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Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC) joins us in the studio… More specif­i­cally, we are joined by John Barrie (the Executive Director), Ben Connor Barrie (Special Projects Manager aka “Special Ops”), and Jeff Tenza (vol­un­teer engi­neer). ATC is a non-​​profit orga­ni­za­tion based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan whose pur­pose is “To design, develop, demon­strate and dis­tribute appro­priate tech­no­log­ical solu­tions for meeting the basic human needs of low income people in the devel­oping world.” We hear about their oper­a­tions, their recent trip to Guatemala, and some of their exciting design ideas.

More info:
Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC) web­site
Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC) blog
Sustainable Design Update (SDU)
SDU-​​Ann Arbor

Additionally…
Get on the bus to Bay City Coal Plant protest.
GROCS 09 Exhibition at the Dude(rstadt).