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Just some sample ideas to get you started.
* These are examples, not the whole [[A:Scope|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 [[A:Stubs|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."


(If you create an article about one of these, you can remove it from this page ''after'' you have made a article of at least two or more paragraphs.)


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== Special pages ==
* '''[[Special:WantedPages]]''' is an auto-generated page which shows the [[redlinks]] on [[Appropedia]] in order of how often they occur. Some of these can be made into [[Help:Redirects|redirects]]. Others need new articles on the topic.
If you want to improve an existing basic article, see:
* '''[[Special:ShortPages]]''' lists pages that have been started but have very little information.
* [[:Category:Stubs]] - all pages with the {{tl|stub}} tag.
== Agriculture, food ==
* [[Lawn]]
* [[Seeds]]
* [[Lemon]]
* [[Grape]]
* [[Squash]]
* [[Food and agriculture]]
* [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (& redirect from [[FAO]])
[[Fish]]:
* [[Sustainable fisheries]]
* [[Guide to buying seafood]] - http://www.caelusgreenroom.com/2011/09/19/8-tips-for-sustainable-seafood/
[[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:
* [[Sand]]
* [[Loam]]
* [[Bioremediation]]
* [[Soil salination]]
* [[Soil conservation]]
* [[Soil life]]
* [[Soil microorganisms]]
[[Agricultural science]]:
* [[Chemical fertilizers]] (split [[fertilizers]]?)
* [[Agricultural chemicals]]
* [[Pesticides]]
* [[Herbicides]]
* [[Agroecology]] - note references here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2017612869_guest28ashton.html
[[Crops]], especially [[food crops]] - articles about important crops.
* [[Beans]]
* [[Grass]]
Non-food crops:
* [[Timber]]
== Appropriate technology ==
== Appropriate technology ==


* [[Briquette production]], [[Briquette production]]
* [[Briquette production]], [[Briquette production]]


== Built environment and construction ==
== Built environment and construction ==


[[Urban planning]] topics:
[[Urban planning]]:
* [[New Urbanism]] and [[transit-oriented design]] have many subtopics which deserve articles
* [[New Urbanism]] and [[transit-oriented design]] (or [[transit-oriented development]]). These also have many subtopics which deserve articles
* [[New Pedestrianism]]
* [[New Pedestrianism]]
* [[Smart growth]]
* [[Smart growth]]
* [[Urban sprawl]]
* [[Urban sprawl]] (currently redirects to [[urbanization]] which does not address the topic)
* [[Slums]]
* [[Automobile dependence]]
 
* [[Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence]] - short stub now, could do with a summary of the book's arguments.
* [[Livable streets]]:
** [[Chicanes]]
** [[Narrow streets]]


[[Architecture]] and [[green building]]:
[[Architecture]] and [[green building]]:
* http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/23/architecture-without-architects-bernard-rudofsky/
* http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/23/architecture-without-architects-bernard-rudofsky/
* [[Earth-covered houses]]
* [[Earth-covered houses]]
* [[Sustainable housing]]  aka [[green housing]] - subtopic of [[green building]].
* [[Energy efficiency retrofits]]. Note for example the work done by the Clinton Foundation, facilitating the upgrading of office buildings for energy efficiency.
* [[Solar space heating]]
* [[Solar space heating]]
* (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]]
* Materials: [[glass]], [[cement]], [[concrete]]...
* Materials: [[glass]], [[cement]], [[concrete]]...
* See more ideas at [http://www.permies.com/t/13406/green-building/your-wishlist-green-building-info#120589 this thread].
== Business and industry  ==
[[Sustainable business models]]:
* [[Bottom of the Pyramid]]
* [[Natural Capitalism]]
[[Industrial ecology]]:
* [[Paint]]
* [[Industrial waste]]
* [[Industry]]
* [[Industrial design]]
[[Natural resources]]:
* [[Minerals]]
Sustainable business practices, including:
* Sustainable business purchasing. ([http://greenpurchasingasia.com/ 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 ==


== 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.)


