7 Overrated Technologies and Their Underrated Low-Tech Alternatives

Technology rocks, and improving upon what we have is a boon for fighting climate change in a lot of ways. But sometimes green gadgets get more attention than the totally effective non-tech solutions to problems in our lives, because, well, non-tech solutions are boring. The latest and greatest is always fun to talk about.

So we wanted to think about some of the cool technology we like discussing, that also have non-tech solutions that do just as much good. Thinking about all the ways i...