Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia and Wikia, has launched a green section of Wikia, in an effort to create a central repository for green information. Anyone will be able to edit Green Wikia, just as anyone can edit regular Wikipedia entries. Instead of serving merely as an encyclopedia, however, Green Wikia will focus on steps that average people can take to make their lives sustainable. Green Wikia is about action — and entries are presented in a manner that makes action possible. Its content is meant to be more accessible to average readers.

Wales told Earth2Tech that he started Green Wikia to clear up misconceptions about green living, rather than to fulfill a personal interest in the topic: "I'm really passionate about having objective information in this area. It is really hard to get clear information on green issues," he said.  

Green Wikia has six content areas:

• How-To Guides
• Go Local
• The Green Movement
• Sustainable Living
• Environmental Issues
• Green Science and Technology

Clearly, it will be important for Green Wikia to develop the dedicated user base that Wikipedia enjoys if it will succeed at presenting balanced information rather than entries loaded with corporate or government bias. 

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