Climate mitigation policies
Carbon management and climate mitigation policies:
* [[Carbon price]], [[Carbon markets]] (one article to start, possibly separate articles later)
* [[Carbon price]], [[Carbon markets]] (one article to start, possibly separate articles later)
* [[Carbon cycle]]
* [[Carbon tax]]
* [[Low-carbon economy]]
* [[Energy innovation policies]]
* [[Energy innovation policies]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Kyoto Protocol]]


Look at climate change policies and possible response in specific regions, e.g.
* [[Climate change and Kiribati]]
* [[Climate change and Bangladesh]]


== Ecology & related topics ==
Low carbon technologies:
* [[Low energy buildings]] - see the [[#Built environment and construction]] section.


* [[Organic waste]]
== Ecology & related  ==
* [[Ecosystem]]
 
* [[Conservation biology]]
[[Ecological footprint]] (note also [[Carbon footprint]]):
* [[Population]]. (Note David Attenborough's new documentary looking at human population.)
* [[Peak stuff]] - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21886-peak-planet-are-we-starting-to-consume-less.html
 
[[Environmental science]]
* [[Environmental impact assessment]]
* [[Environmental services]] - recognizing the value of services provided to humans by the environment. Important aspect of [[environmental accounting]].
* [[Natural environment]]
* [[Natural environment]]
* [[Environmental impact]]
* [[Environmental impact]]
* [[Biosphere]]
* [[Bacteria]]
* [[Bacteria]]
* [[Anaerobic bacteria]]
* [[Anaerobic bacteria]]
* [[Aerobic bacteria]]
* [[Aerobic bacteria]]
* [[Ecosystems]]
* [[Reforestation]]
* [[Genetic engineering]]
* [[Logging]]
* [[Logging]]
* [[Invasive species]]
* [[Invasive species]]


== Energy topics ==
[[Forestry]]:
* [[Sustainable forest management]]
* [[Ecoforestry]]
* [[Forest management]]
* [[Illegal logging]]
* [[Natural forests]] (and then turn [[Forest]] and [[Forests]], now redirects to [[Forestry]], into a [[Appropedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation]] page.)
* [[Reforestation]]
* [[Energy forestry]]
* [[Environmental design]]
* [[Environmental health]]
* [[Environmental movement]]
* [[Environmental engineering]]
 
See also industrial ecology topics under [[#Industry]].
 
== Economics ==


* [[Economics]]/[[Economy]]
* [[Green economics]]
* [[Discount rate for environmental goods]]
* [[Environmental economics]]
* [[Environmental accounting]] and [[environmental management accounting]] - intro at http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/bus/accounting/whatisema.asp
* [[Subsidies]]
** [[Energy subsidies]]
** [[Fossil fuel subsidies]]
* [[Trade]]
* [[Natural resources]]
* [[Ecological economics]]
* [[Environmental finance]]
* [[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  ==
* [[Electricity generation]]
* [[Stirling engines]]
* [[Stirling engines]]
* [[Wave energy]]
* [[Solar thermal energy]] - solar towers (and/or parabolic arrays) with molten salt.
* solar towers (and/or parabolic arrays) with molten salt.
* [[Solar radiation]]
* [[Solar radiation]]
* [[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]
* [[EROEI]]
* [[Hydrogen economy]]
* [[Thermal energy]]
* [[Energy forestry]]
* [[Energy density]]
* [[Energy development]]
* [[Wave power]]
* [[Wind farms]]
* [[Microgeneration]]/[[Distributed generation]]
* [[Co-generation]]
* [[Sunlight]]
* [[Diesel]]


Biofuel topics:
Biofuel:
* [[Ethanol fuel]]
* [[Aviation biofuel]]
* [[Camelina oil]] (note wikipedia articles [[wikipedia:Camelina]] (esp "Biodiesel and jet fuel" section) and [[wikipedia:Aviation biofuel]]
 
== Mathematics and statistics ==
 
* [[Common errors in statistics]] - see [http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/5/7/5/171575.jpg?v=1 5 Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You Every Day | Cracked.com] - relevant to many areas of debate re environment & development.


