The low-tech way of thought allows you to live better with less. We are convinced of this. If it was more widely known, accepted and adapted, it would allow us to fight efficiently against all the environmental, social and societal evils of the 21st Century. Since 2013, we have noticed that there are many low-tech answers around the planet and that individual and/or collective initiatives are emerging spontaneously all over the world.
The mission we’ve given ourselves is to share the solutions and the spirit of low-techs with as many people as possible, so as to give each and every one of us the desire and means to live better with less:
Explore to find low-tech solutions and projects all over France and the world.
Experiment in different contexts and fields, to test the approach in real conditions and show its relevance in practice.
Documenting low-techs means being interested in technical aspects and their environmental and economic potential. It also means observing the relevant and coherent ways of sharing them. All of this as an open-source and for free.
By giving access to collaborative tools and community programmes, the Low-Tech Lab allows each and every one of us to make progress in the low-tech way while contributing globally to the movement.
The Low-tech Lab shares the experience and testimonies of low-tech ambassadors. We show you what is possible to allow you all to draw inspiration from them.
Individuals - Students - Entrepreneurs - local organisations
The story of the Low-tech Lab began in Bangladesh in 2010. On board a prototype boat made of natural jute fibre, Corentin de Chatelperron set off on an expedition to test self-sufficiency using small, low-tech systems. Gradually, he noticed the ingenuity developed all over the world to meet people’s needs in simple, accessible and sustainable ways. His interest in low-techs was born. In 2014, the Low-Tech lab was launched with the creation of a collaborative documentation platform and the beginning of the Nomade des Mers expedition: going around the world discovering low-tech innovations.
Then followed a series of explorations and experimentations of low-techs in different contexts and the development of programmes aiming at sharing the solutions and the low-tech approach with a wide audience (you can find these on our “Actions” page).
To (re)discover the full history of the organisation, why not visit the museum-website of the mother organisation:
The Low-tech Lab is made up of members who embody the different approaches and visions of low-tech. Here they are:
Clément Chabot
Low-tech Lab Coordinator - Experimentation Low-tech Housing
Collective intelligence, design thinking, collaborative innovation, experimentation, engineering
Caroline Pultz
Low-tech designer - Exploration “Nomade des Mers”
Design, bio-materials, food and nutrition
Corentin de Chatelperron
Founding President - Leader of the “Nomade des Mers” Expedition
Self-sufficiency, experimentation, DIY, international, jugaad, engineering
Guénolé Conrad
Technical Coordinator “Nomade des Mers” Expedition
Experimentation, animation, mapping, sourcing, networking, engineering, wiki, logistics
Solène de Jacquelot
Communications Manager
Communication, community, collaborative tools, digital sobriety
Quentin Mateus
Exploration “Seeking low-tech organisation systems and ideas”
Exploration, design, engineering, anthropology, economics, society, materials, mobility
Kevin Loesle
Coordinator of the community programme - Coordinator of the Low-tech Lab Grenoble
Transmission, training, animation, communauty, local action, engineering
Martine Monteghetti
Administrative manager
Responsability, property, insurability, legal, financial
Pierre-Alain Lévêque
Low-tech acculturation - Experimentation Low-tech Housing
Experimentation, transmission, testimony, engineering, training
50 low-techs spotted in 27 countries
tested, documented and shared in open source
400,000 views from 175 countries
on the tutorial platform since it was created in 2017
15 + conferences and round tables
per year
Two 52’ films, thirty-two 26’ ARTE documentaries
three books, three exhibitions
30 + publications/appearances per year
in local, national and international media
The local branches carry out the mission of the Low-tech Lab by developing activities adapted to the needs in their respective areas.
They can also focus on certain directions and programmes:
