Published by Laura Ross-Perry on 01 May 2013
Photo credit: Saad Faruque By Laura Ross-Perry This year, Earth Day celebrated it’s 43rd anniversary on April 22nd. Across the globe, people gathered to pay respect to the planet, discuss the current state of the earth, and talk about ways in which we can improve how we treat it in order to also improve the [...]
Published by JaneLee on 26 Apr 2013
By Laura Ross-Perry WiserEarth is blessed to have an amazing international team of volunteers, Editors, and WiserLocal organizers who dedicate themselves each day to social activism and the Wiser community. The week of April 21-27, 2013 has brought us three very important occasions: International Earth Day, Wiser.org’s 6th birthday, and National Volunteer Week in the [...]
Published by JaneLee on 22 Apr 2013
In addition to celebrating Earth Day and Wiser.org’s 6th birthday, we will also be celebrating the tremendous work of our hundreds of volunteers by making this week Volunteer Appreciation Week as part of National Volunteer Week, which officially takes place from April 21-27 in the United States. Volunteers (both past and present) who have worked [...]
Published by JaneLee on 15 Apr 2013
A focus by the Wiser.org community on women’s empowerment began in February, a month before International Women’s Day. This was the start of a deliberate campaign by members of Wiser.org to shine a light on inspirational women around the globe and to help build up discussions related to issues and inequalities that affect women each [...]
Published by JaneLee on 02 Apr 2013
It was a whirlwind of activity for Wiser.org’s Women Empowered group during the weeks leading up to International Women’s Day on March 8th. Women and men of all ages from over 25 different countries participated in discussions, sharing their thoughts on the importance of women’s empowerment, favorite quotes by women they admire, and much more. [...]
Published by JaneLee on 21 Mar 2013
Our WiserLocal Program Coordinator Laura gives us an update about the exciting developments that have been taking place within the WiserLocal program so far in 2013. By Laura Ross-Perry This past week marked a very successful “first” for the WiserLocal program. Members of the community in Kumbo, Cameroon, traveled upwards of 10 kilometers during the [...]
Published by Camilla on 19 Mar 2013
Wiser.org is celebrating an important milestone as it sees its community surpassing 75,000 members. This niche social network, which can be likened to a sort of green LinkedIn, has become a place for kinship-building among 10s of 1,000s of activists, social change organizations, and not-for-profits working on some of the planet’s most pressing issues. Members [...]
Published by Camilla on 08 Mar 2013
International Women’s Day takes place today. The focus of the celebrations around the world this year range from general celebrations of respect, appreciation and love towards women to celebrations for women’s economic, political and social achievements as well as the chance to build awareness for specific issues such as gender equality or violence against women. In [...]
