WiserEarth Blog

Harnessed fully, there are more talents and resources within any small group of passionate citizens than are actually needed to manifest deep social change. It is just a matter of how willing we are to step back and see things through a lens of strengths and possibilities, and how creatively we can bring our multitude of capabilities to light. › Continue reading…

Members of WiserEarth from Bangladesh to the Blue Mountains are helping to initiate local gatherings where they can share learnings on social change and environmental initiatives and start supporting each others’ projects. › Continue reading…

Thanks to our amazing fundraisers and supporters, we’ve reached our goal of $50,000 to pay for the development of our global sustainability community! I would like to express my deepest gratitude for your role in helping to empower 1,000s of changemakers around the world. In fact, I want to reach out to all of you and give you each an enormous hug of thanks.

My name is Yatin Thakur, and I live in New Delhi, India. Early this year, I discovered WiserEarth.org. In the past 7 years, I have experienced many hurdles and some could have been avoided if I had the right connections. Without strong communities, I believe it is harder to move towards a just and sustainable world. Communities collectively make a social impact.

Last week, I met with Xavier Grimault, one of WiserEarth’s 33 editors who actively support members of the WiserEarth community. Xavier is 27 years old. He lives in Paris and works for a NGO called CCFD Terre Solidaire which is a leading French international solidarity and development organisation.

Dave Gardner is the producer of GrowthBusters, a controversial new film which seeks to de-bunk the myth that growth leads to progress. “I am suggesting that there may be another way of living. True sustainability is progress, yet many people believe that limits to growth go against progress. I am embracing the end of growth,” he says.

“My ambition is to empower the local community. When we empower people, they are more likely to want to create their own businesses. It is only when we do this that they will start to take care of the environment around them.” ~Auldridge Chibbwalu

At the UN Climate Talks in Durban, South Africa, the US is pushing for a delay on global climate action until 2020. We have 48 hours to shift the US position and pressure them to abandon their efforts for a 2020 delay.