The world’s local wisdom bank – CopperWiki
CopperWiki is an open collaboration platform for people seeking sustainable living choices. It is based on the twin aspects of awareness and choice.
CopperWiki gives us choices for living a healthy, responsible and sustainable life. Most of us are aware of the importance of conscious living and the urgency of making this concept a way of life.
The CopperWiki world informs, encourages, and shares the best practices for living responsibly as individuals, community, society, nation and as a planet. It is a fast conductor for information—which otherwise exists piecemeal at various places.
CopperWiki is all about creating awareness
Awareness about existing practices and products; their benefits and harmful impact.
- Awareness about choices.
- Awareness about effectiveness of various options.
- Awareness about myths and facts.
- Awareness about traditional knowledge.
- Awareness about the impact of our actions.
- Awareness about dying species, depleting resources, deteriorating environment and disappearing cultures, traditions and art forms.
It questions the established practices of our time
- Research is conducted to see impact of existing products.
- Research is done to find the efficacy of the existing practices.
- What do experts say in this regard?
- What do the non-conventional schools of thought say about it?
- Do these products and practices deliver the promised results?
- What is their impact on us, our planet and our environment?
It informs the reader about the choices available
- What are the choices available to us?
- What is the positive and negative impact of these choices on us/our environment and our planet?
- Why are people choosing these options?
- What can we do as individuals and communities to protect the dying species, depleting resources, deteriorating environment and disappearing cultures, traditions and art forms.
- If we ignore this, what do we stand to lose as individuals, self and society – the impact on us and the environment at large?
Best practices of our times
- What are the best practices being followed in various parts of the world?
- What are the benefits of these practices?
- What are the negative impacts of these practices?
- Are there any factors ( local/ regional/seasonal/beliefs etc) that guided the adoption of these best practices in a particular area/areas.
Useful tips
- How to select a particular product?
- How to read the fine print on the labels?
- Are there any certifications/ bodies/ researches available on this subject that I can refer to for making more informed choices?
- How do I ensure that my green fabric is actually green or my organic egg is actually organic?
- How to use the product/ apply a practice to gain the maximum benefits and minimize the negative impact.
- What can I do to protect dying species, depleting resources, deteriorating environment and disappearing cultures, traditions and art forms.
- A complete did-you-know about things that matter to the majority of us.
Your Local Guide to Conscious Living
CopperWiki will emphasise on local knowledge, local products and practices because by using local products we can directly reduce our carbon footprint.
CopperWiki platform will strive to be a source of local knowledge. It will work towards building a global database of local practices, know-how and usages.
It will be a platform to share the knowledge base acquired by indigenous and local peoples over hundred of years through direct experience and contact with the environment.
The local product and practices highlighted on this platform will be a product of keen observation, patience, experimentation, and long term relationship with plants and animals.
The local wiki will aim at giving the people the required information to enable people to practice conscious living in their local environment.
It will provide information about how they can you source their choices, how they can make things happen and where can they start.
What can you do here?
CopperWiki is a collaborative writing project where anybody can search for an article, write a new article and edit an article. While writing or editing an article, a few things should be kept in mind.
It is an ‘editable’ platform
CopperWiki strives to improve the quality of already existing articles. Anybody can edit any page barring a few exception such as semi protected pages and protected pages. These pages pertain to administration, policy and guidelines of CopperWiki.
It is advisable to discuss the changes and additions you intend to make on the discussion page of the article and make the changes after arriving at a consensus there. Remember to mention the purpose of your edit in an edit summary. This reduces the chances of your changes being reverted.
Written by abhijitbn on April 27th, 2008 with
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#1. May 25th, 2008, at 8:06 AM.
May be it is a better type of Wiki for sustainable living. I am still amazed with power of other wikies on this planet, This definitely be another good app.