what is the alternative technology suggested by E. M. Schumacher?
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In E.M Schumachers book,"small is beautiful" describes the alternative technology as an appropriate technology.
Appropriate technology is an ideological movement that entails choosing and application of technology in a small scale,decentralized,labor intensive environmentally safe.and locally autonomous .
Schumacher originally named it "intermediate technology'.Intermediate technology had been criticized by suggesting that advanced technology is inferior .
The appropriate technology has been applied in various fields like,street lights,hand powered water pumps,bicycle and many others.
Appropriate technology can however be found in developing and developed countries.In the developed countries,the appropriate technology grew out of face in the 1970s where the countries began focusing more on the environmental and sustainability issues.
Today,the idea of appropriate technology is becoming multi-faced where some describe it as the simplest form of technology that can be used to achieve something
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Alternative technology involves manufacture or production methods that are less polluting and more resource efficient that traditional methods.