Comments on: Green Wednesday: GoodGuide and Wikia Stand Up to Greenwashing http://www.calfinder.com/blog/green-remodeling/green-wednesday-goodguide-and-wikia-stand-up-to-greenwashing/ CalFinder Remodeling / Home Improvement Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chriswaterguy http://www.calfinder.com/blog/green-remodeling/green-wednesday-goodguide-and-wikia-stand-up-to-greenwashing/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Chriswaterguy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:31:59 +0000 http://www.calfinder.com/blog/green-remodeling/green-wednesday-goodguide-and-wikia-stand-up-to-greenwashing/#comment-2824 This has a lot of potential - there's a need for good, accessible consumer info. I'm not sure how the partnership with the wiki will work, as Wikia (as with most wikis) uses an open license, or "copyleft", whereas <a href="http://www.goodguide.com/about/user_agreement" rel="nofollow">GoodGuide is marked copyright</a>. Personally I'm not interested in contributing to resources that are locked up in a copyright. Another wiki that may interest your readers is <a>Appropedia.org</a>, which has a lot of information on housing, with a focus on sustainability, as well as affordability, alternative construction techniques, and sustainable additions to homes such as solar hot water, showers designed for comfort and efficiency, greywater treatment and much more... This has a lot of potential – there’s a need for good, accessible consumer info. I’m not sure how the partnership with the wiki will work, as Wikia (as with most wikis) uses an open license, or “copyleft”, whereas GoodGuide is marked copyright. Personally I’m not interested in contributing to resources that are locked up in a copyright.

Another wiki that may interest your readers is Appropedia.org, which has a lot of information on housing, with a focus on sustainability, as well as affordability, alternative construction techniques, and sustainable additions to homes such as solar hot water, showers designed for comfort and efficiency, greywater treatment and much more…

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