WiserEarth

Lead Author: Cutler J. Cleveland (other articles)
Article Topics: Organization and Sustainable development
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Ida Kubiszewski (other articles)
Last Updated: February 27, 2008

WiserEarth is an open source, community-editable international directory and networking forum that maps, links and connects the largest movement in the world – the hundreds of thousands of organizations within civil society that address social justice, poverty, and the environment. WiserEarth provides the tools and a platform for non-profit organizations, funders, social entrepreneurs, students, organizers, academics, activists, scientists, and citizens to connect, collaborate, share resources and build alliances.

WiserEarth is the first of three projects to be launched under WISER (World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility). WiserEarth will be followed by WiserBusiness and WiserGovernment respectively. Another WISER offshoot currently in development is the WiserCommons project.

WISER is a product of the Natural Capital Institute. Paul Hawken is the founder and executive director of Natural Capital Institute.

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Cleveland, Cutler (Lead Author); Ida Kubiszewski (Topic Editor). 2008. "WiserEarth." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 4, 2007; Last revised February 27, 2008; Retrieved May 5, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/WiserEarth>
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