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"To Truly Love" Creator And His Diversly Fashioned Human Creations Is An Assurance Unto Eternal Blessed Life; to love not "This Truth" assures certain death both physically and spiritually, and upon the higher ideals of This Precept "O.A.T.H." was formed as a common open forum of hope. We are "a not for profeit " web community seeking the truth in all things ...learn more
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Oct 12, 2008
Updated: Aug 11, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
What can WiserEarth do for you?
What is the impact of WiserEarth?
Why join and contribute to WiserEarth?
Who built WiserEarth and what is the Natural Capital Institute?
Are there community norms and rules at WiserEarth?
Will WiserEarth be available in my language?
Can our organization partner with WiserEarth?
If you have further questions, please visit our Help Desk.
What is WiserEarth?
WiserEarth is a free-to-use, non-commercial, online community space which has been created for the people, nonprofit organizations and private organizations who are working to create a more just and sustainable world. This site provides tools and resources to help these communities of action work together to define, address and solve social and environmental problems around the world.
Why was WiserEarth created?
WiserEarth was created to help the people and organizations involved in the social justice and environmental movement increase their collective awareness, reduce the duplication of efforts, and facilitate better connectivity with the aim of increasing overall effectiveness to prevent harm and institute positive change.
Launched on Earth Day, April 2007, WiserEarth's new functionality and tools have co-evolved with the needs of its users. Starting out as a directory of non-governmental organizations, the site now offers the ability for people to make FaceBook-like connections, create groups and work with others on the key issues.
What can WiserEarth do for you?
WiserEarth makes it easy for you to:
1) Find and connect with people and organizations working on the issues you are passionate about, both in your region and beyond.
2) Gain greater visibility and credibility for your organization, initiatives and expertise.
3) Discover potential funding opportunities or potential organizations to fund.
4) Join communities of action where you can generate visibility and support for the work you do.
5) Grow your network and coordinate community efforts with WiserEarth's group management tools.
6) Draw upon and contribute to a global knowledge base of solutions and resources within the fields of social justice and sustainability
7) Post information on any events, jobs or volunteer opportunities free of cost.
What is the impact of WiserEarth?
WiserEarth was not created to make people sit at their computers all day long. Instead the site aims to help you quickly and easily access the information, people and partner organizations you need so you can better address the issues you are working on in the real world or within your community. If you have feedback or suggestions as to how the site could better help you, please share it with us on our suggestions group.
Read what other WiserEarth members have said about WiserEarth; see testimonials and success stories. You can also read about what the web world thinks of WiserEarth.
Why join and contribute to WiserEarth?
By joining and contributing to WiserEarth, you are helping to:
- Map, connect and bring more visibility to the incredible community of organizations and people who are working to address the most important issues of our time.
- Build a global knowledge commons that people all over the world can benefit from, not just a privileged few.
- Facilitate cross-sectoral collaboration and alliance buildingamong all members of civil society.
Who built WiserEarth and what is the Natural Capital Institute?
WiserEarth was originally built by employees, volunteers and interns of the Natural Capital Institute (NCI), a nonprofit organization committed to the restoration of the earth and the healing of human culture. WiserEarth is an ongoing fiscally sponsored project of NCI which receives funding from its supporters to help with the site's ongoing development and technical maintenance. See about us.
Are there community norms and rules at WiserEarth?
Just like real, on-life communities, WiserEarth has community guidelines and a set of principles which help govern the way community members interact with each other and guide the way WiserEarth develops. Please visit Help Desk to find out more.
Will WiserEarth be available in my language?
We are working on making it available in your language. In early 2010, we will take WiserEarth into Portuguese, Spanish and French. We will also provide tools for the community to help translate the WiserEarth interface and key pages into their own languages. We welcome your participation!
How is WiserEarth funded?
WiserEarth is funded by foundations and individual donors. See the list of those who have been supporting us to date. Let us know if you be interested in helping to fund this project?
Can our organization partner with WiserEarth?
Yes. Here are some areas where we currently are looking for partners:
- Content: help us expand WiserEarth's content by sharing your content on the site and using some of WiserEarth's content.
- Internationalization: help us take WiserEarth into your language
- Features: help us speed up the process of expanding WiserEarth's features to better meet the needs of your organization and the greater WiserEarth community.
- Networks: if you think WiserEarth is the right place to host your network's activities, we will gladly facilitate your moving into and making best use of WiserEarth.
If you have further questions, please visit the Help Desk.
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I'm a new member and a little overwhelmed. I know I'm in the wrong section, but I was hoping someone could help me out. I'm trying to find areas in Chicago where I can bring old electronics (computers, cell phones, etc..) so I can recycle this old stuff. I don't want these items ending up in some third world country where they are melted down by children who are riddled with cancer and toxins. I plan on throwing a reclycling party with my friends. Does anyone know of any reprutable companies who recycle products safely? I was searching through old the groups, but they seem a little bit outdated. Please email me with any possible resources: philanderson1129@gmail.com Thanks--
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Thank you Bowo for a much easier to read FAQ.
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I'm a little biased, but given that I work on this page, and it seems to have answered quite a few questions in its day, I give this 5 stars!
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Hi Monika. In this FAQs article, there's a section called How do I delete my account? You can click on it to see how. |
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I want to remove my profile from WiserEarth. How do I do that?
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No problem, I also have recieved spam lately also.
