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Lo—TEK 

Lo—TEK is an award-winning, bestselling book, which has inspired — a design movement to rebuild an understanding of indigenous philosophy and vernacular architecture to generate sustainable, climate resilient infrastructures...expanding the definition of contemporary technology.” 

Written by Julia Watson and published by Taschen in 2019, Lo—TEK creates an alternative but parallel story on the evolution of technology that is inclusive, sustainable and based on nature. The Living Earth Curriculum was written to accompany the book Lo—TEK, Design by Radical Indigenism.

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Radical Indigenism

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Lo—TEK, an acronym for

(Lo)cal + (T)raditional

(E)cological (K)nowledge

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The Lo—TEK Living Curriculum is created by Julia Watson LLC and Melissa Hunter Gurney of The Omni Institute, based on the book ‘Lo-TEK, Design by Radical Indigenism’ by Julia Watson and The Omni Institute’s educational theory by Melissa Hunter Gurney.

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