Appropedia talk:About

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[edit] A brief "About" statement

I'd like a brief description that would work as the intro here, plus something we could use to explain Appropedia any time we link to it, e.g. in a blog comment or email. How about this?

"Appropedia, the wiki site for appropriate technology, sustainability and international development."

Or replace international development with poverty reduction? --Singkong2005 · talk 00:06, 18 December 2006 (PST)

I am leaning towards poverty reduction (or capacity building) over international development because I feel that Appropedia supports a local group, working for local ends, just as much as we support an organization doing international work. (personally I like the postive construction "wealth augmentation" more than poverty reduction, but fear that it would be confused with "more money for the rich"). --Lonny 01:41, 18 December 2006 (PST)

I like the focus on poverty, but am concerned it sounds like a concern with economic status rather than well-being. Still, I'm sure we could find problems with any term we came up with, so I'm not too worried - for me it's a toss-up between "poverty reduction" and "international development".

"Wealth augmentation" is problematic as you say - like "economic growth" only more so. "Capacity building" seems less specific (we have to explain what capacity we're referring to). "Poverty reduction" could be taken as saying we accept poverty up to a point... "poverty elimination" would be a nobler goal, though less practical.

Are there other positive ways to say it? Really what we're about is improving real wealth and quality of life - economic growth will often result, but for some (especially those with the trappings of modern life) it will mean a step down in terms of economic consumption. --Singkong2005 · talk 06:29, 18 December 2006 (PST)

I like both phrases. I'm willing to make the sentence a little bit longer and have some of both. How about...

"Appropedia, the wiki site for appropriate technology, sustainable development and poverty reduction."

--CurtB 07:19, 18 December 2006 (PST)