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International Women’s Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year. Members of the Wiser.org community are preparing to mark the day by sharing their own reflections on what empowering women means to them. If you’d like to be part of the discussions going on around International Women’s Day, [...]

by Peter Koll Being a member of WiserEarth since 2007 and later becoming an editor, I very much appreciate the vision of the Wiser.org network: connecting likeminded groups, organisations and committed people to raise awareness for the vision of sustainability. The aim is to be the change and to interconnect with each other, making a [...]

This week, we want to bring you exciting updates from the Wiser.org community in India! WiserIndia is supporting some major initiatives which help us in connecting with communities more effectively and cover issue areas through these efforts. A couple of them are national and some younger initiatives are still regional at the moment, but nonetheless making great [...]

Member Steve Kaye is here to share 3 ways to make a great resource out of Wiser.org. We can accomplish great things if we know and help each other! 1) Post a photo of yourself and a bio so that others know who you are. 2) Include these two statement in your bio:   How you can [...]

by Laura Ross-Perry WiserEarth U.S. staff/interns show their appreciation with handmade, recycled paper signs (L to R: Laura, Alex, Antoinette, Peggy, Ari). December 5, 2012, marks the 27th anniversary of UN International Volunteer Day! As Volunteer Coordinator for Wiser.org, I have witnessed first-hand the incredible impact that volunteers can have on an organization. The Wiser [...]

by Svavar Davidsson As more and more people become aware of the state of the world we occupy, questions about how each of us can do our part to preserve it arise. Making the decision to become more environmentally conscious is certainly a positive thing, but many people can be overwhelmed at the thought and have [...]

The 3rd WiserLocal gathering in Dhaka took place in a successive manner on 21 September at the eve of world day of peace. The venue was Curzon Hall, which is a part of the school of science of the University of Dhaka. With its significance in education during the post-independence era of as well as afterwards, it [...]

WiserLocal Paris recently hosted a gathering of European Net2 Organizers from Croatia, Poland, UK and France at la Cantine in Paris, a collaborative workspace in Paris for tech-savvy changemakers. The theme of the day? Social Innovation in Europe, Collaboration and slash/slash (the slash/slash referred to the multiple hats that are worn by the many social [...]