John Barrie + Gaialux Light

The Ann Arbor News had a nice article about the Appropriate Technology Collaborative on Sunday, Dec 16th.

ATC is a new tech firm working on creating affordable technologies that solve problems for the 2.1 billion people who live on less than $2.00 per day. In the interest of full disclosure, I am the Executive Director of the Appropriate Technology Collaborative.

From the Ann Arbor News:

Helpful inventors give away ideas

Architect spearheads nonprofit

John Barrie is interested in a different kind of client.

Oh, it’s not that the folks who’ve hired his Ann Arbor architecture firm haven’t been great - and let him pursue his passion for environmentally sound design.

But, well … there are people who are in a position to pay a whole lot less - in fact, nothing - and who need a whole lot more.

With his family’s blessing, Barrie is transitioning from his life as the principal at the firm that carries his name to full-time executive director of the nonprofit Appropriate Technology Collaborative.

When he talks about it, it’s easy to believe that t