amorylovinsesalen2007
Advanced Energy Efficiency for Profitable Climate Protection
Here's the place where participants in Amory Lovins' 2007 Esalen workshop can continue the discussions that started at our Advanced Energy Efficiency weekend.
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Dec 03, 2007
Updated: Sep 23, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
November 11, 2009
Over
60% of the people using WiserEarth are coming from outside the US. They
are from 231 countries and speak 172 languages! But the majority of our
members are still English speakers. People have been asking us for
WiserEarth in their own language.
Can you volunteer in the translation effort or make a small donation?
If we all participate, we can make a difference!
November 4, 2009
WiserEarth Advisory Council: We are glad to announce that Theresa Williamson from Catalytic Communities will be joining the WiserEarth Advisory Council. The Advisory Council is a voluntary initiative that serves as the
ambassador body for WiserEarth, building the bridges into the community
and fostering a sense of accountability for the staff. Feel free to contact Peggy if you have any questions.
November 3, 2009
October 23rd, 2009
WiserEarth Editors: Collaborating in serving the greater WiserEarth Community.
The WiserEarth Editors will be meeting this coming Monday to reflect on the achievements to date and the vision for the years to come. If you are interested to join the conversation, please contact Bowo@wiserearth.org.
October 22nd, 2009
We are glad to announce that Kerry Vineberg, long time Editor of WiserEarth, has officially joined the team as Community Outreach Coordinator. We are also happy to announce that Wibowo Sulistio (Bowo) is now WiserEarth's new Online Community Manager. For more details on who is behind WiserEarth, check out our "About page"
October 15th, 2009
Open Web Awards
The Open Web Awards is our international online voting competition that
covers major innovations in web technology and achievements in Social
Media.
Nominate WiserEarth as Best Non-Profit Use of Social Media
October 15th, 2009
Blog Action Day | Climate Change
In honor of Blog Action Day, WiserEarth is sharing a few ideas about how to get involved in the Climate Change movement as the Copenhagen Conference nears. We will highlight a couple of unusual ways to contribute your energy to the cause and provide you the tools to seek out local opportunities. http://blog.wiserearth.org/blog-action-day/
October 14th, 2009
One night in Paris with WiserTuesdays: Since
WiserEarth’s vision is to support networking and collaboration among
nonprofits and social change organizations, we knew we needed to walk
the talk by joining an existing series of events. As a result,
WiserTuesdays were launched as a collaboration between NetSquared and WiserEarth.
They are based on NetTuesday events which take place in more than 50
cities around the world. Here is an update on our first meeting. Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
October 13th, 2009
October 12th, 2009
October 8th, 2009
WiserEarth Facebook Campaign officially ended today, with 1.071 fans!
Congratulations to:
- Clinton Callahan who won a Pachamama Symposium Pass
- Ryan Van Lenning who won a Bioneers Day Pass
- Kathi Frank, Juan Manuel Ledón Roig, Susie Fraser, Sneha Rooh, Cheryl McGovern, Josh Hogan, Brooks Cole, Dana Patterson, Lalia Helmer, Dariel Gardner, Allyson DeNieu, Susmita Barua, Maria Joao Soares, George Osner, Gabriela Cardenas, Mike Zeidler, Paul Salinger, David Salinger, Marc Paré and Jessica Viola who won dedicated signed copies of Blessed Unrest
THANK YOU ALL for sharing your passion and for becoming a fan of WiserEarth!
October 7th, 2009
1st Wiser Tuesday event took place last night in Paris, France
This was a collaboration between Net Tuesday and WiserEarth. This casual gathering of like minded people allowed for the discussion of social media for social change.
For more information, you can join this virtual space to continue their discussion.
September 29th, 2009
Help send WiserEarth to Atlanta, Georgia next spring! We’ve entered four panels for the Nonprofit Technology Conference 2010. Please vote for your favorite idea!
NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference 2010 (NTC ‘10) takes place April 8-10, 2010. It’s the place for nonprofits to learn how to use technology effectively. We’ve entered four proposals ranging from social fundraising to community engagement, and now it’s time to vote!
