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 10 Apr 2013
Wiser.org intern Jessica recently hosted her first WiserLocal in Beijing, China. First she tells us about her experience, and then she shares some of her learnings from organizing the gathering. Click here for the English version of this article. Jessica and participants chose the topic “The Challenges and Difficulties for Graduating Women in China” [...]
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 JaneLee on 21 Mar 2013
Wiser.org volunteer Carolina Oro shares her story about how she became a part of the Wiser.org network and how she was inspired to organize WiserLocal gatherings in her community. By Carolina Oro When I first joined Wiser.org, I had no other expectations than to feel that I was part of a larger human community [...]
Published by Antoinette Siu on 23 Jan 2013
by Mobei Zhang Mobei from Beijing in China shares her experiences on preparing for a WiserLocal Gathering. She has now held two gatherings in Beijing attended mostly by students and NGO representatives. This is my second time preparing for WiserLocal gathering. The first time is around July and the second one was in November last [...]
Published by Antoinette Siu on 06 Dec 2012
Celeste, Wiser.org’s community manager shares her thoughts on her recent trip to India, which included some incredible experiences, part of which included a broken elbow after hiking. Here she recounts a short story of her visit. India really is an incredible country I came here in early November for our yearly staff and editors gathering [...]
Published by Camilla on 21 Nov 2012
How do we support conscious collaboration in our community? What are the measures of success for gatherings focused on social and environmental change? What is the role of an editor? What stories are inspiring us to keep doing the work we’re doing? These were just some of the questions asked by Wiser.org staff, editors and [...]
