Portal:Appropriate technology

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Highlighted appropriate technology Project
Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator

Welcome to Appropedia's Portal page for Appropriate Technology

Appropriate technology is technology that is appropriate to the environmental, cultural and economic situation it is intended for. It usually describes technologies which are suitable for use in the majority world (or "developing nations").

Appropedia is the "appropriate technology wiki" and many of the pages on this website could be said to be about appropriate technology. Appropriate technology is not about defining a particular technology as appropriate for all situations, but about principles for choosing the appropriate technology for a given situation.

The focus of this portal is on links to Appropedia categories that include examples of technologies suitable for the majority world.

Relevant portals

Appropriateness: Culture and community

Technologies Construction and materials Energy Health and safety

ICT and Education Information and communication Transport Water

Main categories

Alternative building Biofuel Cookers Renewable energy

Sanitation Water supply Water purification Organizations - See also the Wikipedia category.

Category page

Project articles

CCAT's Vermicomposting Bin Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator

Other articles

Small Scale Vegetable Oil Extraction Solar Drying in Morocco

Solar and Energy Conserving Food Technologies Solar salt Solar distillation

Resources on other sites

Wikipedia: Article - definition, and summaries of appropriate technologies. Category Advocates and inventors category Encyclopedic info is at Wikipedia, while information and specific projects are described here on Appropedia.

Appropriate technology at: The Appropriate Technology Sourcebook (from Village Earth). Journey to Forever AIDG - Appropriate Technologies and the AIDG Technology Network Practical Action (formerly ITDG)

Appropriate technology blogs: AfriGadget EWB-SFP Appropriate Technology Design Team (stoves). Blogs covering sustainability and appropriate technology: The Sietch WorldChanging (a bright green approach).

[edit] Organization and users

• Many of the organizations on Appropedia have a focus on appropriate technology.
• See also Wikipedia:Category:Appropriate technology organizations
• Users: see Users interested in appropriate technology (but this is probably true of most of the users on this site, more or less).

[edit] See also

• List of portals

[edit] Resources

• Appropriate Technology Custom Search: A Google Co-op Custom Search Tool for finding quality information related to Sustainable Tech Sources for the Developing World.