== Green living ==
== Green living ==


* 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]]
* [[Sustainable clothing]]. One info source: look up Alice Payne's "Think Lifecycle" (interviewed on an ABC.net.au podcast, but might be more useful.)


== Industry ==
* Take tips such as [http://greenwiki.org/index.php?title=Green_Tips 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).


[[Industrial ecology]] subtopics...
== International development  ==
* [[Natural capitalism]]
 
* [[Paper]]
* [[human development]]
* [[Paint]]
* [[Human Development Report]]
* [[Plastic]]
* [[Bioplastic]]


== International development topics ==
[[Foreign aid]]:


Communications:
[[Communications]]:
* http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/2012/03/pink-telephones-in-cambodia - at least a mention on [[Mobile_phones_in_development_and_disaster_management]], maybe its own article too
* http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/2012/03/pink-telephones-in-cambodia - at least a mention on [[Mobile_phones_in_development_and_disaster_management]], maybe its own article too


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* Base articles on chapters/sections in the [http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000009265_3961214175537 World Bank's Participation Sourcebook] and/or similar documents.
* Base articles on chapters/sections in the [http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000009265_3961214175537 World Bank's Participation Sourcebook] and/or similar documents.


* [[Rural communities]]
* [[Gender in development]]
* [[Gender in development]]
* [[Amartya Sen]]
* [[Amartya Sen]]
* [[Development as Freedom]]


== Public health ==


== Permaculture and food production ==
* [[Health care by region]]
* [[World Health Organization]]
* [[Health science]]
* [[Abortion]]


Specific techniques.
== Society ==


[[Permaculture design]]
* [[Psychology of environmental action]]
* Check curriculum of a PDC (Permaculture Design Course]] - choose one aspect/component/principle for an article.
* [[Environmentalism]] (currently redirect to [[Sustainable development]]
* [[Animals]]
* [[Environmental justice]]
* [[Consumerism]]
* [[Packaging]]
* [[Sustainable art]]
* [[Environmental sociology]]


Soils:
[[Policies]]:
* [[Clay]]
* 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.)
* [[Charcoal]]
* [[Manure]]
* [[Sand]]
* [[Bioremediation]]


== Wastewater and sanitation ==


[[Agricultural chemicals]]
* [[Anaerobic bacteria]]
* [[Pesticides]]
* [[Sewage treatment]]
* [[Herbicides]]
* [[Sustainable urban drainage systems]]


[[Crops]], especially [[food crops]] - articles about important crops.
== Water ==
* [[Beans]] or [[Legumes]]
* [[Grass]], [[silage]]
* [[Fruit trees]] - general and specific articles


== Society ==
Water quality and analysis:
* [[Biofilms]]
* [[Water cycle]]
* [[Drinking water]]


* [[Psychology of environmental action]]
Water treatment:
* [[Environmentalism]]
* [[Sand filter]]
* [[Environmental economics]]
* [[Water filters]] (currently only content is about one specific filtration project)
* [[Kyoto Protocol]]
* [[Slow sand filtration]] - but sure to consider why they aren't more widely used (i.e. what contexts are they good for?)
 
== Toilets and wastewater ==
 
* [[Anaerobic bacteria]]


Ecosanitation topics:
Ecosanitation:
* Ecosanitation designs
* [[Ecosanitation designs]]
* [[Ecosanitation and health regulations]]
* [[Ecosanitation and health regulations]]


== Transition topics ==
== Transition ==


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]]


== Transport ==
== Transport ==


* [[Transportation demand management]]
* [[Transportation demand management]]
* [[Light rail]]
* [[Heavy rail]]


== Water ==
== Unclear and "big picture" articles ==
 
These are suitable for keen students who have become familiar with Appropedia over some months.


* [[Biofilms]]
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.
* [[Water pollution]]
* [[Sand filter]]
* [[Water filters]]
* [[slow sand filters]] - bu sure to consider why they aren't more widely used.


