A new journal article titled “Seven pillars of survivability: Appropriate Technology with a human face” has been officially published in the European Journal of Sustainable Development (Eur. J. Sustain. Dev.), volume 2, issue 4, pages 1-18. This paper belongs to a special issue publishing selected and peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference of Sustainable Development (ICSD) held in Tirana, Albania. The EJSD is published by the European Centre of Sustainable Development, an emerging regional scholarly community headquartered in Italy.