This week we would like to introduce the story of WiserEarth member, Rebecca Russell. Rebecca works at the intersection of multiple healing passions: helping to nurture her local community physically through her profession as a yoga teacher, and to connect, educate, and inspire through a growing community garden project. › Continue reading…

Transition Towns is a widespread community project, now spanning cities across the globe, designed to proactively build resilience into cities in preparation for peak oil and climate change. Actions include permaculture, education, energy usage reduction, and other sustainable living endeavors. Rachel Roddam, of the Transition Towns movement in Tasmania, Derwent, and on WiserEarth, shares her story here. › Continue reading…

We’d like to share the story of Katie Young, who has been using WiserEarth to link up with our extensive permaculture community. In one month, she’s off to New Zealand to work on organic farms through WWOOF, to pursue her interest in sustainable agriculture and to tell a really good story. What drives her? Read on and get inspired! › Continue reading…

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. › Continue reading…