What is Appropedia?
Appropedia is a living library of appropriate technology information. Appropedia is a wiki, a type of website which allows anyone to add, remove, or edit content. On appropedia, registration is not required to view content, but is necessary to contribute.
Content on Appropedia
Appropedia includes and welcomes contributions of several types of content:
- Project histories and project how-tos
- Textbook-style information, tables, and figures
- Photographs and illustrations
- Information for finding supplies and help
- Links and information on other organizations
Posting encyclopedic content on Appropedia is discouraged, as wikipedia is a more-used resource for this style of article.
People who make Appropedia possible
Founder
Lonny Grafman, engineering instructor at Humboldt State University
Technical Assistance to Appropedia
Aaron Antrim, a student of Humboldt State University consulted the original appropedia team, and provided the recommendation to use MediaWiki software.
You
A whole community of contributers and visitors makes appropedia work.
Praise and attention from organizations, media, and websites
Engineers Without Borders has listed Appropedia as useful tool.