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Blogs and blog comments are an effective way of participating in a community discussion. If you keep a custom home page at one of the common portals (Yahoo, Google, etc), it's convenient to "subscribe" (using Atom or RSS) to a selection of blogs so you can see new posts effortlessly. Much can be learned from the variety of viewpoints, and by posting appropriate comments you can also raise awareness of Appropedia's mission as well.

Livejournal has a particularly lively community of bloggers and blog-readers interested in development issues, including development workers; it has "communities" or group blogs; and it also allows registered users to view blogs by all their Livejournal "friends" (i.e. favorite bloggers) on a single page (e.g. Chriswaterguy's friends page); it also allows comments to form threads, making conversations easier (and livelier) in comment sections.

Please add appropriate blogs to the table below, including your own if you author an appropriate blog.

Key for Topics:

ApTech = Appropriate technology

IntDev = International development

Sust = Sustainability

Disaster = Disaster relief (emergency management).

Blog	Topics	Notes	License?
Appropedia Foundation Blog	ApTech, IntDev, Sust, Disaster	Appropedia, open knowledge, knowledge sharing...	CC-BY-SA
EWB-SFP Appropriate Technology Design Team	ApTech	By the Engineers Without Borders Professionals Chapter in San Francisco, focused on stoves.
AIDG Blog	ApTech	By The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group	CC-BY
Afrigadget	ApTech	By Erik Hersman and Co. Focusing on appropriate technology solutions in Africa.	CC-BY
Sustainable Design Update	ApTech, Sust	By John Barrie. Appropriate technology and green design.
Little Devices that Could	ApTech	By Jose Gomez-Marquez. Appropriate technology and health.
Street Use	ApTech	By Kevin Kelly. Developing world tech hacks and mods.
MAKE Blog	ApTech	Very broad scope, anything about making something by oneself. Occasionally has appropriate technology. Good place to put posts about good practical projects. On the Make Magazine website.
HungerMovement Blogs	IntDev	All the posts seem to be by Michael Haddigan, but presumably there's some other bloggers too?
Private Sector Development Blog	IntDev, private enterprise	Bloggers from the World Bank Group
My Heart's in Accra	IntDev, Africa, Wikipedia	By Ethan Zuckerman, who is somewhat involved in Wikipedia/Wikimedia stuff.
Resolution	IntDev, Sust, peace	By Curt, who also contributes here...
Views from the Center	IntDev	Center for Global Development
Timbuktu Chronicles	Sust, private enterprise	Emeka Okafor (who posted on Village Earth's AT wiki back in May)
Grist	Sust	environmental news
Andrew’s Sustainapedia	Sust	Andrew Netherton blogging about his planned sustainability portal.
Pyjama Samsara	IntDev	By Vasco-Pyjama, focusing on development issues in Indonesia
No Average Days	IntDev	Teaching reproductive health and gender in rural Bangladesh.
Aid Workers Network	IntDev	Blogs by aid/development workers. Includes pages of posts listed by topics such as Advice for first-time aid workers.
World Wide Help	Disaster	Mentions disaster, sometimes adds information on how to help.
Far Togo	IntDev, Africa	Andy M, a Peace Corps volunteer, writes of his work in Togo.
Aaron In Africa: My Time in Togo	IntDev, Africa	Another Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, setting up a computer centre (described in his Project post).
Kevin in Liberia	IntDev, Africa	Kevin Fryatt... "to raise awareness of current social, political, ethical, and spiritual issues within a relief and development context in Liberia."
DC-10 Dairy	IntDev, Health	Celia Yeung, "travelling all over the world and working with a multi-national medical team and volunteer faculty onboard the world's only ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital... My main roles are PR and communications, and creating public awareness on prevention of blindness through advocacy and local media."
on adaptive reuse	Sust (sometimes ApTech, IntDev)	critical blog about the constant evolution and adaptation of human production and culture.
Global Voices Online	Global issues, diversity	"The World is talking. Are you listening?"
Green Options blog	Sust	"Greening The Good Life!" - covers "a broad spectrum of green topics."
Temas Blog	IntDev, ApTech, Latin America	Keith Ripley, "Musings about the Evolution of Consumer, Environmental & Health Policy in Latin America & the Caribbean"
WorldChanging.com	Sust	High profile, focus on "Bright green" stuff.
TreeHugger	Sust	high profile, owned by Discovery Channel.^W
Blood and Milk by Alanna Shaikh	IntDev	identifying what works in international development	CC-BY

