(removed many blue links, clarified others)
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== Agriculture, food ==
== Agriculture, food ==
* [[Fungi]]
* [[Lawn]]
* [[Lawn]]
* [[Seeds]]
* [[Seeds]]
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Soils:
Soils:
* [[Clay]]
* [[Sand]]
* [[Sand]]
* [[Loam]]
* [[Loam]]
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* [[Beans]]
* [[Beans]]
* [[Grass]]
* [[Grass]]
* [[Fruit trees]] - general and specific articles


Non-food crops:
Non-food crops:
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* [[Smart growth]]
* [[Smart growth]]
* [[Urban sprawl]] (currently redirects to [[urbanization]] which does not address the topic)
* [[Urban sprawl]] (currently redirects to [[urbanization]] which does not address the topic)
* [[Slums]]
* [[Automobile dependence]]
* [[Automobile dependence]]
* [[Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence]] - short stub now, could do with a summary of the book's arguments.
* [[Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence]] - short stub now, could do with a summary of the book's arguments.
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* (something about pavements, stormwater and permeable surfaces. Note [[Permeable pavements]] and [[Groundwater recharge]].  
* (something about pavements, stormwater and permeable surfaces. Note [[Permeable pavements]] and [[Groundwater recharge]].  
* [[Apartments]]
* [[Apartments]]
* [[Dense-low]] housing development, as in Denmark and elsewhere in
* Any of the [[building elements]] - [[windows]], [[doors]], [[thermal insulation]]...
* Any of the [[building elements]] - [[windows]], [[doors]], [[thermal insulation]]...
* [[Embedded energy of buildings]]
* [[Embedded energy of buildings]]
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[[Industrial ecology]]:
[[Industrial ecology]]:
* [[Paper]]
* [[Paint]]
* [[Paint]]
* [[Industrial waste]]
* [[Industrial waste]]
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* [[Environmental impact assessment]]
* [[Environmental impact assessment]]
* [[Environmental services]] - recognizing the value of services provided to humans by the environment. Important aspect of [[environmental accounting]].
* [[Environmental services]] - recognizing the value of services provided to humans by the environment. Important aspect of [[environmental accounting]].
* [[Nature]]
* [[Organic waste]]
* [[Ecosystem]]
* [[Conservation biology]]
* [[Natural environment]]
* [[Natural environment]]
* [[Environmental impact]]
* [[Environmental impact]]
* [[Biosphere]]
* [[Bacteria]]
* [[Bacteria]]
* [[Anaerobic bacteria]]
* [[Anaerobic bacteria]]
* [[Aerobic bacteria]]
* [[Aerobic bacteria]]
* [[Ecosystems]]
* [[Logging]]
* [[Logging]]
* [[Invasive species]]
* [[Invasive species]]
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* [[Green economics]]
* [[Green economics]]
* [[Discount rate for environmental goods]]
* [[Discount rate for environmental goods]]
* [[Resource curse]]
* [[Environmental economics]]
* [[Environmental economics]]
* [[Environmental accounting]] and [[environmental management accounting]] - intro at http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/bus/accounting/whatisema.asp
* [[Environmental accounting]] and [[environmental management accounting]] - intro at http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/bus/accounting/whatisema.asp
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* [[Solar thermal energy]] - solar towers (and/or parabolic arrays) with molten salt.
* [[Solar thermal energy]] - solar towers (and/or parabolic arrays) with molten salt.
* [[Solar radiation]]
* [[Solar radiation]]
* [[Energy storage]]
* [[Grid energy storage]]
* [[Grid energy storage]]
** Dealing with intermittent energy production - energy storage; quick-cycling power plants such as LNG plants; ...are there other options?[http://www.intelligentutility.com/article/12/03/mit-challenge-integrating-renewables]
** Dealing with intermittent energy production - energy storage; quick-cycling power plants such as LNG plants; ...are there other options?[http://www.intelligentutility.com/article/12/03/mit-challenge-integrating-renewables]
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* [[Thermal energy]]
* [[Thermal energy]]
* [[Energy forestry]]
* [[Energy forestry]]
* [[Potential energy]]
* [[Energy density]]
* [[Energy density]]
* [[Energy development]]
* [[Energy development]]
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* [[Co-generation]]
* [[Co-generation]]
* [[Sunlight]]
* [[Sunlight]]
* [[Turbines]]
* [[Diesel]]
* [[Diesel]]


