Published by Laura Ross-Perry on 01 May 2013

How Did WiserLocal Organizers Spend Earth Day?

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 Sil Gabriell on 23 Apr 2013

Food Cooperatives and Sustainability

Wiser.org Editor Sil tells us about how food cooperatives are creating more sustainable communities and benefiting the environment. Join this growing global movement and check out a co-op near you! By Sil Gabriell A food cooperative or food co-op is a food distribution outlet organized as a cooperative. This means the decisions regarding the production [...]

Published by JaneLee on 22 Apr 2013

Celebrating Those Who Have Volunteered

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 Camilla on 22 Apr 2013

Celebration – What are your dreams this Earth Day?


“I have a dream… about a unified global social movement, a great awakening of humanity.” ~Felix, Germany 
This Earth Day, the Wiser.org Community is celebrating dreams. Whatever your dream for Earth Day, please share it!

Published by Camilla on 19 Jun 2012

Paul Coleman from Patagonia Wins Wiser’s Earth Day Living Contest

Following several weeks of voting and deliberation by a panel of Wiser.org judge-editors, we are proud to announce that Paul Coleman (also known as Earthwalker) from Patagonia is the winner of the Earth Day Living competition.

Published by Camilla on 15 May 2012

A Billion Acts of Green: We Did It!

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During the month of March and April, WiserEarth (Wiser.org) challenged its 70,000 members to join in A Billion Acts of Green®, an ongoing campaign of the Earth Day Network. › Continue reading…

Published by Antoinette Siu on 10 May 2012

Earth Day Living Contest Extended!

Contest

Right around Earth Day this year, Wiser.org launched a sustainability contest to showcase how the community lives Earth Day Every Day. Here are updates on some wonderful entries we’ve received! › Continue reading…

Published by Antoinette Siu on 08 May 2012

The Distance of Clean Water

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Rotary International asked us to raise global awareness about water sanitation this Earth Day. By measuring our daily walking distance, we wanted to compare access on a global scale. How far do you walk for clean water? › Continue reading…

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