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Rediscovering the Handcart
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
Published: April 22, 2026 00:00
Image: The handcart, equipped with a sail. Photo by Kris De Decker. The human-powered handcart is the oldest of vehicles, and it will likely be the last one around in the future. Of all vehicles, itās the cheapest and least complex to build and use. Itā¦
Low-tech Magazine: The Uncompressed Book Series
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/03/low-tech-magazine-the-uncompressed-book-series/
Published: March 30, 2026 00:00
Image: The redesigned and revised chronological book edition. Photo: Marie Verdeil. Between 2019 and 2021, Low-tech Magazine published three books containing selections of articles from the website, spanning 14 years (2007-2021). In 2024, we launchedā¦
Winter is Coming: Build a Solar Powered Foot Stove
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/11/winter-is-coming-build-a-solar-powered-foot-stove/
Published: November 16, 2025 00:00
Image: The electric foot stove that we build in this manual. Photo by Marie Verdeil. We built an electric cube heater, powered by a 100-watt solar PV panel. During the day, the solar panel slowly heats the cube, which radiates heat to its surroundings.ā¦
How to Brew Solar Powered Coffee
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/11/how-to-brew-solar-powered-coffee/
Published: November 9, 2025 00:00
Image: The solar powered coffee maker that we build in this manual. Photo by Marie Verdeil. There are many different methods for making coffee, some more energy-efficient than others. However, there are no coffee makers that you can power with a smallā¦
Thematic Book Series: Too Much Combustion, Too Little Fire
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/11/thematic-book-series-too-much-combustion-too-little-fire/
Published: November 4, 2025 00:00
Image: Book cover. Buy the print edition. Buy the epub edition. For most of history, the multifunctional fire was the only source of energy in the household. It served as a cookstove, toaster, heating device, lighting source, hot water boiler,ā¦
How to Build a Solar Powered Electric Oven
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/10/how-to-build-a-solar-powered-electric-oven/
Published: October 13, 2025 00:00
Image: The insulated solar electric cooker that we build in this manual. Photo by Marie Verdeil. ARTICLE Cookingās high power use How to adapt an electric cooking device to solar power The advantages of solar electric cooking Our choice of buildingā¦
How to Assemble an Electric Heating Element from Scratch
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/10/how-to-build-an-electric-heating-element-from-scratch/
Published: October 12, 2025 00:00
Image: A removable heat brick, consisting of a nichrome circuit sandwiched between two identical tiles. It rests upon an insulated solar electric cooking device. Photo by Marie Verdeil. This manual documents the building of an electric resistanceā¦
How to Mount a Balcony Awning
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/07/how-to-mount-a-balcony-awning/
Published: July 9, 2025 00:00
Hi Kris, Iāve been reading your website for quite a while. Itās one of my favourite blogs. Thank you for what you are doing! We are currently experiencing a heat wave in Germany, so I drew inspiration from Low-tech Magazineās article āHow to Dress andā¦
How to Dress and Undress your Home
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/06/dressing-and-undressing-the-home/
Published: June 16, 2025 00:00
Image: "Arabs in the desert", a painting by Vasili Veresjtsjagin. End of 19th or early 20th century. Image in the public domain. Inside the tent, temperatures could be up to 10-15 degrees Celsius cooler than in the surrounding atmosphere. Thermalā¦
The Compressed Book Edition
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/03/the-compressed-book-edition/
Published: March 20, 2025 00:00
Image: The Compressed Book Edition. Image by Marie Verdeil and Hugo Lopez. The Compressed Edition is available in our bookshop as a paperback and hardcover. In 2018, Low-tech Magazine launched a low-energy website that runs on solar power. To reduceā¦