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	<description>sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.</description>
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		<title>Vinay Gupta and his influences</title>
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Vinay with the latest incarnation of the Hexayurt (the H13) at the Cloughjordan Ecovillage in Ireland.






In the Appropedia community we often talk about thriving - but Vinay Gupta is a philosopher of surving. From the Hexayurt shelter to the Six ways to die‎  framework, to the upcoming book of essays The Future We Deserve, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/10/29/vinay-gupta-influences/</link>
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		<title>wikiHow delivers (a baby)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two stories from recent years got me thinking. (If you know the stories, you're allowed to skip to the last paragraph.)
1. A British father helped his wife give birth at home. He's not the first, and won't be the last, but there's a lot that can go wrong. You really want to get it right, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/10/08/wikihow-delivers/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your Appropedia story?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What brought you to Appropedia? What did you find, and what difference did it make for you?
We'd love to hear your stories, short or long, about how you used Appropedia. Please take a moment to add a comment at the end of this post, to tell us about your experience. Whether you learned something, or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/10/05/appropedia-story/</link>
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		<title>Searching the green dev wikisphere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an ecosystem of wiki websites on sustainability, design and development issues.
Appropedia is a large and broad site; others include small but active communities and NGOs doing good, focused work (e.g. Greenlivingpedia and Akvopedia), wikis run by multilateral organizations (e.g. the UNDP's WaterWiki and the OECD's Wikiprogress and Wikigender), and (sadly) wikis where nothing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/09/29/green-wiki-search/</link>
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		<title>Communications and social media internships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wherever you are in the world: if you're studying Communications, or wanting to break into the field, and you're passionate about solutions for positive change in the world, then this could be the opportunity for you. Appropedia is looking for interns - one to start in October, another to start in the New Year - [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/09/08/communications-and-social-media-internships/</link>
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		<title>Feeds for this blog &#8211; your choice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To follow this blog in your blog reader, through your computer desktop or your phone, or to follow a particular topic, or the comments on a post, check our new help page:  Feeds.
It's pretty simple - basically just adding "feed" to the end of the web address - but I know that when I first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/09/06/feeds/</link>
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		<title>Tech internships &#8211; positions open!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to be a geek for good? Help build a comprehensive  database of knowledge  for solutions in sustainability and in overcoming poverty - Appropedia.
We're looking for two to three interns with a desire to learn, a willingness to  try, and at least basic skills in managing software and accessing a server.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/09/02/tech-internship/</link>
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		<title>Wealth, poverty and community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight Indonesia is celebrating - fireworks, rhythms beaten out on oildrums in the back of pickup trucks, and prayers continually ringing out from mosques. It's the end of the fasting month, when people from across Indonesia "pulang kampung" - literally, "return to one's village." (People have been asking me if I'm going to pulang kampung, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/08/30/wealth-poverty-and-community/</link>
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		<title>Intellectual property (public domain) internship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Appropedia is seeking an intern to work on Intellectual Property. The focus will be on public domain content, and mainly US federal government online resources.
This would be particularly suitable for a law student with an interest in US and/or international IP law. Ability to use a spreadsheet might come in handy, and being more tech-savvy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/08/28/intellectual-property-public-domain-internship/</link>
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		<title>Wikiprogress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introducing a series of guest posts from knowledge sharing projects aiming to build a better world.
Our first post is from Philippa Lysaght from Wikiprogress - looking at progress as more than just increasing GDP.






When Wikiprogress launched at the 2009 OECD World Forum, there was a lot of excitement and nervousness as to how the wiki [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.appropedia.org/2011/08/25/wikiprogress/</link>
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