Technology for Life
- Technology for Life is
a Finnish NGO. It is a group of people working in the field of
technology or people who are interested in the effects of technology
to the society and environment. Its aims are:
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- to promote the use of
technology that improves the conditions of living of mankind,
increases justice and strengthens peace and;
- - to enhance the
ethical awareness of people working in the field of technology.
- We are concerned for
example about:
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- peace and disarmament
issues
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- renewable technologies
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- global equality
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- One of our major or
most visible activities is our appropriate technology project in
Namibia, where we are starting a Green Namibia Development Center.
This center will provide the local people
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- information about
appropriate technology
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- education, how to make
it yourself from local materials (for example solar cookers).
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- We also have a
development project in Bolivia, where we are trying to enhance the
literacy of the people in 10 mountain villages by installing a solar
electricity system in the local school or village houses. With the
solar electricity system the school houses can be lighted and people
can study during evenings. The project also aim at introducing the
appropriate technology to the villages.
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- An other popular
activity is the TEP-club, which is a discussion platform, and a way
to provoke discussion about modern technology and its effects to the
world and society.
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- In addition we invite
every year visiting lecturers during the UN disarmament week. For
example we have invited professor Donald Aitken from Union of
Concerned Scientists (a specialist of renewable, especially solar
energy) and professor Malcolm Hooper from Sunderland University (a
specialist on depleted uranium).
- Technology for Life
co-operates with other proffesionals, peace groups and other
organisations in the field of technology.
- Contact information:
Technology for Life
- P. O. Box 15,
FIN-00521 HELSINKI, FINLAND
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Phone: + 358 9 707 4107
(secretary Jouko Niemi)
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E-mail: tep@kaapeli.fi