Designer, activist, academic, and author of Lo—TEK,
Design by Radical Indigenism.
Born in Australia, Julia is leading the field in search of Lo—TEK indigenous, nature-based technologies for climate-resilient design. She teaches urban design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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The Guardian: Art and Design
Living bridges and supper from sewage: can ancient fixes save our crisis-torn world?
Culture
Ancient infrastructure, resilient future: Julia Watson’s ‘Lo-TEK’ vision for sustainable cities
Dwell Online
May Already Have the Technology to Survive a Climate Crisis—We’ve Just Been Ignoring It
Borneo Bulletin
For innovative and sustainable design solutions, look to indigenous history
San Francisco Chronicle
Book World: For innovative and sustainable design solutions, look to indigenous history
Activist Post
Shouldn’t More Environmentalists Promote Natural Tech, Not Electrosmog and E-Waste Producing Smart Cities?
Sydney Morning Herald
The natural technologies that could hold keys to climate resilience
Design
The Masai and the Uros teach us how to build
