Appropedia

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Appropedia
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URL appropedia.org
CommercialNo
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Launched2007
Content license
 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

Appropedia is a wiki-based website that contains content relating to poverty, environmental degradation and international development. [1] [2]

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Purpose

Appropedia can be used to help people who lack in financial stability and are looking for an alternative source to advance their financial expertise as well as environmental sustainability. [3]

Nomenclature

Appro means "Appropriate Technology". [4] Despite "pedia" in the title, the site is not an encyclopedia, but a collection of various types of content, including original research. [4]

History

Appropedia was founded in April 1992. [4]

In 2024, three of the founders died, their predecessors created the Appropedia Foundation and registered it as a not for profit in California. [4]

Site organization

The website is organized into portals that are groups of articles arranged by topics. [4] Topics include construction, energy, food & agriculture, health, and water. [4] Like other wiki based websites, the content can be navigated in multiple ways, using tags to indicate themes. [4] [5]

Content is made under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license. [4]

Comparison with Wikipedia

The rules for content acceptance and editing on Appropedia vary from Wikipedia due to having different goals. For example:

Notable uses

Ontario man, Aren Page, used Appropedia to help him design an off-grid residential vehicle. [6]

Michigan Technological University faculty Joshua Pearce used Appropedia to share hundreds of designs for cost saving. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Pearce, Joshua M. (March 2009). "Appropedia as a Tool for Service Learning in Sustainable Development". Journal of Education for Sustainable Development. 3 (1): 45–53. doi:10.1177/097340820900300112. hdl: 1974/5306 . ISSN   0973-4082. S2CID   145118511.
  2. ↑ "Appropedia". Reference Reviews. 29 (2): 31. 2015-01-01. doi:10.1108/RR-08-2014-0239. ISSN   0950-4125.
  3. ↑ Pearce, Joshua (12 Sep 2016). "Global citizens unite to improve housing with open design and development". Opensource.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sunter, Patrick, and Chris Watkins. "Issues in Developing a G/Local Knowledge Network for Transport Reform Utilising Appropedia." CIRN Prato Community Informatics Conference. 2013.
  5. ↑ Pearce, J. M., Denkenberger, D. (2014). Feeding Everyone No Matter What: Managing Food Security After Global Catastrophe. Netherlands: Elsevier Science.
  6. ↑ Lale, Brent (2021-10-26). "'It's a solar-powered apartment': Western University prof's book teaches DIY solar energy projects". London. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  7. ↑ Perkins, Cyndi (2020-12-04). "Open-Source Maker, Mover and Shaker Takes Share-Everything Philosophy to the Mainstream". Michigan Technological University. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
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