Appropedia dreams of a “sustainable world without poverty – a world of prosperity, quality of life and a stable climate, through sharing wisdom and best practices and through application of appropriate technologies.” Their aim is to find collaborative solutions to today’s most pressing sustainability and international development issues. They do this by providing a forum where individuals, organizations, governments and societies to communicate.
Appropedia is an open-knowledge wiki: a type of website that allows anyone to add, remove, or edit content. Content on the site includes: instructions for undertaking different projects, technical data, examples of best practices, designs, photos, illustrations, tips on finding help; tips on obtaining supplies, collaboration pages for co-creating solutions, and discussion pages to comment on work completed and work that needs to be done.
Appropedia is a living resource library of individuals and organizations working towards a sustainable future so that efforts are spent on creating new solutions rather than duplicating past work.
