establish a homeostatic relationship between resources and needs. In his famous Small is beautiful (1973), Schumacher uses the concept of "intermediate technology", which corresponds fairly precisely to what "low tech" means. He has also created the "Intermediate Technology Development Group”. Differences between green-tech and low-tech Debate on the 'real' low-techs, and difference(s) with high tech Legal status of low-technology By federal law in the United States, only those articles produced with little or no use of machinery or tools with complex mechanisms may be stamped with the designation "hand-wrought" or "hand-made". Lengthy court-battles are currently underway over the precise definition of the terms "organic" and "natural" as applied to foodstuffs. Groups associated with low-technology Arts and Crafts Movement, popularized by Gustav Stickley in America around 1900. Bauhaus movement of Germany around the same time. Do-It-Yourself phenomenon arising in America following World War II. Back-to-the-land movement beginning in America during the 1960s. Luddites, whose activities date to the very beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Living history and open-air museums around the world, which strives to recreate bygone societies. Simple living adherents, such as the Amish and to a lesser extent some sects of the Mennonites, who specifically refuse some newer technologies to avoid undesirable effects on themselves or their societies. Survivalists are often proponents, since low-technology is inherently more robust than its high-technology counterpart. See also Obsolescence Do it yourself Anti-consumerism Degrowth Simple living Embodied energy Intermediate technology – sometimes used to mean technology between low and high technology Sources References General Merriam webster dictionary External links Low-Tech Magazine – Doubts on progress and technology Low-tech lab (english version) Technology by type Design Simple_living