September 24th, 2009
Give us your feedback: The WiserEarth blog has been running for six months and we thought it was time to find out what you think. So we’ve got a simple poll for you. Let us know what you would like to see more of in the future. And whatever other feedback you want to leave, positive or negative, just make a comment. Thank You. Angus, Bowo, Camilla, and Peggy Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
September 22nd, 2009
Don’t over invest in your website: Let’s face it, it’s easy for a nonprofit to get seduced by the latest web technology and distracted from their actual mission. This is even more the case with open source tools like Joomla!, Drupal, and Plone that promise free social websites at the touch of a button. What many people don’t realize is the cost of customizing some of these so-called free tools often runs around $40,000 in consultant fees and staff time. On top of that you are saddled with ongoing maintenance and hosting costs. Running your own souped-up website appeals to many because it implies control and ownership. But does this really help you in today’s social web? Here is a checklist to review before you take the plunge. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
Going global by being local, interactive and live: Find out about collaborations which are moving WiserEarth closer to its goal of global accessibility; the launch of a novel Parisian partnership community event; and the debut of Sphinx, search software to simplify your interaction with the WiserEarth community and content. Interested in submitting a story or joining our volunteer team? Contact us and include (Newsletter) in the subject line: editors[at]wiserearth.org
September 21st, 2009
September 15th, 2009
JOB OPENINGS: WiserEarth is now looking for a:
September 11th, 2009
WiserEarth is now on Social Actions: WiserEarth is now sharing our information through Social Actions - a web service that gathers events, groups, jobs, and donation opportunities from more than 50 sources.
September 10th, 2009
WiserFans share their passion: WiserEarth
is connecting people working on social justice and the environment
issues. We have set a goal of 1,500 fans on Facebook by September 31st.
Join now for the chance of winning cool prizes.
September 9th, 2009
What network stage is your community?: We’ve written before about how you can view your community as a network. Here we use the ‘network lense’ to show how communities typically evolve and what specific actions you might want to take to get to the next stage. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
September 8th, 2009
How to weave a tighter community: All communities can be summed up as people who know each other and do things together. As a general rule, know more people in their community, both they and their communities are more productive. So how do we go about increasing those connections between people? Increasingly, community leaders are turning to ‘Network Weavers’. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
September 3rd, 2009
Light your Community Path: In many online communities, it’s just too difficult to figure out how to contribute - there are too many options and no clear hierarchy of choices. Community managers need to light a single path to show the way.Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
September 2nd, 2009
Finally, ‘The’ book on Social Media: We have read a lot of books over the last year that aimed to be the “go to” source for understanding Social Media. Finally, one stands out. Here we review, ‘The New Community Rules’ by Tamar Weinberg - probably the single most important book to read this year if you are involved in marketing your organization or cause on the web.Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
August 31th, 2009
Eight steps to community engagement: Without engagement you don’t have a community. But just how do you get people involved? We’ve made a list based on insights from our favorite community experts of some of the best ways to keep your members coming back for more. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
August 24th, 2009
And the Twitterville Book Winners Are ..... WiserEarth was selected as one of the 17 groups to receive a free copy of Twitterville for sharing its story on social media.
August 13th, 2009
Volunteering that works: Are you leveraging the potential of volunteers within your organization? Volunteers are a wonderful asset, bringing skill set you may not have, as well as new perspective and practices. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
August 12th, 2009
WiserEarth Tech Team is joining the Twitter Sphere: Let's make sure they do not feel lonely! They will tweet about the WiserEarth platform, the API and anything else related to tech news.
August 11th, 2009
Within the next month or two, events are being hosted in British Columbia, Paris, and San Francisco – helping to bring together and foster collaboration for those working within the environmental & social change space.
