Chris Watkins

= Co-developer of the wiki website Appropedia which collects collaborative solutions in sustainability, appropriate technology and poverty reduction.

• Wikiholic.[1]
• Wiki consultant. (Open knowledge, collaborative communities, especially with a focus on sustainability, including the energy industry.)
• Founding director, Appropedia Foundation, 501(c)(3)
• Advocate for Open Design for Appropriate Technology (aka Open Source Appropriate Technology).
• Chemical engineer and water engineer by training (but focused on supporting others in the sharing of sustainable solutions).
• Formerly active in grassroots Green politics in Australia. These days being consciously as non-partisan as possible while advocating for a sustainable world.

Appropedia

Appropedia (appropedia.org) is the wiki for solutions in appropriate technology, open designs, food security, sustainability... people ask "Is X relevant for Appropedia?" and if it's anything to do with sustainability or improving human lives, the answer is usually "Yes!"

More Information

• Usual username is chriswaterguy, and the website is appropedia.org, so you can guess how to use that :-).
• GTalk (xmpp): first part sing, second part kong (one word... just being obscure to avoid spam)
• Skype: (Usual username.)

Appropedia in social media:

• Appropedia on Facebook
• Appropedia on Google+
• @Appropedia on Identica
• @Appropedia on Twitter
• Delicious) (planning to get going from approx July 2013)
• YouTube
• Flickr
• Pinterest

Chris Watkins (personal) in social media:

• Facebook
• Chris on Google+
• @Chriswaterguy on Identica
• @Chriswaterguy on Twitter

Selected wiki profiles:

• User:Chriswaterguy on the P2P Foundation wiki
• User:Chriswaterguy on Appropedia
• User:Chriswaterguy on Wikipedia
• User:Chriswaterguy on the CC Wiki