Alternative technology

Alternative technology is a term used to refer to technologies that are more environmentally friendly than the functionally equivalent technologies dominant in current practice. Alternative technology is a term used to refer to technologies that are more environmentally friendly than the functionally equivalent technologies dominant in current practice. The term was coined by Peter Harper,:13.59 one of the founders of the Centre for Alternative Technology, North Wales (a.k.a. The Quarry),:02.24 in Undercurrents (magazine) in the 1970s.