August 6th, 2009
Making sense of Webinars: We have been spending a lot of time understanding the ins and outs of webinars. In particular how to run them and what tools to use. Recently we attended a great ‘webinar on webinars’ held by George Kao, a WiserEarth community member. Here we share some of his and our best insights. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
August 4th, 2009
A Deeper Look at WiserEarth: Ever wonder what makes WiserEarth tick? The second issue of the community newsletter suggests ways to optimize your WiserEarth experience, explores the inner workings of the site, and showcases an advanced tool that illustrates the breadth of a network in WiserEarth. Interested in submitting a story or joining our volunteer team? Contact us and include (Newsletter) in the subject line: editors[at]wiserearth.org
July 29th, 2009
4 New APIs: Tesco, Dutch Parliament, SMS and WiserEarth
Tweeting for Social Change: 15 More Changemakers: WiserEarth’s community includes many changemakers using social media, such as Twitter, to spread the word about social justice and environmental issues and events. We wanted to follow up on our initial post of WiserEarth Changemakers on Twitter with a second installment. Stay tuned for more Changemakers on Twitter.Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
July 27th, 2009
What does it take to be an effective community leader?: Leading a networked community of like-minded individuals requires a different mindset from managing in an organizational setting. No longer are you trying to grow your organization, fight for its resources, and trumpeting its successes. Instead you are collaborating and sharing resources to achieve a common purpose. Here we share a story and some characteristics of effective community leadership. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
July 23rd, 2009
WiserEarth and NetSquared are entering a partnering, launching WiserTuesdays! WiserTuesdays are a collaboration between WiserEarth and NetSquared. They are based on NetSquared's successful Net Tuesday events which already exist in over 40 countries around the world. These events provide a chance for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change to exchange stories, build new relationships and collaborate. if you want to get involved, contact Camilla.
July 16th, 2009
Tweeting for Social Change: 15 Changemakers: WiserEarth’s community includes many changemakers using social media, such as Twitter, to spread the word about social justice and environmental issues and events. We were inspired by Mashable’s great list of Environmentalists on Twitter to create one of our own. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
July 14th, 2009
Should I formalize my project as an NGO?: Several informal communities on WiserEarth have grown to the size that they want to raise money and become formal non-profit organizations. Here is some advice on options to consider before you take the plunge. You may well find, like the NorCal Rainwater Catchment Association, you are better off becoming a fiscally sponsored project. Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
July 13th, 2009
WiserEarth was selected to be one of the 5 environmental NGOs to receive revenue money from the new 3rd Whale Iphone Application. 3rdWhale pledged to give
$.25 for every download to five environmental nonprofits, we are one of them. Thank you all for voting for us! July 13th, 2009
Does an online community need governance?: If your community is going to be around for more than a year you need to start thinking about governance. Governance is not about managing the day-to-day of a community but rather providing guidance over purpose and goals, much like a board does for a well run non-profit organization. Ignore governance and over time members will feel that their voices are not being heard and they will vote with their feet and leave. Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
July 10th, 2009
We need YOUR VOTE to be one of the 5 environmental NGO to receive donations!3rdWhale has launched a new version of their iPhone app. They will be the first mobile app developer to join 1% For the Planet. For every app sold, 25 cents of every app they sell will be divided among 5 environmental NGOs. We need YOUR
VOTE to be one of those 5 environmental NGO to receive those donations!
