WiserEarth

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Basic Information

Address: 3 Gate 5 Road, Ste. D, Sausalito, CA 94965
Phone Number: 415-331-6241
Director: Peggy Duvette

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Additional Information

Causes Served: environment, social justice
Clearances Required: No
Background Check: No
Population Served: international
Ages for Volunteer: 16 and up
Hours of Service: 9-5 PST
Minimum Hours Required: 4 hours/week
Days of Service: M-F
Mission Statement:

WiserEarth helps the global movement of people and organizations working toward social justice, indigenous rights, and environmental stewardship connect, collaborate, share knowledge, and build alliances.

All tools and content are free to use. The site is commercial-free too.

Philosophy/Belief Statement:

There are more than one million organizations and many millions of us around the world who are actively working toward ecological sustainability, economic justice, human rights protection, political accountability and peace -- issues that are systemically interconnected and intertwined.

Our effectiveness to prevent harm and institute positive change is undermined by our lack of collective awareness, duplication of efforts, and poor connectivity.

What has been missing is a map and directory of our network that includes the resources for communication and cooperation; in essence, an infrastructure through which to coordinate our efforts. WiserEarth provides this infrastructure. It provides a way for us to become better connected and more effective at working together.

Program History:

WiserEarth is a core program of the Natural Capital Institute (NCI), an organization committed to the restoration of the earth and the healing of human culture. As of January 2011, the Natural Capital Institute has been renamed WiserEarth, so the nonprofit and program are one and the same.

WiserEarth's vision comes from NCI’s Founder, Paul Hawken, who recognized its need when researching his latest book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw It Coming.

“I knew that if we could understand the connections and visualize the breadth of global efforts on behalf of social and environmental justice, we would recognize the largest movement the world has ever seen. WiserEarth is where this movement can begin to see itself.”

WiserEarth was launched on Earth Day, April 2007. Initial funding for WiserEarth supported the critical phase of building the platform, populating the site with a base of content, and listening to the needs of partners and community members.

In the Spring of 2008, WiserEarth went "open source", meaning its technical code was released to the world. Other projects can now customize a full scale website based on this WiserPlatform code without relying on NCI’s financial leadership.

Since its release, WiserEarth's functionality and tools have co-evolved with its users. Starting out as a directory, WiserEarth now offers social networking tools and groupware for people to connect and collaborate around issue areas. We invite you to read about WiserEarth's Principles.

WiserEarth will always be a work in progress. We hope WiserEarth community members will donate their time and intellectual property to help make WiserEarth a true global resource. The history from this point onward is collaboratively written by all of us - the community.

Additional Information:

Here you will find:

Global Community

 

A community of 48,094 people around the world who are connecting, collaborating, and sharing knowledge.

 

WiserEarth Groups

 

Online community forums where members can engage in discussion, exchange knowledge, and collaborate on projects.

 

WiserTuesdays

 

Local face to face gatherings supporting collaborations across sectors working towards social change.

Organization Directory

 

The world's largest, free and editable international directory of 112,661 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and socially responsible organizations.

 

Areas of Focus Taxonomy

 

The world's most detailed classification of issue areas related to social justice and environmental restoration.

 

Event Listings

 

A calendar of events engaging us to be part of the global movement working for a better world. Find some near your and list events you help organize.

Solutions Database

 

There are amazing, and often hidden solutions to the worlds problems. This is where we gather those that work and potentially may work.

 

Resources Database

 

Useful and insightful information posted by WiserEarth members. Books, articles, websites, videos, reports, etc.

 

Job Board

 

A list of opportunities out there by which you can work for change. Post one to find a volunteer, intern or employee for your project.