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Old 24-03-2007, 06:29 PM
Curtbeckmann Curtbeckmann is offline
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Hi All,

I'm very active at a sustainability wiki, Appropedia, which has a bit of a historical bias toward sustainability but is expanding to include sustainability generally.

I recently realized that the nature of the sustainability solution challenge really needs a forum-type tool (for easy discussion), in addition to the wiki format (for relatively stable content), and I'd love to find ways to work together. At a minimum, it would be great for us to expand our shared user-base! (SF has a larger registered user base, but AP does not require registration, so there is a fair sized anonymous user base.)

But more than that, when Appropedia wants to capture the latest thinking on a particular sustainability topic, we should initiate a thread here. Similarly, when a forum thread converges on a somewhat stable solution set, it could be valuable to present that in a wiki article that is more readable than the linear forum thread approach, while still being open to evolution and collaboration. (The wiki interface is not quite as "user friendly" as a forum, but that's because it allows for more complex presentation stuff like tables, etc. And anyway those problems will be solved over time. )

This is a rich topic in itself, of course. It seems appropriate for this "general news and discussion" space.

Excellent work on this forum! It's great to be here!

Curt
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