The Appropriate Technology Collaborative

The Appropriate Technology Collaborative is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is "To design, develop, demonstrate and distribute appropriate technological solutions for meeting the basic human needs of low income people worldwide. ATC works in collaboration with our clients to create technologies that are culturally sensitive, environmentally responsible and locally repairable in order to improve the quality of life, enhance safety, and reduce adverse impacts on their environment."

 ATC fosters international collaborative teams of students, professionals and clients in the developing world to achieve breakthrough sustainable technologies. We license many of our designs through Creative Commons to encourage other nonprofits and NGOs to copy or improve upon our work.

Our technologies have been downloaded in over 70 countries. Nonprofits and medical clinics report our designs have saved millions of lives.

Our primary offices are in Guatemala where we create new technologies and programs to share with the world.