One of our WiserEarth members, and director and founder of LEAP, Angela Sevin, has been working hard to spread the word about a proposed coal-fired power plant in Malaysia that is threatening the habitat of many endangered species. Please take a moment to read her call to action, and sign the petition to help save the Bornean rhinoceros, sea turtles, coral reefs, and many others from extinction. › Continue reading…

WiserEarth has a new partner, IssueLab, which is bringing the latest in nonprofit research reports to our community. › Continue reading…

I was invited to attend Danone’s Social Innovation Lab 2010 in Paris earlier this week (known as Dannon in the United States), following an invitation by one of the attendees of the Social Innovation BarCamp which took place a week ago in Paris. › Continue reading…

Despite sweltering weather, nearly 100 people gathered in central Paris last Saturday for the first Social Innovation BarCamp in France! Everyone from social entrepreneurs to community managers came out to share their work and interest in social innovation. › Continue reading…   

Sharing some of our favorite posts from around the web on the subjects of community building and how nonprofits are using social media. Enjoy. › Continue reading…   

Our colleagues at the Global Business Network just released a major new report with the Rockefeller Foundation: “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development.” It takes a novel scenario-driven approach to describing how technology can alleviate poverty, tapping the tradition of scenario planning as a tool for strategic thinking that GBN has pioneered over the past two decades. › Continue reading…

We’re excited to be hosting France’s first ever Social Innovation BarCamp. It’s happening in Paris on June 26, and it’s already a sold out event. But what is ’social innovation’? When do we know when we see it? And what are the implications of this relatively new field? We explore these questions and their significance below. [read the French article] › Continue reading…

Last month, I attended an important forest conference that gathered initiatives to protect the Atlantic Forest, which extends from Brazil to Paraguay and Argentina. This is my report. [Roseli is WiserEarth’s Portuguese Online Community Coordinator; this article also available in Portuguese] › Continue reading…