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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 [...]

All around the world, members of the Transition movement are taking up the call to combat climate change and free their communities from oil dependency. Nowhere is this more apparent than on Wiser.org, which hosts dozens of groups created by Transitioners all around the world who use the platform to coordinate their efforts. This spring, [...]

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 [...]

In honor of International Women’s Day, Wiser.org member Maryanne introduces us to an inspirational woman whose family has cultivated a wonderful legacy in Maryanne’s childhood village of Githabai in Nyandarua County, Kenya. By Maryanne Muriuki I search for Facebook groups that center within the vicinity of the village where I grew up, Githabai … Just [...]

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 [...]

By Suzanne York Original article posted at Six Degrees of Population. Mention India and many contradictory images are often conjured up – poverty and Rajput castles, rich and exotic foods and begging mothers and children, the Himalayan mountains and Rajasthani deserts. But there is no contradiction on the importance of the Indian monsoon. Indian agriculture [...]