The following wikis merged together to form what is now Appropedia[1]
Listed in approximate order of starting:
| Project | Focus/scope | Started by/backed by | Launch team's background | Start & merge dates | Current Status (or status at merge) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Appropriate Technology Wiki Project | Appropriate technology and sustainable development. Included a focus on projects and how-tos - content types not accepted on Wikipedia. | Village Earth | Established NGO with a focus on and experience in appropriate technology. | 2004?; merged 12-14 March 2007 | A few very good contributions. |
| WikiGreen | Green living, sustainable agriculture | Eric Blazek (and Roy Dent?). | academia...? | 2005?; merged 6 Jan 2007 | After some extensive early contributions, the main contributors had not been active for some months. |
| Students for Global Sustainability Wiki | Sustainable development and conservation projects, global and local. | Students for Global Sustainability (SfGS), student organization at MIT. SfGS is a chapter of the World Student Community for Sustainable Development (WSC-SD). | Jul 2005; merged 30 Jan 2008 | ||
| Appropedia | Appropriate technology, defined to include sustainability, development, and appropriate/sustainable practices. Intended to include many content types, particularly projects. | Lonny Grafman, soon joined by Chriswaterguy and Curtbeckmann. | Appropriate technology, engineering, Wikipedia, business, IT industry | 4 Apr 2006 | n/a |
| Development and Sustainability Wikia | All sustainability and international development issues. | Chriswaterguy | 23 Apr 2006; merged ~26 Jun 2006 | Quiet (no contributors other than founder) | |
| WinWinWiki | Sustainability, international development and public health, solutions to poverty. | Curt Beckmann | Science and business | 22 Aug 2006; merged early/mid Sep 2006 | Quiet (no contributors other than founder) |
| How To Live Wiki[1] (October 2006 by Vinay Gupta) | "How To Live" in the sense of "How To Survive". | Vinay Gupta | Appropriate technology, emergency preparedness. | 7 Oct 2006; merged 19 Mar 2007 | Founder was the main contributor. |
| Sustainapedia | Sustainability | Ryan Legg of Cornell University, Jim Harris of [[Cleantech],[2] and a group of people at a conference... | academia, business. | Project established... ; Joined forces in early 2007(?), before launching their own site. | n/a |
| Sgoals (sgoals.net) | Sustainable Goals | Greg Clark | Corporate (supply company?) | merged 5 April 2007 |
Notes
- ↑ It could be said that one by one they merged into Appropedia. However in each case there were discussions about direction, some clarification of purpose, and open discussion over preferred names; so it has been approached not as a takeover, but as a venture of partners.