Water treatment:
* [[Infrastructure]]
* [[Nutrient removal]]
* [[Project management]]
* [[Safety]]
* [[Life]]
* [[Science]]
* [[Environmental technology]]
* [[Population]]
* [[Air]]
* [[Vitamins]]
* [[Libre]]
* [[Sustainable architecture]]


== To be sorted ==
== To be sorted ==


<pre>
* [[Pyrolysis]]
[[Natural resources]]
* [[Reuse]]
[[NASA]]
* [[Biodegradation]]
[[Pyrolysis]]
* [[Bioinformatics]]
[[Share knowledge]]
* [[Beeswax]]
[[Practical Action East Africa]]
* [[Windbreak]]
[[Drinking water]]
* [[Emissions]]
[[Reuse]]
* [[Sorghum]]
[[Sunlight]]
* [[Medicine]]
[[Turbine]]
* [[Ecological]]
[[South Africa]]
* [[Physics]]
[[The Team]]
* [[Environmental ethics]]
[[Seeds]]
* [[Thermodynamics]]
[[Electricity generation]]
* [[Rivers]]
[[Biodegradation]]
* [[HVAC]]
[[List of environment topics]]
* [[Fibers]]
[[Plant]]
* [[United Nations Development Programme]]
[[Development as Freedom]]
* [[Obesity]]
[[Social capital]]
* [[Turpentine]]
[[Internet]]
* [[WikiBoxes]]
[[Bioinformatics]]
* [[Maintenance]]
[[Carbon cycle]]
* [[Agenda 21]]
[[World population]]
* [[Global dimming]]
[[Biological pest control]]
* [[Glossary of climate change]]
[[Sustainable forest management]]
* [[Rural community]]
[[Tree]]
* [[Chlorine]]
[[Ethanol fuel]]
* [[Biosecurity]]
[[Water cycle]]
* [[Electronics]]
[[Wave power]]
* [[Viruses]]
[[Maize]]
* [[Open sustainability]]
[[Software]]
* [[Mass production]]
[[Beeswax]]
* [[Mechanical engineering]]
[[Windbreak]]
* [[Carbon monoxide]]
[[Project management]]
* [[Biodegradable]]
[[Sharing knowledge]]
* [[Convention on Biological Diversity]]
[[Diesel]]
* [[Biofilter]]
[[Emissions]]
* [[Biogeography]]
[[Transit-oriented development]]
* [[Oxfam]]
[[World Health Organization]]
* [[Local production]]
[[Human Development Index]]
* [[Welfare]]
[[Lists of environmental topics]]
* [[Ecoregion]]
[[Sorghum]]
* [[Train]]
[[Safety]]
* [[Crisis]]
[[Life]]
* [[North America]]
[[Environmental design]]
* [[Small-scale technologies]]
[[Environmental health]]
* [[Gasoline]]
[[Environmental movement]]
* [[DailyFun]]
[[Japan]]
* [[Canal]]
[[Slow sand filtration]]
* [[Famine]] (currently redirects to [[Malnutrition]]
[[Noise pollution]]
* [[Environmental chemistry]]
[[Environmental engineering]]
* [[Engine]]
[[Environmental justice]]
* [[Funding]]
[[Z]]
* [[Electric motor]]
[[Medicine]]
* [[Birth control]]
[[Ecological]]
* [[Globalization]]
[[Terra preta]]
* [[Tourism]]
[[Pig]]
* [[Bridge]]
[[Physics]]
* [[Electrical engineering]]
[[Environmental ethics]]
* [[The Laboratory of Community Alternative Technologies at Ajusco]]
[[Thermal energy]]
* [[TheWikiWay:WhatIsWiki]]
[[Environmental impact assessment]]
* [[Copyright]]
[[AboutUs.org]]
* [[Roads]]
[[Thermodynamics]]
* [[Biosafety]]
[[River]]
* [[Traffic congestion]]
[[Wind farm]]
* [[Sea level rise]]
[[Microgeneration]]
* [[Biology]]
[[HVAC]]
* [[Climate model]]
[[TedErnst]]
* [[Landscape architecture]]
[[Sewage treatment]]
* [[WebIRCHelp]]
[[Fiber]]
* [[Filter]]
[[Toilet]]
* [[Waste water]]
