These guidelines are the courtesy and interaction code for all WiserEarth users. If you have any questions or would like to add to these guidelines, please post your comments at the bottom of this page.

Collaborate and Share your Knowledge

WiserEarth shares information across geography, culture, and language. We encourage individuals and groups from different parts of the world to contribute their knowledge to the WiserEarth 'digital commons' (WISER Platform) and to work together so that we can become more intelligent and humane in our practices and more effective in our use of resources.

Be Polite and Civil

Remember that the WiserEarth community consists of people from all over the world with different native languages and varying degrees of technical knowledge. Please be polite and civil with other people and assume good faith at all times.

Question

We encourage active discussion around any subject that may be of interest to you. We also support comments, questions and discussions relating to the organizations, resources, events, and activities featured on WiserEarth. However, we ask that your comments relate directly to the page of content you are commenting on.

 

Embrace Diversity and Transparency

WiserEarth comprises a myriad of individuals and groups working on many different issues relating to ecological and social restoration. Should somebody else have motivations that conflict with your values or ideals, please do not attack them. While we have different motivations and agendas, overall we share similar principles about the necessity for fairness and equity for all partaking of the Earth's systems.

Do Not Infringe Copyright

WiserEarth is a free, community-driven website based on open source software protocols which means that anyone can use or modify the content and resources included on the site. Submitting resources (beyond reference) or content which are not yours will infringe copyright and may incur legal problems. It will also limit our ability to share and redistribute content and features across the community.

Build Community and Visibility

The success of WiserEarth is based on an active user community. Encourage your friends, colleagues, and associates to become involved, network with others, and help us build awareness and visibility of this amazing movement. You can do so by linking back to the site. Give feedback whenever you can.

Write From a Neutral Point of View

Write from a neutral point of view. This means that there must be no incentivized or 'paid for' content on WiserEarth. This includes buzz marketing or other artificial marketing activities. Neutral does not mean 'without feeling'; you may feel very strongly about a particular cause, but your writings must not be incentivized in any way.

 

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Terms of Use

You are also invited to read and abide by the terms of use for using this site.

 

Editorial Guidelines

You are also invited to read and abide by the editorial guidelines that have been developed by the WiserEarth Editors Group.

 

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Community Guideline Infringement

Continual infringements of these community guidelines may result in the deactivation of your user account.

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