WiserEarth Community Newsletter
A spotlight on global and local connections and collaborations
The bimonthly WiserEarth Community Newsletter showcases the work of organizations, groups and individuals whose efforts exemplify our goal of promoting environmental and social justice issues. Hopefully, it will provide our readers with a shortcut to connecting to the 'hot spots' in our expanding network. Leave comments, post suggestions. Get involved!
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Created: May 13, 2009
Updated: Nov 20, 2009
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WiserTuesdays: Go Local! Go Live!
WiserEarth’s first official 'local' events, WiserTuesdays, launches in the City of Lights October 6. The goal? Bringing actively engaged ‘worker bees’ home to roost in their local hives to discuss, learn, collaborate, and, promote action in their communities.
By the first week of October, something very useful, but very subtle, will be changing the way you use WiserEarth.
We've listened to your issues with our search function not giving you the results you want, and our team has been hard at work.
If you can read and write in any of these languages, WiserEarth wants you in its expanding team of translators. Meet Tatiana Alem, a member of WiserEarth in Different Languages, who is translating WiserEarth content from English to Portuguese.
In This Issue
This month we focus on interactivity!
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
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July/August 2009
10 Ways to Get the Most Out of WiserEarth
Maybe you're a veteran on the site, or maybe you're just getting started. Either way, we've compiled a list of our favorite recommendations for maximizing your potential here!
The Technology Behind the Site
As the WiserEarth community evolves, so does the look and feel of the site and tools.
Honore Louie, WiserEarth Product Manager, sits down to talk with us about how WiserEarth works, some of the most exciting new features, and what’s cooking for the future.
Sometimes a picture IS worth a thousand words. Case in point: a visualization of The Ecology of Leadership group, which provides a comprehensive view of the organization's connections with other organizations, groups, resources, people, and events.
Click on one node and you migrate to a different picture, reflecting a new array of connections. Click again, another. And so on.
May/June 2009
Facilitating Synchronicity
Between Us
Jon Ramer has been a ‘wiser man’ since the beginning. But during his recent work in Southeast Asia, he experienced firsthand the actualization of the promise of Wiser: the ability to engage diverse players in solving complex problems.
Measure the success of a WiserEarth group by its ability to unite regional Wiser members in support of a common purpose and the Global Oneness Project emerges a surefire winner.
Story of Stuff: Video of Consumables Becoming Trash is a Treasure
Many gems of resources are tucked away in corners of the WiserEarth site. If you were to browse through the Areas of Focus portals, and take a left turn at the topics Industrial Ecology, Sustainable Living, or numerous others, you might discover the 20-minute video “The Story of Stuff,” created by Annie Leonard.