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-|[http://ewbappropriatetechnology.blogspot.com/ EWB-SFP Appropriate Technology Design Team]||ApTech||By the [[Engineers Without Borders]] Professionals Chapter in San Francisco, focused on stoves.
+|[http://blogs.appropedia.org/ Appropedia Foundation Blog]||ApTech, IntDev, Sust, Disaster|| Appropedia, open knowledge, knowledge sharing...||CC-BY-SA
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-|[http://www.aidg.org/blog AIDG Blog]||ApTech||By [[The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group]]
+|[http://ewbappropriatetechnology.blogspot.com/ EWB-SFP Appropriate Technology Design Team]||ApTech||By the [[Engineers Without Borders]] Professionals Chapter in San Francisco, focused on stoves.||
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-|[http://www.afrigadget.com/ Afrigadget]||ApTech||By Erik Hersman and Co. Focusing on appropriate technology solutions in Africa.
+|[http://www.aidg.org/blog AIDG Blog]||ApTech||By [[The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group]]||CC-BY
 |-
-|[http://www.sustainabledesignupdate.com/ Sustainable Design Update]||ApTech, Sust||By John Barrie. Appropriate technology and green design.
+|[http://www.afrigadget.com/ Afrigadget]||ApTech||By Erik Hersman and Co. Focusing on appropriate technology solutions in Africa.||CC-BY
 |-
-|[http://littledevicesthatcould.blogspot.com/ Little Devices that Could]||ApTech||By Jose Gomez-Marquez. Appropriate technology and health.
+|[http://www.sustainabledesignupdate.com/ Sustainable Design Update]||ApTech, Sust||By John Barrie. Appropriate technology and green design.||
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-|[http://www.kk.org/streetuse/index.php Street Use]||ApTech||By Kevin Kelly. Developing world tech hacks and mods.
+|[http://littledevicesthatcould.blogspot.com/ Little Devices that Could]||ApTech||By Jose Gomez-Marquez. Appropriate technology and health.||
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-|[http://makezine.com/blog/ MAKE Blog]||ApTech||Very broad scope, anything about making something by oneself. Occasionally has appropriate technology. Good place to put posts about good practical projects. On the [http://www.makezine.com/ Make Magazine] website.
+|[http://www.kk.org/streetuse/index.php Street Use]||ApTech||By Kevin Kelly. Developing world tech hacks and mods.||
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-|[http://communities.kintera.org/hungermovement/blogs/ HungerMovement Blogs]||IntDev||All the posts seem to be by Michael Haddigan, but presumably there's some other bloggers too?
+|[http://makezine.com/blog/ MAKE Blog]||ApTech||Very broad scope, anything about making something by oneself. Occasionally has appropriate technology. Good place to put posts about good practical projects. On the [http://www.makezine.com/ Make Magazine] website. ||
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-|[http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/ Private Sector Development Blog]||IntDev, private enterprise||Bloggers from the World Bank Group
+|[http://communities.kintera.org/hungermovement/blogs/ HungerMovement Blogs]||IntDev||All the posts seem to be by Michael Haddigan, but presumably there's some other bloggers too?||
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-|[http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/ My Heart's in Accra]||IntDev, Africa, Wikipedia||By Ethan Zuckerman, who is somewhat involved in Wikipedia/Wikimedia stuff.
+|[http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/ Private Sector Development Blog]||IntDev, private enterprise||Bloggers from the World Bank Group||
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-|[http://wannaresolution.blogspot.com/ Resolution]||IntDev, Sust, peace||By [[User:Curtbeckmann|Curt]], who also contributes here...
+|[http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/ My Heart's in Accra]||IntDev, Africa, Wikipedia||By Ethan Zuckerman, who is somewhat involved in Wikipedia/Wikimedia stuff. ||
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-|[http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/ Views from the Center]||IntDev||Center for Global Development
+|[http://wannaresolution.blogspot.com/ Resolution]||IntDev, Sust, peace||By [[User:Curtbeckmann|Curt]], who also contributes here...||
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-|[http://timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com/ Timbuktu Chronicles]||Sust, private enterprise||Emeka Okafor (who posted on Village Earth's AT wiki back in May)
+|[http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/ Views from the Center]||IntDev||Center for Global Development||
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-|[http://gristmill.grist.org/ Grist]||Sust||environmental news
+|[http://timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com/ Timbuktu Chronicles]||Sust, private enterprise||Emeka Okafor (who posted on Village Earth's AT wiki back in May)||
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-|[http://andrewnetherton.wordpress.com/ Andrew’s Sustainapedia]||Sust||Andrew Netherton blogging about his planned [[sustainability]] portal.
+|[http://gristmill.grist.org/ Grist]||Sust||environmental news ||
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-|[http://vasco-pyjama.livejournal.com/ Pyjama Samsara]||IntDev||By Vasco-Pyjama, focusing on development issues in Indonesia
