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Localpedia's aim is to help people compile a list of questions and objective answers about any specific territory's real resources and possibilities, in terms of water, food, energy and other basic systems to then convert the data into understandable magnitudes ("grams of potatoes produced by person and per day").

This information would be objective like in wikipedia, but centered around questions related to appropriate technology, development, etc like in appropedia.

One defining quality of information is it could be in easily understood units. Most of us find it difficult to grasp millions of kilograms of food per year. We may find it easier to talk about grams per person and per day.

That way, anyone can stand firmly on real and understandable data to think about how to face crises or how to contribute to creating abundance.

Plan for resilience, aim for abundance.

How[edit | edit source]

A wiki is a practical place to start this, but it's not the most convenient way. Extra "features" are needed to signal areas that need more questions - and questions that need rephrasing, sources, information or recalculation. Perhaps it's a matter of using tricks already available in MediaWiki (the software that runs wikipedia and appropedia), or maybe it's better to develop specific software for this.

Localpedia is the generalisation of Canaripedia. It's currently being translated, see talk page. Once that's done, you'll be able to make a copy of the pages for your local place, flesh them out, and maybe bring back lessons learned, tips & tricks, and software development that can be applicable widely.

More details in:

If you want to contribute:

  • Ask or comment about the project at frequently asked questions. That will help clarify why and how.
  • Review or add to to-do list.
  • Most important. In each of the following sections, include your own questions, sources and answers. Of course, you don't have to know the answer to ask the question. If you don't know what to ask or whether your answer is "valid", comment freely, as this is a wiki and we can improve it later. Be bold!

More details about the project[edit | edit source]

The idea is to collect questions and answers, around basic issues, about each "place". It could be the Canary Islands, each island - or your place. The basic issues are people, territory, water, food, energy, transport. This information would be objective like in wikipedia, but centered around questions related to appropriate technology, developement, etc like in appropedia. One defining quality of information is it would be in easily understood units: it's difficult to grasp millions of kilograms of food per year, and easier to talk about grams per person and per day.

A wiki is a practical place to start this, but it's not the most convenient way. Extra "features" are needed to signal areas that need more questions - and questions that need rephrasing, sources, information or recalculation. Perhaps it's a matter of using tricks already available in wikimedia (the software that runs wikipedia and appropedia), or maybe it's better to develop specific software for this.

Content[edit | edit source]

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Authors LucasG
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Related 0 subpages, 17 pages link here
Impact 755 page views
Created June 11, 2011 by LucasG
Modified April 17, 2023 by Pedro Kracht
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