June 30th, 2009
A Roundup of Popular F2F Networking Gatherings: This month’s Net2 Think Tank question is: How
do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and
campaigns? Joe Solomon’s response highlights research he has been doing
around offline events for WiserEarth.org. Joe is active in the social justice and environmental world and runs his own social media strategy firm. Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
June 17th, 2009
WiserEarth in Inspiring Art: Chris Jordan’s amazing work, E Pluribus Unum,
has the names of the 112,000 organizations on WiserEarth devoted to
peace, environmental stewardship, social justice, and the preservation
of diverse and indigenous culture around the world. E Pluribus Unum
describes an action - that many become one. Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
June 12th, 2009
Facetime with your community: As
more and more communication is done electronically, face-to-face
communication seems to be fading away. But in traditionally high touch
countries like Mexico, Italy, Greece and France, face to face
interactions are still the norm. WiserEarth is gradually building a
network of in person gatherings, perhaps you would like to help? Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
June 9th, 2009
Metrics for the Busy Community Manager: Assuming you are using some version of an Engagement Pyramid
for your community, you will quickly be asking yourself “Just how many
people have we converted to each level in my community?” To help answer
that we’ve put together a list of easy to use metrics and related tools. Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
June 3rd 2009
A spotlight on global and local connections and collaborations
The bimonthly WiserEarth Community Newsletter is officially launching! It showcases the work of organizations, groups and individuals whose efforts exemplify our goal of promoting environmental and social justice issues. Enjoy the amazing work of the WiserEarth Editors! Interested in submitting a story or joining our volunteer team? Contact us and include (Newsletter) in the subject line: editors[at]wiserearth.org
June 1st, 2009
WE DID IT! First fundraising event driven by the community succeeded: 102 individuals and organizations donated $10,319 in 5 weeks for Open Wiser!
Get more details on this effort on our blog
May 20th, 2009
A Simple Model for Community Engagement: Wouldn’t
it be great if we had a simple model for how to engage people in an
online community? There are a number of models out there, but none of
them are tailored to the social sector. We thought it would be worth
sharing our approach: ‘The Community Engagement Pyramid’. Feel free to contact
us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts:
angus [at] wiserearth.org
May 11th, 2009
TreeHugger: WiserEarth Members Create OpenWiser.org For Ultimate Green Networking.
First Fundraising event driven by the community is going well. To date, 70 of you donated to OpenWiser. Click here to find out more and make a donation!
May 6th, 2009
A few of you may have noticed that WiserEarth seemed to be down for the past day or so, and perhaps received cryptic Server error 500 messages when trying to access WiserEarth. We were performing some site maintenance and ran into server issues. Our tech team has been hard at work figuring out what happened and are still actively checking through our server logs to make sure we don't overlook any issues.
This may actually turn out to be beneficial in the long run for WiserEarth - our tech team has already found ways to optimize our server code, and this should result in improved site performance and reliability. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email them to support@wiserearth.org. We'll be happy to field any questions and respond as soon as we can.
May 1st, 2009
25 green tech leaders say the world needs a WiserEarth API.
Click here to find out more!
April 28th, 2009
Confessions from Social Media Experts: Nonprofits are embracing Social Networks: an industry survey reveals 74.2% of non-profits have a presence on Facebook. But is it being used successfully? Read our latest blog, inspired from a session at NTEN. Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
April 27th, 2009
WiserEarth shared its learning, lessons and tips on Online Community Building at the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference
(NTC) in San Francisco on a panel, presentation available here.
April 9th, 2009
You may be interested to check out our new blog post on community building "8 steps to Great Content for your Online Community". Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
April 8th, 2009
You may be interested to check out our new blog post on community building "8 steps to Recruiting the Right Members". Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
April 7th, 2009
We just launched our News Module for WiserEarth Groups. The News Module is a place where you can syndicate content from any website that uses an RSS news feed. A RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. You can read more on the News Module FAQ. Here is what it looks like:
March 27th, 2009
As our site has grown, so has some mischievous spammers who are looking to hawk their wares or sell their schemes. We've put in place several new anti-spam security measures to limit this sort of intrusion into our inboxes, so this should hopefully cut down on any spam mail sent to your inbox.
We have also added 'Italian | Italiano' to the list of 12 languages that you can specify your content is written in.
March 24th, 2009
You may be interested to check out our new blog post
on community building "7 Steps to a Compelling Purpose for your Online Community". Feel
free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas on future blog
posts: angus [at] wiserearth.org
March 13th, 2009
We just launched a new feature on WiserEarth - a Personal Dashboard page for users. There, you can quickly see the important parts of your profile in one page, including your inbox, a Friend Feed with stories about people in your network, and a What's New module to see the latest activity on the site. To learn more about the Personal Dashboard, follow this link - Personal Dashboard FAQ.
