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Appropedia celebrates its first MILLION!

Some time early on 07/07/07, Appropedia delivered its one millionth page view! (Was it you?) And just 3 short months after the 500,000th page view. We're very excited about the growing impact that your contributions are making, and you should be, too! Check out more stats at this page

Appropedia is the site for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development. Appropedia helps us sustain our world. Learn more at our Mission page.

The material here is free for your use. Search, follow links on this page, or browse categories or all 15,660 articles.

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What's Happening

Portals:	Information aggregated on specific topics e.g. Appropriate technology, Energy, Green living and Water
Project:	In-country and academic projects, such as Bathing water project, Madura, Indonesia, 2000 and UTC Solar Distiller
Organization:	such as Demotech, Practical Action and AIDG
Topic:	Public education and discourse topics, Subject matter articles, e.g. Photovoltaics and Rainwater
How to:	Step by step instructions, from how to Weld wood, to constructing a Home biogas system
Additional areas:	Coordination / Program / Thesis

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Please help Appropedia grow!

We want your projects, current works, observations and wisdom! Please see our "Contributing content" page. You can also enrich existing articles by clicking on "edit" at the top of the page or section. Appropedia's software is robust and forgiving, so Be Bold and contribute!

More info is at our Community Portal page. Ask questions or leave comments at the Village Pump page.

Did you know...?

...that Appropedia has added OpenSearch functionality? See this page for more info.

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-| <center><big>'''Appropedia has added ''OpenSearch'' functionality.'''</big><br>If you use FireFox 2 or higher, or Internet Explorer 7 or higher, see [[Help:Using OpenSearch| '''this page''']] for more info.</center>
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 ==New pages==
-*[[Journals  ]]
+*[[Wheelchair seating]]
-*[[‎Pillars and values ]]
+*[[‎Mobility and rehabilitation]]
-*[[‎Service learning ]]
+*[[Freeplay radio]]
-*[[‎Distributed generation ]]
+*[[Energy EASE 2007]]
-*[[‎Hexayurt cooling ]]
+*[[Guinea Worm pipe filter]]
-*[[‎Trucking Energy Efficiency ]]
+*[[Teens hooked on heroin]]
-*[[‎Environmental Management System ]]
+*[[A Teen's Health]]
+*[[‎Oral rehydration therapy solution]]
 ''Find more new pages '''[[Special:Newpages| here]]'''''
 ==Most active articles==
-*[[Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator]]
 *[[Solar Charged Lawnmower]]
-*[[Kiva’s straw bale greenhouse]]
+*[[Home biogas system]]
-*[[Low voltage connection basics]]
 *[[Backpack frame bike trailer]]
+*[[Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator]]
+*[[J_Point_Donations]]
+*[[Car-Free_Day]]
 *[[Renewable Energy Dictionary]]
-*[[Home biogas system]]
+*[[Kiva’s straw bale greenhouse]]
 *[[Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps]]
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-| style="color: #EEEECC;background:#818CA5;border-top:2px solid white;border-right:2px solid white;padding-left: .9em;padding-right: .9em;" | '''<big>Please help Appropedia grow</big>'''
+| style="color: #EEEECC;background:#818CA5;border-top:2px solid white;border-right:2px solid white;padding-left: .9em;padding-right: .9em;" | '''<big>Please help Appropedia grow!</big>'''
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-| style="background:#D9D2A9;border-right:2px solid white;padding-left: .9em;padding-right: .9em;" |We would like to include your projects, current works, observations and suggestions! If you've got an idea for a new article, please see our [[Help:Contributing content|"Contributing content"]] page for some suggestions.  You can also enrich existing articles by clicking on "edit" at the top of the page or section.  The software is robust and forgiving, so '''[[A:BOLD|Be Bold]]''' and contribute!
+| style="background:#D9D2A9;border-right:2px solid white;padding-left: .9em;padding-right: .9em;" |We want your projects, current works, observations and wisdom! Please see our [[Help:Contributing content|"Contributing content"]] page.  You can also enrich existing articles by clicking on "edit" at the top of the page or section.  Appropedia's software is robust and forgiving, so '''[[A:BOLD|Be Bold]]''' and contribute!
-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.
+More info is at our [[Appropedia:Community portal|Community Portal]] page.  Ask questions or leave comments at the [[Appropedia:Village pump|Village Pump]] page.
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+| style="color: #EEEECC;background:#818CA5;border-top:2px solid white;border-right:2px solid white;padding-left: .9em;padding-right: .9em;" | '''<big>Did you know...?</big>'''
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+| style="background:#D9D2A9;border-right:2px solid white;padding-left: .9em;padding-right: .9em;" |...that Appropedia has added ''OpenSearch'' functionality?  See [[Help:Using OpenSearch| '''this page''']] for more info.
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