and ethicality in evolutionary processes. The rationale for the last set evolves from historical applications of appropriate technology.

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