We've just launched the WiserEarth blog. WiserEarth is in the business of ‘connecting people to communities of
action’. Along the way we realized that people need help creating and
managing these communities, especially when they have a significant
portion of their life ‘online’ as opposed to ‘onlife’. This blog will
showcase examples of successful community building and some of the
learning we have picked up along the way while advising community
managers and supporting the wider WiserEarth membership of over 20,000
people. If you are looking for specific help on community building look
at our resources pages.
February 27th, 2009
WiserEarthers living in France gathered last week from various organizations including the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, Colibris, Mondeca, Swoord, Net Impact and many others. Each participant shared how they were contributing to a “Wiser Earth” by describing their work. The evening was spent discussing strategies and getting acquainted. This marked the first of a regular series of gatherings. The meeting convener, Camilla, said, “It was a great experience – and so exciting to see so many enthusiastic members of WiserEarth in the room at one time… I’d definitely recommend the creation of more local groups in different parts of the world.” Find people living in your area and create your own regional gathering!
February 4th, 2009
WiserEarth is seeking a dynamic intern for a 3 month position. Learn more and spread the word!
February 3rd, 2009
ShareThis is now available on the site!
Some of you may have already noticed the rotating icon right under the "Actions" bar. If you click on it, it'll pop up a little window, allowing you to "share" that page with a number of popular social content sites, like Digg.com, Facebook, Del.ici.ous, and Technorati. This is a great way for WiserEarth users to connect their work from WiserEarth to their profiles on other sites, without ever having to skip a beat.
You'll also notice there's another two tabs - "Posts" and "Send/Email". Post allows you to add the page to your blogs, such as Twitter, WordPress, and Blogger. Send/Email allows you to email the page out directly to your friends and family.
Overall, ShareThis is a pretty fast and easy process to spread awareness of a page - we hope members of our community wil put this tool to good use!
1. Share This tab 3. Send/Email Tab
2. Post This tab
February 3rd, 2009
A couple new changes to help out our users clear off their message alerts and watchlist alerts. We've provided a new option to "mark all your messages as read" and to "clear all watchlist alerts.
To clear your messages:
To clear your watchlist alerts:
January 23rd, 2009
Search for content by language is available! We've added a field in our "Advanced Search" options to only show resources in your language of choice. We're supporting up to 11 languages, as shown on the graphic to the right: -------------------------------------------->
Also, when users are creating new content on the site, like adding a new event or creating a new resource posting, they can mark what language the entry is in, and that will make it much easier for other members to see what information is out there for the language of their choice.
January 22nd, 2009
We just launched the WiserEarth Facebook Application! This will allow you to show your WiserEarth activity on your Facebook profile. It's a great way to let your friends know what you care about.
January 21st, 2009
We've launched a new Group creation process! During the creation process, group administrators choose from one of four templates using a much improved step-by-step process. We hope you like it - the change will go live by Thursday morning, January 22nd!
January 11th, 2009
WiserEarth Groups have a new look! We've significantly redesigned the layout and the modules for a more soft and inviting presentation. You can see an example group with the new look here.
January 8th, 2009
WiserEarth is on Twitter, you can now follow what we are up to more easily here.
January 7th, 2009
We've created a fancy flier for all your outreach needs. Print them out (print version | web version) and spread the word!
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Flag comment for removal csalter about 1 month ago
I tried to vote for one of the ideas for the conference - and could not see where exactly I was to do it - followed all the links and just got info, no place to actually know that Ii had voted for one of the options... :(
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I share your fascination too Mohammed. Thank you for helping to get the word out about WiserEarth. Best wishes with the important work that you do.
Bowo |
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I am fascinated being a member of this global community of volunteers. Indeed the selfless service of individuals for the wellbeing of others is the only sure way to peaceful co-existence.
I will make special mention of WiseEarth at the upcoming World Peace Congress in Malaysia where I will be presenting a paper on the topic: Reprogramming Volunteers Towards Peace-Building in a Democratic Setting
Mohammed |
