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WiserEarth
Presentation
www.WiserEarth.org
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What is WiserEarth?
A place for the people
and organizationsaddressing the central
issues of our day:climate change,
poverty, theenvironment, peace,
water, hunger, social
justice,
conservation,
human rights andmore
A free international
community directory
A networking forum
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There are over one million
organizations and more
than one hundred million
individuals who are activelyworking toward ecological
sustainability, economic
justice, human rights. and
political accountability
Paul Hawken
speaking about
the social justiceand environmental
movement in June
2007
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Why is WiserEarth Needed?
What is missing is
a map and
directory of the
network. In
essence, aninfrastructure
through which to
see and coordinate
our efforts
The one million organizations +who make up the movement are
systemically interconnected and
intertwine
Their level of effectiveness to
prevent harm and institute positive
change undermined by:
- a lack of collective awareness- duplicative efforts- poor connectivity
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Why is WiserEarth Needed?
WiserEarth maps and links
the largest movementin the world
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How Can WiserEarth Help You?
Find out quickly and easily whos
working on what and where- search the most extensive international
directory of social justice and environmental
organizations in the world- over 100,000 organizations based in 243
countries, territories and sovereign islands
Search Organizations >
Expand Your Network > Connect with people doing similarwork- set up your profile
- join a group working on your issues- find and communicate with people based on
interest area or geographic region
- join in discussions
- visualize a network and make connections
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How Can WiserEarth Help You?
Stay up to date with whats happening
in your field- access books, articles, podcasts, video,
maps, research reports, educational
opportunities and case studies- find events or jobs based on geographic
region and areas of interest- sign-up for email alerts
Stay Current >
Share Your
Knowledge >Contribute to your community- all content is editable by the community
- use, create, edit and improve content- give feedback, edit organizational info,
add/edit information within your area of
interest, geographic region, add
resources etc-
post jobs, internships or volunteeropportunities or events for free
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Who Is Behind WiserEarth?
launched by the nonprofit organization,
The Natural Capital Institute in May 2007(naturalcapital.org).
project team includes researchers,
activists, writers, social entrepreneurs,
students, volunteers, and open source
software experts
the site is free to use and does not
include any advertising or corporatesponsors
the site works in a similar way to
Wikipedia where anyone can edit or add
information
The site was built to
help the movementsee itself and
become better
connected
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How Can I Get Involved?
you are invited to get involved in the
development of the site:
- browse through the site- login and set up your profile
- invite friends and colleagues to joinyour network- make edits- give feedback on the survey or in the
comments section- start a discussion- join a group- present and promote WiserEarth
within your community
-support other users
The sites
development is
guided by the
community
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What Next?
Future additions
- project building/collaboration tools- multiple languages- personalized home page- best practices- needs/resource exchange
- calendars- other community suggestions
The site will always
be a work in progress
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What Next?
The history from
this point on out
is collaborativelywritten by all of
us
the community.
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Site Overview
(if no Internet connection
but you would like
to show the site
to others)
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Search
Browse
through the
site using the
links on the left
hand side ofthe screen
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Search
Or search forspecific
information
using the
search box.
You can
searchorganizations,
people, areas
of focus,
resources,
groups, jobs,
events and
WikiPages
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Search
A search withinOrganizations will
return a list of
organizations that
are selected based
on the keywords
you entered intothe search box
This search was
for:
Water, Africa
The results include681 organizations
To refine your
search further, add
more criteria to
your search
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Search
Map of wherethe organization
is located in the
Netherlands
Contact details
for organizationincluding
address, email,
telephone
number
Areas of focus
The organizations
network of people,organizations and
resources
associated with it
About: Includes
mission statement
& description oftheir work
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Expand Your Network
Creating a
profile on
WiserEarth
allows you to
connect with
others, join
groups, edit andadd information.
To create your
profile, click
Join
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Expand Your Network Create A Profile
To join, fill in the
required fields
(address and
postal code are
optional)
To save your
profile, click
Join Now
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Expand Your Network Create A Profile
Select an Avatar (a
photo or image)
which will
represent you on
the site
You can add
additional
information about
yourself onsubsequent pages
or you can press
next and come
back to these later
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Expand Your Network Invite Friends
Invite friends or
colleagues to join
you on WiserEarth
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Expand Your Network What Next?
Find out more
about what you
can do on
WiserEarth
- edit yourpersonal profile
- expand your
network
- search to see if
your non-profit orNGO is listed
- Find others that
share your
interests
- Join or create a
group
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Expand Your Network Visualize Your Network
Connect with people,organizations, issues and
resources.
Visualize your network
(from your profile page)
and share with others
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Expand Your Network Join or set up a Group
WiserEarth groupsoffer the ability
for two or
more people who
share a common
interest within the
community to come
together.
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Stay Current & Share Your Knowledge
You can stay up to date
or contribute information
on whats happening
around your issues
through theAreas of
Focus Portals.
There are 46 main areasof focus and 379 sub-
areas of focus. They
provide a full taxonomy
all of the issue areas
addressed by the social
justice and
environmental movement
Example shown is Peace
and Peacemaking
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Stay Current & Share Your Knowledge
You can post or
search events, jobs,volunteer
opportunities or
resources.
Resourcesavailable
include books,journals, awards,
articles, quotes,
internet resources,
blogs, databases,
directories and
other forms of data
and informationthat the community
has posted.
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