(Add a few; put sections alphabetically)
(add and sort)
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* [[Pigs]]
* [[Pigs]]
* [[Lemons]]
* [[Lemons]]
* [[Local food]]
** [[Community gardens]] and [[allotments]]


[[Fish]]:
[[Fish]]:
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* [[Fish farming]]
* [[Fish farming]]


[[Permaculture design]] and other good practices
[[Permaculture]] design and other good practices
* Specific techniques on each of the [[principles of permaculture]].
* Specific techniques on each of the [[principles of permaculture]].
* Check curriculum of a PDC (Permaculture Design Course]] - choose one aspect/component/principle for an article.
* Check curriculum of a PDC (Permaculture Design Course]] - choose one aspect/component/principle for an article.
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* [[Pesticides]]
* [[Pesticides]]
* [[Herbicides]]
* [[Herbicides]]
* [[Agroecology]]
* [[Agroecology]] - note references here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2017612869_guest28ashton.html


[[Crops]], especially [[food crops]] - articles about important crops.
[[Crops]], especially [[food crops]] - articles about important crops.
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* [[Industry]]
* [[Industry]]
* [[Industrial design]]
* [[Industrial design]]
[[Natural resources]]:
* [[Minerals]]
* [[Conflict minerals]]


Sustainable business practices, including:
Sustainable business practices, including:
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== Economics ==
== Economics ==


* [[Economics]]
* [[Economics]]/[[Economy]]
* [[Green economics]]
* [[Discount rate for environmental goods]]
* [[Resource curse]]
* [[Environmental economics]]
* [[Environmental economics]]
* [[Subsidies]]
* [[Subsidies]]
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* [[Ecological economics]]
* [[Ecological economics]]
* [[Environmental finance]]
* [[Environmental finance]]
* [[Resource curse]]
* [[Post-growth economics]] or [[post-growth society]]. Note the criticisms of the idea, and the ways in which "post-growth" is used. (The exact meaning in economics terms is probably not grasped by the majority of the people who talk about it.)


== Energy topics ==
== Energy topics ==
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Biofuel topics:
Biofuel topics:
* [[Ethanol fuel]]
* [[Ethanol fuel]]
* [[Aviation biofuel]]
* [[Camelina oil]] (note wikipedia articles [[wikipedia:Camelina]] (esp "Biodiesel and jet fuel" section) and [[wikipedia:Aviation biofuel]]


== Green living ==
== Green living ==
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== International development topics ==
== International development topics ==
[[Foreign aid]]:
* [[Aid effectiveness]]


[[Communications]]:
[[Communications]]:
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* [[Sustainable art]]
* [[Sustainable art]]
* [[Environmental sociology]]
* [[Environmental sociology]]
* [[Conflict minerals]]


[[Policies]]:
[[Policies]]:
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== Transition topics ==
== Transition topics ==


Transition towns topics
Transition towns & related topics
* Organizing a [[transition town]]
* Organizing a [[transition town]]
* (Find out about the community in Ballard, Washington state, where a [[CSA]] farm grows and distributes without the use of petroleum, as far as possible.)
* (Find out about the community in Ballard, Washington state, where a [[CSA]] farm grows and distributes without the use of petroleum, as far as possible.)
* [[Local economy]]
* [[Local economy]]
* [[Resilience]]
** [[Resilient cities]]
** [[Abundance]]


== Transport ==
== Transport ==
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* [[Tractor]]
* [[Tractor]]
* [[Timber rafting]]
* [[Timber rafting]]
* [[Economy]]
* [[The Day After Tomorrow]]
* [[Health science]]
* [[Health science]]
* [[Abortion]]
* [[Abortion]]
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* [[Taiwan]]
* [[Taiwan]]
* [[Spain]]
* [[Spain]]
* [[Green economics]]
* [[Resource curse]]
* [[Agriculture manual TOC]]
* [[Agriculture manual TOC]]
* [[Disinfection]]
* [[Disinfection]]

Revision as of 11:43, 30 March 2012

Just some sample ideas to get you started. This is not meant to indicate the whole scope of acceptable articles - there are whole important areas which haven't yet been added here.

(If an article is created one of these, it can be removed from this page after it has become a reasonably complete article (e.g. description, discussion of context and alternative perspectives, several "See also" links and at least one good link under "External links)

Agriculture, food production, permaculture

Fish:

Permaculture design and other good practices

Soils:

Agricultural science topics

Crops, especially food crops - articles about important crops.

Non-food crops:

Appropriate technology

Built environment and construction topics

Urban planning topics:

Architecture and green building:


Business and industry topics

Sustainable business models

Industrial ecology subtopics...

Natural resources:

Sustainable business practices, including:

  • Sustainable business purchasing. (Green Purchasing Asia may be a useful source - open access, and friendly to Appropedia, but copyright so can't copy large slabs verbatim.)
  • Rare earth metals - impacts, alternatives; how to make ethical purchasing decisions
  • Slave labor - allegedly used to produce goods in China, chocolate in parts of Africa... what's the evidence, and how should we respond?

Carbon cycles and climate change

(Consider wider issues around carbon, including carbon cycles, ocean acidity, other aspects of air pollution, and energy security, though obviously climate change is a particularly important aspect of carbon issues.)

Carbon management and climate mitigation policies:

Low carbon technologies:

Ecology & related topics

Ecological footprint (note also Carbon footprint):

Environmental science


Forestry:


See also industrial ecology topics under #Industry topics.


Economics

Energy topics

Biofuel topics:

Green living

  • Take tips such as these and give them some order - multiple pages, apply some critical thinking, start to identify the key actions based on the 80-20 rule (that 20% of the effort is likely to give 80% of the benefit).

International development topics

Foreign aid:

Communications:

Food security:

Status of development:

Participation:


Society

Policies:

  • Examine the effectiveness of competing policies for environmental or poverty-reduction outcomes. (Look at think tank publications - summaries of good reports can be valuable wiki articles, e.g. Grattan Institute's reports on energy and carbon policies.)

Wastewater and sanitation

Water

Water quality and analysis:

Water treatment:

Ecosanitation topics:

Transition topics

Transition towns & related topics

Transport


Unclear and "big picture" articles

These are suitable for keen students who have become familiar with Appropedia over some months.

In most cases the aim will be to start an overview of a broad topic, and linking it to suitable Appropedia pages, giving short summaries as appropriate.

To be sorted


Advanced

  • See also Category:Suggested projects - each page will have a "suggested project" tag, which in many cases is an idea for researching a topic.
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