[[United Nations Development Programme]]
* [[UNDP]]
[[Hydrogen economy]]
* [[Extinction]]
[[Obesity]]
* [[Carbon nanotubes]]
[[Tsunami]]
* [[International Conference on Population and Development]]
[[Turpentine]]
* [[Deep ecology]]
[[WikiBoxes]]
* [[Wheel]]
[[Maintenance]]
* [[Vegetation]]
[[Earth]]
* [[Climate change mitigation]]
[[Science]]
* [[Landscaping]]
[[Fungi]]
* [[Fossil fuel power plant]]
[[Environmental technology]]
* [[Asia]]
[[Consumerism]]
* [[Pollarding]]
[[Potential energy]]
* [[Self sufficient]]
[[Agenda 21]]
* [[Urban renewal]]
[[Botany]]
* [[Transformer]]
[[Global dimming]]
* [[Intellectual property]]
[[Coppicing]]
* [[Gravel]]
[[Glossary of climate change]]
* [[Green Revolution]]
[[Rural community]]
* [[Radio]]
[[Chlorine]]
* [[Yurt]]
[[Biosecurity]]
* [[Food quality]]
[[Industry]]
* [[Environmental history]]
[[Ecoforestry]]
* [[Land reform]]
[[Lawn]]
* [[Bangkok]]
[[Population]]
* [[Steel]]
[[Desertification]]
* [[Air conditioner]]
[[Industrial design]]
* [[Dengue fever]]
[[Family planning]]
* [[Ecological niche]]
[[Electronics]]
* [[Vines]]
[[Trade]]
* [[Biostatistics]]
[[Soil microorganisms]]
* [[Cascading Style Sheets]]
[[Lumber]]
* [[Emission Trading System]]
[[Polyculture]]
* [[Xeriscaping]]
[[Resource]]
* [[Tropical]]
[[Virus]]
* [[Filtration]]
[[Animal]]
* [[Biome]]
[[Melbourne]]
* [[Lye]]
[[Open sustainability]]
* [[Mumbai]]
[[Bill Mollison]]
* [[Hydrology]]
[[Carbon tax]]
* [[Greenpeace]]
[[Mass production]]
* [[Poverty reduction]]
[[Mechanical engineering]]
* [[Ammonia]]
[[Agroecology]]
* [[Radioactive waste]]
[[Natural resource]]
* [[Tensile strength]]
[[Carbon monoxide]]
* [[United States Agency for International Development]]
[[Air]]
* [[Organism]]
[[Life cycle assessment]]
* [[Latrine]]
[[Biodegradable]]
* [[Nitrogen fixation]]
[[Slow Food]]
* [[Sono arsenic filter]]
[[Convention on Biological Diversity]]
* [[Work (physics)]]
[[Vitamin]]
* [[Geoengineering]]
[[Biofilter]]
* [[Bus]]
[[Energy density]]
* [[Power supply]]
[[Energy development]]
* [[Ecology movement]]
[[Libre]]
* [[Diabetes]]
[[Illegal logging]]
* [[Solar air conditioning]]
[[Distillation]]
* [[Blood]]
[[Biogeography]]
* [[Temperature]]
[[Ecological economics]]
* [[Apartments]]
[[Environmental sociology]]
* [[Silt]]
[[Syngas]]
* [[Sustainable procurement]]
[[Lemon]]
* [[Timber rafting]]
[[Oxfam]]
* [[Restoration ecology]]
[[Local production]]
* [[Cereal]]
[[Welfare]]
* [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference]]
[[Ecoregion]]
* [[Traffic]]
[[Allotment (gardening)]]
* [[Variable retention]]
[[Forest management]]
* [[Product design]]
[[DailyBuzz]]
* [[Ultraviolet light]]
[[Eco-village]]
* [[Food waste]]
[[Fertilizers]]
* [[Feed-in tariff]]
[[Train]]
* [[Anal cleansing]]
[[Sustainable architecture]]
* [[List of onshore wind farms]]
[[Legume]]
* [[Rio Declaration on Environment and Development]]
[[Pakistan]]
* [[Environmental biotechnology]]
[[Packaging]]
* [[Sun]]
[[Environmental finance]]
* [[Third World]]
[[Crisis]]
* [[Lever]]
