|Kiswahili - English| What is Appropedia? Appropedia is the site
for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction
and international development through the use of sound
principles and appropriate technology and the sharing of wisdom
and project information. It is a wiki, a type of website which
allows anyone to add, remove, or edit content. Registration is
encouraged but not required for contributors. Appropedia has
been described as an "appropriate technology wiki," but it is
much broader than that - it is a green wiki, and a wiki for all
matters of international development and aid. But most
importantly, Appropedia is an open site for stakeholders to come
together to find, create and improve scalable and adaptable
solutions. For more about our motivation, see
Appropedia:Mission. Appropedia began in April of 2006. In the
earliest stages it was a collaboration between passionate people
from the United States and Australia, and quickly expanded to
become a global project. A number of other simi