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WiserEarth
Presentation

www.WiserEarth.org
 What is WiserEarth?
• A place for the people
and organizations
addressing the central
issues of our day:

…climate change,
poverty, the
environment, peace,
water, hunger, social
justice,
conservation,
human rights and
more…
• A free international
community directory
• A networking forum
 “There are over one million
organizations and more
than one hundred million
individuals who are actively
working toward ecological
Paul Hawken sustainability, economic
speaking about justice, human rights. and
the social justice
and environmental
political accountability”
movement in June
2007
 Why is WiserEarth Needed?

• The one million organizations +

What is missing is
who make up the movement are
a map and
systemically interconnected and
directory of the
intertwine
network. In
essence, an
• Their level of effectiveness to
infrastructure
prevent harm and institute positive
through which to
change undermined by:
see and coordinate
our efforts
- a lack of collective awareness
- duplicative efforts
- poor connectivity
Why is WiserEarth Needed?

WiserEarth maps and links

the largest movement
in the world
 How Can WiserEarth Help You?

Search Organizations > Find out quickly and easily who’s

working on what and where
- search the most extensive international
directory of social justice and environmental
organizations in the world
- over 100,000 organizations based in 243
countries, territories and sovereign islands

Expand Your Network > Connect with people doing similar

work
- set up your profile
- join a group working on your issues
- find and communicate with people based on
interest area or geographic region
- join in discussions
- “visualize a network” and make connections
 How Can WiserEarth Help You?

Stay Current > Stay up to date with what’s happening

in your field
- access books, articles, podcasts, video,
maps, research reports, educational
opportunities and case studies
- find events or jobs based on geographic
region and areas of interest
- sign-up for email alerts
Share Your Contribute to your community
Knowledge > - all content is editable by the community
- use, create, edit and improve content
- give feedback, edit organizational info,
add/edit information within your area of
interest, geographic region, add
resources etc
- post jobs, internships or volunteer
opportunities or events for free
 Who Is Behind WiserEarth?
• launched by the nonprofit organization,
The Natural Capital Institute in May 2007
(naturalcapital.org).

• project team includes researchers,

The site was built to activists, writers, social entrepreneurs,
help the movement students, volunteers, and open source
see itself and software experts
become better
connected • the site is free to use and does not
include any advertising or corporate
sponsors

• the site works in a similar way to

Wikipedia where anyone can edit or add
information
How Can I Get Involved?

• you are invited to get involved in the

development of the site:

- browse through the site

- login and set up your profile
- invite friends and colleagues to join
The site’s your network
development is - make edits
guided by the - give feedback on the survey or in the
community comments section
- start a discussion
- join a group
- present and promote WiserEarth
within your community
- support other users
 What Next?

Future additions…

- project building/collaboration tools

The site will always - multiple languages
be a work in progress - personalized home page
- best practices
- needs/resource exchange
- calendars
- other community suggestions…
 What Next?

The history from

this point on out
is collaboratively
written by all of
us…

the community.
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Site Overview

(if no Internet connection

but you would like
to show the site
to others)
Search

Browse
through the
site using the
links on the left
hand side of
the screen
Search

Or search for
specific
information
using the
search box.
You can
search
organizations,
people, areas
of focus,
resources,
groups, jobs,
events and
WikiPages
Search

A search within
‘Organizations’ will
return a list of
organizations that
are selected based
on the keywords
you entered into
the search box
This search was
for:
Water, Africa
The results include
681 organizations
To refine your
search further, add
more criteria to
your search
Search

Contact details
for organization
including
address, email,
telephone
number

Map of where
the organization
is located in the
Netherlands

Areas of focus

The organization’s
network of people,
organizations and
resources
associated with it

About: Includes
mission statement
& description of
their work
Expand Your Network

Creating a
profile on
WiserEarth
allows you to
connect with
others, join
groups, edit and
add information.
To create your
profile, click
Join
Expand Your Network – Create A Profile

To join, fill in the

required fields
(address and
postal code are
optional)
To save your
profile, click
Join Now
Expand Your Network – Create A Profile

Select an Avatar (a
photo or image)
which will
represent you on
the site

You can add

additional
information about
yourself on
subsequent pages
or you can press
‘next’ and come
back to these later
Expand Your Network – Invite Friends

Invite friends or
colleagues to join
you on WiserEarth
Expand Your Network – What Next?

Find out more

about what you
can do on
WiserEarth
- edit your
personal profile
- expand your
network
- search to see if
your non-profit or
NGO is listed
- Find others that
share your
interests
- Join or create a
group
Expand Your Network – Visualize Your Network

Connect with people,

organizations, issues and
resources.
Visualize your network
(from your profile page)
and share with others
Expand Your Network – Join or set up a Group

WiserEarth groups
offer the ability
for two or
more people who
share a common
interest within the
community to come
together.
Stay Current & Share Your Knowledge
You can stay up to date
or contribute information
on what’s happening
around your issues
through the Areas of
Focus Portals.

There are 46 main areas

of focus and 379 sub-
areas of focus. They
provide a full taxonomy
all of the issue areas
addressed by the social
justice and
environmental movement

Example shown is Peace

and Peacemaking
Stay Current & Share Your Knowledge
You can post or
search events, jobs,
volunteer
opportunities or
resources.

Resources available
include books,
journals, awards,
articles, quotes,
internet resources,
blogs, databases,
directories and
other forms of data
and information
that the community
has posted.
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