[[North America]]
* [[Welding]]
[[Small-scale technologies]]
* [[Inverter]]
[[Gasoline]]
* [[Workshop]]
[[DailyFun]]
* [[Activated sludge]]
[[Canal]]
* [[Ocean acidification]]
[[Famine]]
* [[Passive house]]
[[Environmental chemistry]]
* [[Earth Day]]
[[Grid energy storage]]
* [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]]
[[Engine]]
* [[Underdevelopment]]
[[Funding]]
* [[Disinfection]]
[[Electric motor]]
* [[Light pollution]]
[[Birth control]]
* [[Aluminium]]
[[Globalization]]
* [[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]]
[[Tourism]]
* [[Traditional knowledge]]
[[Forests]]
* [[Earth Charter]]
[[Genetically modified organism]]
* [[Pulpwood]]
[[Companion planting]]
* [[Walking]]
[[Bridge]]
* [[Bioregional democracy]]
[[Electrical engineering]]
* [[Species]]
[[The Laboratory of Community Alternative Technologies at Ajusco]]
* [[Drainage basin]]
[[TheWikiWay:WhatIsWiki]]
* [[Tundra]]
[[Copyright]]
* [[Ecological succession]]
[[Roads]]
* [[Meteorology]]
[[Biosafety]]
* [[Solar power satellite]]
[[Traffic congestion]]
* [[Simple machine]]
[[Sea level rise]]
* [[Reproductive rights]]
[[Biology]]
* [[Wood fuel]]
[[Climate model]]
* [[Passive solar building design]]
[[Health care by region]]
* [[El Niño Southern Oscillation]]
[[Landscape architecture]]
* [[Accountability]]
[[Mint]]
* [[Humanitarian aid]]
[[Sydney]]
* [[Aqueduct]]
[[WebIRCHelp]]
* [[Habitat]]
[[Filter]]
* [[Wind power in India]]
[[Waste water]]
* [[National park]]
[[Poultry]]
* [[Cascading Style Sheet]]
[[UNDP]]
* [[Pruning]]
[[Extinction]]
* [[Diesel fuel]]
[[Germany]]
* [[Environmental skepticism]]
[[Food and agriculture]]
* [[Pregnancy]]
[[Carbon nanotubes]]
* [[Electrolysis of water]]
[[Feces]]
* [[Freshwater]]
[[Rachel Carson]]
* [[Glacier]]
[[Electric vehicle]]
* [[Landscape ecology]]
[[International Conference on Population and Development]]
* [[Microbiology]]
[[Deep ecology]]
* [[Global Ecovillage Network]]
[[Wheel]]
* [[Wikiversity]]
[[Vegetation]]
* [[Waste heat]]
[[Climate change mitigation]]
* [[Rivers]]
[[Landscaping]]
* [[Sustainable landscape architecture]]
[[Fossil fuel power plant]]
* [[Pollutants]]
[[Asia]]
* [[DIV (HTML tag)]]
[[Pollarding]]
* [[Vegetable oil used as fuel]]
[[Self sufficient]]
* [[Petrodiesel]]
[[Urban renewal]]
* [[Trellises]]
[[Squash]]
* [[Lead]]
[[Transformer]]
* [[Crank position sensor]]
[[Intellectual property]]
* [[Pseudoscience]]
[[Gravel]]
* [[Laser]]
[[Green Revolution]]
* [[Photosynthesis]]
[[Radio]]
* [[Watt]]
[[Biochemical oxygen demand]]
* [[House]]
[[Low-carbon economy]]
* [[Power station]]
[[Yurt]]
[[Food quality]]
[[Environmental history]]
[[Land reform]]
[[Bangkok]]
[[Steel]]
[[Air conditioner]]
[[Dengue fever]]
[[Ecological niche]]
[[Vines]]
[[United Kingdom]]
[[Biostatistics]]
[[Cascading Style Sheets]]
[[Emission Trading System]]
[[Xeriscaping]]
[[EROEI]]
[[Energy forestry]]
[[Horticulture]]
[[Tropical]]
[[Filtration]]
[[Biome]]
[[Lye]]
[[Mumbai]]
[[Crop rotation]]
[[Hydrology]]
[[Greenpeace]]
[[Poverty reduction]]
