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Appropedia
Appropedia is a wiki website for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development, with a particular focus on appropriate technology. Appropedia has been used by a number of nonprofit organizations and individuals working in sustainable development, including Demotech and the Full Belly Project.

Appropedia uses Semantic MediaWiki software. As of 2015 it had over 7,000 articles and 25,000 uploaded files.

History
Lonny Grafman started Appropedia in April 2006 with a focus on appropriate technology, along with Aaron Antrim and Gabriel Krause. Contact with WikiGreen in December 2006 led to a decision to join forces, under the name Appropedia. This merger led to an increase in content, including permission from various publications, and some content from CD3WD (CDs for the 3rd World).

Appropedia later added content from sites including International Rivers Network, Practical Action, Village Earth, and CCAT.