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* Find good science-based advice such as http://withouthotair.com/
* Find good science-based advice such as http://withouthotair.com/
* [[Meat]]
* [[Computer]]
* [[Computer]]
* [[Efficient energy use]]
* [[Efficient energy use]]
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* [[human development]]
* [[human development]]
* [[Human Development Report]]
* [[Human Development Report]]
* [[Human Development Index]]


[[Foreign aid]]:
[[Foreign aid]]:
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* [[Sustainable art]]
* [[Sustainable art]]
* [[Environmental sociology]]
* [[Environmental sociology]]
* [[Conflict minerals]]


[[Policies]]:
[[Policies]]:
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Water treatment:
Water treatment:
* [[Nutrient removal]]
* [[Sand filter]]
* [[Sand filter]]
* [[Water filters]] (currently only content is about one specific filtration project)
* [[Water filters]] (currently only content is about one specific filtration project)
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* [[Resilience]]
* [[Resilience]]
** [[Resilient cities]]
** [[Resilient cities]]
** [[Abundance]]


== Transport ==
== Transport ==
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* [[Safety]]
* [[Safety]]
* [[Life]]
* [[Life]]
* [[Earth]]
* [[Science]]
* [[Science]]
* [[Environmental technology]]
* [[Environmental technology]]
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* [[United Nations Development Programme]]
* [[United Nations Development Programme]]
* [[Obesity]]
* [[Obesity]]
* [[Tsunami]]
* [[Turpentine]]
* [[Turpentine]]
* [[WikiBoxes]]
* [[WikiBoxes]]
* [[Maintenance]]
* [[Maintenance]]
* [[Agenda 21]]
* [[Agenda 21]]
* [[Botany]]
* [[Global dimming]]
* [[Global dimming]]
* [[Glossary of climate change]]
* [[Glossary of climate change]]
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* [[Carbon monoxide]]
* [[Carbon monoxide]]
* [[Biodegradable]]
* [[Biodegradable]]
* [[Slow Food]]
* [[Convention on Biological Diversity]]
* [[Convention on Biological Diversity]]
* [[Biofilter]]
* [[Biofilter]]
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* [[Welfare]]
* [[Welfare]]
* [[Ecoregion]]
* [[Ecoregion]]
* [[DailyBuzz]]
* [[Train]]
* [[Train]]
* [[Crisis]]
* [[Crisis]]

Revision as of 02:15, 18 April 2016

Just some sample ideas to get you started.

  • These are examples, not the whole scope of acceptable articles (which would amount to many thousands of topics). Appropedia's scope is very broad and there are important areas which haven't been added here (yet).
  • Where a comment or link after a title below, it is simply a suggestion - the editor should make an assessment of whether it is a valuable resource.
  • If an article is created from one of these, the title can be removed from this page once it has become at reasonable stub page.

A decent page will include at least a description, mention of context, mention of alternative perspectives, several "See also" links and at least one good quality link under "External links."


Special pages

If you want to improve an existing basic article, see:

Agriculture, food

Fish:

Permaculture design and other good practices

  • 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.
  • Weeds

Soils:

Agricultural science:

Crops, especially food crops - articles about important crops.

Non-food crops:

Appropriate technology

Built environment and construction

Urban planning:

Architecture and green building:


Business and industry

Sustainable business models:

Industrial ecology:

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, prawns in Southeast Asia... 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:

Look at climate change policies and possible response in specific regions, e.g.

Low carbon technologies:

Ecology & related

Ecological footprint (note also Carbon footprint):

Environmental science

Forestry:

See also industrial ecology topics under #Industry.

Economics

Energy

Biofuel:

Mathematics and statistics

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

Foreign aid:

Communications:

Food security:

Status of development:

Participation:

Public health

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:

Transition

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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