[[Endangered species]]
[[Ammonia]]
[[Radioactive waste]]
[[Tensile strength]]
[[United States Agency for International Development]]
[[Organism]]
[[Tillage]]
[[Latrine]]
[[Nitrogen fixation]]
[[Earth sheltering]]
[[Sono arsenic filter]]
[[Grape]]
[[Work (physics)]]
[[Soil life]]
[[Geoengineering]]
[[Bus]]
[[Power supply]]
[[Sustainable housing]]
[[Zimbabwe]]
[[Ecology movement]]
[[Diabetes]]
[[Solar air conditioning]]
[[Blood]]
[[Temperature]]
[[Apartments]]
[[Silt]]
[[Sustainable procurement]]
[[Tractor]]
[[Timber rafting]]
[[Economy]]
[[The Day After Tomorrow]]
[[Health science]]
[[Abortion]]
[[Restoration ecology]]
[[Cereal]]
[[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference]]
[[Traffic]]
[[Variable retention]]
[[Product design]]
[[Soil salination]]
[[Weeds]]
[[Ultraviolet light]]
[[Food waste]]
[[Feed-in tariff]]
[[Water wheel]]
[[Anal cleansing]]
[[List of onshore wind farms]]
[[Rio Declaration on Environment and Development]]
[[Environmental biotechnology]]
[[Sun]]
[[Third World]]
[[Lever]]
[[Welding]]
[[Inverter]]
[[Workshop]]
[[Activated sludge]]
[[Ocean acidification]]
[[Passive house]]
[[Earth Day]]
[[Soil science]]
[[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]]
[[Underdevelopment]]
[[Taiwan]]
[[Spain]]
[[Green economics]]
[[Resource curse]]
[[Agriculture manual TOC]]
[[Disinfection]]
[[Light pollution]]
[[Aluminium]]
[[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]]
[[Traditional knowledge]]
[[Earth Charter]]
[[Pulpwood]]
[[Walking]]
[[Bioregional democracy]]
[[Species]]
[[Drainage basin]]
[[Tundra]]
[[Ecological succession]]
[[Photovoltaic]]
[[Meteorology]]
[[Solar power satellite]]
[[Alternative fuel]]
[[Simple machine]]
[[Reproductive rights]]
[[Wood fuel]]
[[Passive solar building design]]
[[El Niño Southern Oscillation]]
[[Accountability]]
[[Humanitarian aid]]
[[Aqueduct]]
[[Habitat]]
[[Wind power in India]]
[[Human waste]]
[[Manufacturing]]
[[National park]]
[[Cascading Style Sheet]]
[[Industrial waste]]
[[Pruning]]
[[Animal husbandry]]
[[Diesel fuel]]
[[Vegetable oil]]
[[Environmental skepticism]]
[[Pregnancy]]
[[Electrolysis of water]]
[[Fertiliser]]
[[Freshwater]]
[[Glacier]]
[[Landscape ecology]]
[[Microbiology]]
[[Global Ecovillage Network]]
[[Wikiversity]]
[[Waste heat]]
[[Rivers]]
[[Sustainable landscape architecture]]
[[Pollutants]]
[[DIV (HTML tag)]]
[[Vegetable oil used as fuel]]
[[Petrodiesel]]
[[Canada]]
[[Water-fuelled car]]
[[Trellises]]
[[Lead]]
[[Crank position sensor]]
[[Pseudoscience]]
[[Ethical consumerism]]
[[Human Development Report]]
[[Resources]]
[[Sustainable art]]
[[Soil conservation]]
[[Forest]]
[[Agricultural science]]
[[Timber]]
[[Sustainable urban drainage systems]]
[[Gecko (layout engine)]]
[[Combustion]]
[[Laser]]
[[Photosynthesis]]
[[Watt]]
[[List of conservation topics]]
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Revision as of 14:56, 6 February 2019

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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