[4] The site mapped and connected non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, governments, groups, and individuals addressing global issues such as climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights, and more.

[5] Wiser.org was launched as WiserEarth.org on 22 April 2007, Earth Day, as an online directory of the 100,000+ organizations discussed in Paul Hawken's book, Blessed Unrest.

Wiser.org incorporated additional social networking features, such as status updates, likes, walls, groups,[8] and email messaging.

[citation needed] As of September 15, 2012, Wiser.org provided a directory of more than 114,000 organizations worldwide,[9][10] over 71,900 registered members,[11] and more than 2,800 groups.

[13] On 6 January 2014,[14] Wiser.org's Executive Director, Peggy Duvette wrote an open letter to all members (which she updated on 24 January 2014[15]) explaining the need for changes and the possibility of archiving the Wiser.org website to the Wayback Machine; and on 17 March 2014 she officially announced that the closure and archiving of the Wiser.org website would occur on 10 April 2014.