+|[http://andrewnetherton.wordpress.com/ Andrew’s Sustainapedia]||Sust||Andrew Netherton blogging about his planned [[sustainability]] portal. ||
 |-
-|[http://www.no-average-days.blogspot.com/ No Average Days]||IntDev||Teaching reproductive health and gender in rural Bangladesh.
+|[http://vasco-pyjama.livejournal.com/ Pyjama Samsara]||IntDev||By Vasco-Pyjama, focusing on development issues in Indonesia||
 |-
-|[http://www.aidworkers.net/ Aid Workers Network]||IntDev||Blogs by aid/development workers. Includes pages of posts listed by topics such as ''Advice for first-time aid workers''.
+|[http://www.no-average-days.blogspot.com/ No Average Days]||IntDev||Teaching reproductive health and gender in rural Bangladesh.||
 |-
-|[http://worldwidehelp.blogspot.com/ World Wide Help]||Disaster||Mentions disaster, sometimes adds information on how to help.
+|[http://www.aidworkers.net/ Aid Workers Network]||IntDev||Blogs by aid/development workers. Includes pages of posts listed by topics such as ''Advice for first-time aid workers''.||
 |-
-|[http://far-togo.blogspot.com/ Far Togo]||IntDev, Africa||Andy M, a Peace Corps volunteer, writes of his work in Togo.
+|[http://worldwidehelp.blogspot.com/ World Wide Help]||Disaster||Mentions disaster, sometimes adds information on how to help. ||
 |-
-|[http://aaroninafrica.blogspot.com Aaron In Africa: My Time in Togo]||IntDev, Africa||Another Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, setting up a computer centre (described in his [http://aaroninafrica.blogspot.com/2006/07/project.html Project] post).
+|[http://far-togo.blogspot.com/ Far Togo]||IntDev, Africa||Andy M, a Peace Corps volunteer, writes of his work in Togo. ||
 |-
-|[http://www.kevininliberia.blogspot.com/ Kevin in Liberia]||IntDev, Africa||Kevin Fryatt... "to raise awareness of current social, political, ethical, and spiritual issues within a relief and development context in Liberia."
+|[http://aaroninafrica.blogspot.com Aaron In Africa: My Time in Togo]||IntDev, Africa||Another Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, setting up a computer centre (described in his [http://aaroninafrica.blogspot.com/2006/07/project.html Project] post).||
 |-
-|[http://www.celiayeung.blogspot.com/My DC-10 Dairy]||IntDev, Health||Celia Yeung, "travelling all over the world and working with a multi-national medical team and volunteer faculty onboard the world's only ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital... My main roles are PR and communications, and creating public awareness on prevention of blindness through advocacy and local media."
+|[http://www.kevininliberia.blogspot.com/ Kevin in Liberia]||IntDev, Africa||Kevin Fryatt... "to raise awareness of current social, political, ethical, and spiritual issues within a relief and development context in Liberia." ||
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-|[http://adaptivereuse.net/ on adaptive reuse]||Sust (sometimes ApTech, IntDev)||critical blog about the constant evolution and adaptation of human production and culture.
+|[http://www.celiayeung.blogspot.com/My DC-10 Dairy]||IntDev, Health||Celia Yeung, "travelling all over the world and working with a multi-national medical team and volunteer faculty onboard the world's only ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital... My main roles are PR and communications, and creating public awareness on prevention of blindness through advocacy and local media." ||
 |-
-|[http://www.globalvoicesonline.org Global Voices Online]||Global issues, diversity||"The World is talking. Are you listening?"
+|[http://adaptivereuse.net/ on adaptive reuse]||Sust (sometimes ApTech, IntDev)||critical blog about the constant evolution and adaptation of human production and culture. ||
 |-
-|[http://www.greenoptions.com/blog Green Options blog]||Sust||"Greening The Good Life!" - covers "a broad spectrum of green topics."
+|[http://www.globalvoicesonline.org Global Voices Online]||Global issues, diversity||"The World is talking. Are you listening?"||
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-|[http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/ Temas Blog]||IntDev, ApTech, Latin America||Keith Ripley, "Musings about the Evolution of Consumer, Environmental & Health Policy in Latin America & the Caribbean"
+|[http://www.greenoptions.com/blog Green Options blog]||Sust||"Greening The Good Life!" - covers "a broad spectrum of green topics."||
+|-
+|[http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/ Temas Blog]||IntDev, ApTech, Latin America||Keith Ripley, "Musings about the Evolution of Consumer, Environmental & Health Policy in Latin America & the Caribbean" ||
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-|[http://worldchanging.com/ WorldChanging.com]||Sust||High profile, focus on "[[Bright green]]" stuff.
+|[http://worldchanging.com/ WorldChanging.com]||Sust||High profile, focus on "[[Bright green]]" stuff.||
+|-
+|[http://www.treehugger.com TreeHugger]||Sust|| high profile, owned by Discovery Channel.{{wp sup|Discovery Channel}}||
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-|[http://www.treehugger.com TreeHugger]||Sust|| high profile, owned by Discovery Channel.{{wp sup|Discovery Channel}}
+|[http://alannashaikh.blogspot.com/ Blood and Milk by Alanna Shaikh]||IntDev|| identifying what works in international development||CC-BY
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-==See also==
+== See also ==
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