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;<br><big>[[:Category: Project|Project]]:</big> Onsite and academic projects  
;<big>[[:Category:Projects|Project]]:</big> In-country and academic projects
:A collection of real word projects using and demonstrating appropriate technology, e.g. [[UTC Solar Distiller]]<br><br>
:[[Bathing water project, Madura, Indonesia, 2000]] and [[UTC Solar Distiller]]<br><br>
;<big>[[:Category: Organization|Organization]]:</big>
;<big>[[:Category:Organizations|Organization]]</big>
:A home for international development, appropriate technology and sustainability Organizations, e.g. [[Demotech, design for self-reliance| Demotech]]<br><br>
:Organizations, e.g. [[Demotech, design for self-reliance| Demotech]], [[Practical Action]] and [[AIDG]]<br><br>
;<big>[[:Category:Topic|Topic]]:</big> Public education and discourse topics.
;<big>[[:Category:Topics|Topic]]:</big> Public education and discourse topics
:Provides a navigational aid and context for articles throughout appropedia, e.g. [[:Category:Photovoltaic|Photovoltaics]]<br><br>
:Subject matter articles, e.g. [[:Category:Photovoltaics|Photovoltaics]] and [[:Category:Rainwater|Rainwater]]<br><br>
;<big>[[:Category: Program|Program]]:</big> Schools, Summer Intensives, Classes, Workshops
;<big>[[:Category:Program|Program]]:</big> Schools, Summer Intensives, Classes, Workshops
:A place for programs to organise and implement appropedia into thier curriculum, e.g. [[:Category:Parras|Parras]]<br><br>
:Schools, Summer Intensives, Classes, Workshops, e.g. [[:Category:Parras|Parras]]<br><br>
;<big>[[:Category: How to|How to]]:</big> Step by step instructions
;<big>[[:Category:How tos|How to]]:</big> Step by step instructions
:Mostly a subset of articles providing practical technique, e.g. How to [[Weld wood]] <br><br>
:Step by step instructions, from how to [[Weld wood]], to constructing a [[Home biogas system]]<br><br>
;<big>[[:Category: Thesis|Thesis]]:</big> Thesis papers
;<big>[[:Category:Theses|Thesis]]:</big> Thesis papers
:Provides a place for your thesis to be more publicly accessible than your university library, e.g. [[Water management and culture in Indonesian cities|Water management & culture in Indonesian cities]]<br><br>
:Provides a place for your thesis to be more publicly accessible than your university library, e.g. [[Water management and culture in Indonesian cities|Water management & culture in Indonesian cities]]<br><br>
;<big>[[:Category:Coordination|Coordination]]:</big> For managing events, publications, projects
;<big>[[:Category:Coordination|Coordination]]:</big> For managing events, publications, projects
:Organise your collaborations here, e.g. [[Car-Free Day]] <br><br>
:Organize your collaborations here, e.g. [[Car-Free Day]] <br><br>
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==Wiki Merger==
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* '''[[Appropedia_welcomes_the_WikiGreen_community|Appropedia welcomes the WikiGreen community!]]'''<br>
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==Most active articles==
*[[Solar Charged Lawnmower]]
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*[[Understanding Solar Concentrators]]
*[[Renewable Energy Dictionary]]
*[[Home biogas system]]
 
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*[[Humboldt miscellaneous gallery]]
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*[[Electric insulating wood]]
 
 


==Recent Praise for Appropedia==
*[http://www.ewb-international.org/solutionofmonth.htm Engineers Without Borders-International] solution of the month for September, as well as inclusion in their [http://www.ewb-international.org/ASTdatabases.htm Comprehensive Appropriate and Sustainable Technologies Databases]  and placed among their list of 12 phenomenal [http://www.ewb-international.org/Tools.htm Useful Tools]
*Listed as one of [http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/index.php?s=appropedia Ethan Zuckerman]'s, links... and quote, <tt>''"very cool idea"''</tt>.
*One of five '''Links of Interest''' on [http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/blog/ Kofi Annan's Centre of Excellence in ICT Blog].
*One of three [http://www.inveneo.org/?q=webresources recommended websites] at [[Inveneo]].
*A mention on the [http://www.o2nederland.org/main.asp?pid=5&sid=0&iid=395 O2 Nederland] site.
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Appropedia follows an [[Wikipedia:Open_design|open design]] approach. Anyone can write or edit articles, anyone can plant the seed of an idea that others will build upon.  Any group can use these pages to work collaboratively.
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Find more ways to support the cause at our [[Appropedia:Community portal|Community Portal]] page.  Or enter your questions and suggestions at the [[Appropedia:Village pump|Village Pump]] page.
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Project: In-country and academic projects
Bathing water project, Madura, Indonesia, 2000 and UTC Solar Distiller

Organization
Organizations, e.g. Demotech, Practical Action and AIDG

Topic: Public education and discourse topics
Subject matter articles, e.g. Photovoltaics and Rainwater

Program: Schools, Summer Intensives, Classes, Workshops
Schools, Summer Intensives, Classes, Workshops, e.g. Parras

How to: Step by step instructions
Step by step instructions, from how to Weld wood, to constructing a Home biogas system

Thesis: Thesis papers
Provides a place for your thesis to be more publicly accessible than your university library, e.g. Water management & culture in Indonesian cities

Coordination: For managing events, publications, projects
Organize your collaborations here, e.g. Car-Free Day

Wiki Merger

Most active articles

New pages
Interested in Contributing to Appropedia?

Appropedia follows an open design approach. Anyone can write or edit articles, anyone can plant the seed of an idea that others will build upon. Any group can use these pages to work collaboratively.

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