Appropriate technology through collaborative Wikis

Web 2.0, social media, online communities are all about communicating and collaborating with each other irrespective of time and space. The technology is available so how do we use it to benefit ourselves, out communities and communities far away?

Appropedia is a Wiki collaboration which links with Campus Center for Appropriate Technology in a joint ongoing search for sustainable solutions in poverty reduction and international development.  

Anyone can join in the project or contribute to the discussions by registering on the site. The site is also an excellent guide to learning about Wikis, how to create and how to use them.  This section is by a group called Agricultural Innovations and they are wanting to develop a system of water pumps and associated products.   

Our focus is Bolivia, South America, a fantastic place but the poorest country on the continent.  We believe that through decentralized, network-based technology development we can provide better services and products more cheaply and efficiently than would be possible through a traditional top-down approach.  Help us make this dream a reality.

The Project Our project has multiple components, but the central thrust has three primary objectives:

To develop a model for community-based technology centers, with a focus on tech transfer using appropriate technologies that can be prototyped, validated, and commercialized for future business and community development

1. To focus on the rehabiliation of degraded and eroded lands, with a special focus on soil and water resource management
2. To develop a North-South axis of interaction, where Northern professionals can provide technical and financial resources to Southern tinkers and innovators