For those of you who have not heard of WiserEarth yet, you should check it out and join the cause. I have already joined the directory as a resource. Here is a description of what it is all about, written by the Online Community Manager Ian Elwood:
WiserEarth is a community directory and networking forum for organizations working for sustainability and social justice. It has been in existence for just over a year, but already has had over 17,000 people join its community. Specifically, it is a grassroots tool that anyone can use to organize a group, publish information about an organization or collaborate and share information.
WiserEarth publishes under creative commons, meaning that anyone can reuse any part of the site for noncommercial purposes. This ensures that the information in WiserEarth directory remains freely available to all. Both in its infrastructure as well as in its social mission, WiserEarth creates opportunities for people to connect in ways that increase the overall value of the contributions individuals make.
As Paul Hawken said in “Blessed Unrest,” his latest book, “I knew that if we could understand the connections and visualize the breadth of global efforts on behalf of social and environmental justice, we would recognize the largest movement the world has ever seen. WiserEarth is where this movement can begin to see itself.”
This collaboration driven process is the driving force behind the online community that has risen up around WiserEarth, providing tools for a movement that is just now realizing its full potential.
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