I had asked a few days ago to have the "Last Frontier Eco" group removed since I created another group called "Last Frontier Eco Group". It should be an obvious distinction since one is non- active, the other is brimming with a virtual conucopia of wonderful resources about Alaska and Climate Change etc.
It would be great if an Administrator could make that change sometime soon. JT |
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Hey Smitheringale,
I'll likely start posting a wikipage where we list known spammers and accounts de-activated for spamming. In the meantime, just send me the username of the account, and if you'd like, copy and paste the email and I can take a look. If it's confirmed to be spam, we'll take appropriate steps to de-activate the account and notify the community. JT, many thanks also for directing Smitherinagale to the spam forum! Thanks, Honore |
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I'm in dout about an email I've just recieved.I am sure its some sort of scam but I dont know what to do next.Could some one please help .
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Hi Paul,
Glad to hear that you've created a WiserEarth group around this important subject. As a fellow community member, allow me to respond to your Qs from what I know so far. 1. I once had a similar problem of entering a wikipedia URL (but mine was invalid because it contains the : symbol). I then mentioned this in the Help Desk where a WiserEarth admin promised to fix this "bug". Hope your problem will get fixed soon. I suggest reposting the error in the Help Desk, along with information on what browser and operating system (with version number) to help the admins/developers pinpoint the problem. 2. I think details (address, city, etc.) is meant for a group with physical real world location (such as groups for organizations), while the "scope" field is intended for the geographical scope of the group's activity. e.g. sometime a group (or organization) is based in a particular part of a city within a country, but is actively performing progressive work abroad (so, the "scope" would be international, while the details would be local), and there are also groups/organizations that works only in the vicinity of their physical location, thus the "scope" would be community. There are also groups that is virtual and formed based not on existing organization but more around a subject like zero waste. So, naturally, there's no headquarter or office or anything, and one would just leave the details (address, city, etc.) empty, and use the scope international. The Google map by the way will be useful to map the geographical positions of group members, events, jobs, and perhaps other geotaggable information in the group. I personally haven't find the need/value to include the map module in groups I administer, except for a few of them. You can by the way, remove unneeded modules by going to the Admin Tools >> Customize Layout link in your group homepage. 3. There's no section in a group to add only URLs at the moment. The "Create" link will create an entity (could be discussion, wikipage, resource, job, event), while the "Add" link will add existing entities in WiserEarth overall, public database into the group, and this is why you need to "Search" for existing entities to add to your group. My solution would be to "Create" in the "Resources" section, and fill in the title of the article, and the URL in appropriate field, as this will make the article an entity that can be used/repurposed by other groups as well (if you decide to make it "public"). Or, you can just simply create a wikipage then copy the URLs of articles you'd like to make available to the group. If however, you feel that the ability to easily add URLs is important for groups, I recommend putting it up as a suggestion in the WiserEarth Suggestions group. For further questions regarding groups, or to see how other users are using groups, I recommend visiting the WiserEarth Group Support group. Questions and critics leads to clarity and improvements. So, keep em coming :) Cheers, Bowo |
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I started a new group called Zero Waste - A third generation resource theory, and found several features baffling. Can you offer explanations?
1. I was asked for a website and offered a partial URL ending in a slash, to be completed. I put in "zerowaste.html" and was constantly told I could not include special punctuation, as listed. I thought I was putting in a plain vanilla URL. Ultimately I did remove the ".html" and it seemed to be accepted but I am perplexed as to what I did or set up. 2. There was a box entitled Geographic Scope with no explanation attached. I thought I was finished when I checked "International". I thought this meant that members could come from anywhere. But it wanted countries and states and cities. What is the purpose of this? Most important, is screen real estate so valuable that you can't include a more meaningful designation than simply "Geographical scope" with no referents? Now I see Google maps being shown to my home. What is the significance of this? Is the group still open to all countries? 3. There is a place to add in Resources. I have a Wikipedia page to put in so I retrieved the URL for the page and tried "Create" and "Add". Neither one gives me anything but a Search entry with very little suggestion of what kind of search is contemplated. I have no need of a search. I wanted to add a URL. No search that I could invent achieved anything. What does all this mean and why can't a document or a URL be added? There are more bafflements but those are a good start. Paul |
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Hey WorldPulse - you can click on the "Flag comment for removal" button to notify admins you want it removed, and we'll take a look. Or just contact us directly at support@wiserearth.org and let us know which comment on which page (a link is always appreciated) and we'll remove it accordingly.
Thanks, Honore |
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How do I delete the comment that I put on a page accidently.?
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Hey, all:
Hey, Lorna: Well, it's the night shift (just kidding). To modify a member's status, you need to 'hover the mouse' over the photo of the member in your group page--a small box appears with the name, status, and at the bottom, 'Edit Member Status'. Click this--a new page opens with the photo, member status, and a small dropdown menu with the choices will appear. Click on the appropriate choice, then "Finish", and then you should see the change in the same 'hover' box as before. This should work, but if it does not, there may be a bug, and we'll have to call the Cavalry! David Messages done with sustainable energy, with Wind and Sun! |
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Thanks for your very fast reply Peggy.
The FAQs say a group admistrator can change members' status to editors ... Group administrators create and manage a Group, similarly to WiserEarth administrators managing WiserEarth. They can perform a few restricted functions within the Groups feature, in addition to the functions of an editor. An administrator can change members to editors, change editors to administrators, determine Membership Settings, and determine Privacy Settings. I'm a group adminstrator but I can figure out how to do this. Can you help me? |
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