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By Suzanne York (6degreesofpopulation.org) With over 7 billion people on the planet, demand for water for household, agricultural, and industrial use is increasing even faster than population growth. Many areas, such as the southwestern US and northern Mexico, are already experiencing competing demands on water in a region heavily reliant on this most precious of natural [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Adib is a Wiser.org Editor and WiserLocal organizer from Bangladesh. On Earth Day last year, he founded the first online green magazine in Bangladesh – GreenMagz. Adib shares how his dream of launching an environmental magazine came to life. By Adib Khondoker Ratul “In Bangladesh, I wasn’t able to find any platform where environmental professionals [...]

By Suzanne York, 6degreesofpopulation.org. There is nothing like going out into the field and seeing first-hand what is happening on the ground to validate your work and experience. That’s when you learn how projects, ideas, and initiatives can really work (or in some cases, not work). Here in Ethiopia, after the recent conference of the [...]

In honor of World Water Day, Wiser.org Editor and water expert Frank Patton shares his reflections about the crucial role water continues to play in societies around the world. By Frank Patton It’s a cliché but true: Water touches everything and everyone. Photo credit: Allan Foster To elaborate on that simple idea is to delve [...]