3 posts tagged “green”

Join in the Celebration of the Launch of the EcoCommons in Second Life
Environmental nonprofits and their supporters host a grand opening celebration, Earth Day, Wed. April 22nd

(Come see my latest island for Nonprofit Commons!)

Wednesday, April 22nd, 11 AM PT/SLT, on the new EcoCommons island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ECO%20Commons/5/4/29

EcoCommons is a virtual location (sim) designed for environmental organizations in the 3D virtual world of Second Life. Developed by TechSoup’s Nonprofit Commons team in partnership with OneWorld.net and OneClimate Island in Second Life, EcoCommons provides a network for environmentally-focused nonprofits to promote awareness, community-building and environmental education efforts in the virtual world and beyond. Through EcoCommons and the Nonprofit Commons as a whole, environmental organizations may join this alliance to  increase impact. Members can host virtual meetings, lectures, and other events by tapping into a thriving, existing virtual community of early adopters and technologists. Individuals and organizations around the world can connect through EcoCommons, while also reducing their carbon footprint by eliminating the need to travel to a physical meeting place.

Launching on Earth Day, Wed. April 22nd, in the virtual world of Second Life, this interactive event will feature a keynote speech by Jacqueline Chenault, New Media Specialist U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming http://globalwarming.house.gov, and will be broadcasted live from Second Life.

The launch event will include educational sessions and presentations, and is a part of the TechSoup Global GreenTech Initiative's month-long campaign: Telegreening Your Work , to educate social benefit organizations on how to save money and the environment by using technologies, such as Second Life, to work remotely and collaborate online.

Event details:

* The launch party event takes place Wed. April 22nd in Second Life, 11:00 am- 12PM PST (SLT), online in Second Life, and is hosted by TechSoup Global's GreenTech Initiative, Nonprofit Commons, and OneWorld/OneClimate.net
* Second Life activities will continue throughout the day and week as part of Earth Week Second Life: http://slearthweek.wordpress.com/

Schedule of speakers:

11 AM: TechSoup Global's GreenTech Initiative

11:15 AM: Jacqueline Chenault, New Media Specialist, U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming http://globalwarming.house.gov

11:40: OneWorld/OneClimate.net

Noon-: Tours of the island and other The Nonprofit Commons islands and further Second Life activities throughout the week of Earth Day

About the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life
Nonprofit Commons consists of three virtual locations (sims), with a fourth underway. Housing over 80 social benefit organizations in virtual offices, and over 400 members who are not residnets, but still are community-volunteers, the Nonprofit Commons is managed by an entirely volunteer-run community of nonprofit employees, under the leadership of TechSoup Global: http://www.techsoup.org.

Nonprofit Commons was designed to lower the barriers of access to Second Life, to create a community of practice for nonprofits to explore and learn about the virtual world, and to investigate the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize this unique environment. Through this community, we provide free office space to qualifying groups, meet and network, create a cooperative learning environment and foster outreach, education, fund-raising, all in a virtual space. Our focus is on providing an accessible entry-point to Second Life and on creating a community of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) for effective collaboration and support. We believe that Second Life is a wonderful place not just to entertain, but also to educate, inspire, and work together to assist our fellow avatars (and the humans behind them). You do not have to be a resident of the Nonprofit Commons to get involved with our community. We welcome all who wish to join us as partners, collaborators or supporters.

Nonprofit Commons' first sim was donated by Anshe Chung Studios and the Nonprofit Commons 2nd sim was donated by TakingIT Global. The third Nonprofit Commons location, EcoCommons, was developed in partnership with OneWorld.net/OneClimate Island specifically for environmentally-oriented organizations. The Nonprofit Commons' fourth sim will be focused on health-related nonprofits, and will launch in conjunction with the NetSquared Confernece on May 27th, 2009.

Members of Nonprofit Commons meet each Friday at 8:30 PST/SLT at Plush Nonprofit Commons Ampitheater. Visitors are always welcome to join us in making a difference one pixel at a time.

For more information, please email Megan Keane (megan@techsoup.org) or Susan Tenby (susan@techsoup.org) or IM Penguin Kuhn or Glitteractica Cookie in-world.

Visit us online:

Nonprofit Commons Blog:http://www.nonprofitcommons.org and wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

OneWorld/OneClimate.net: http://www.oneclimate.net

 TechSoup Global GreenTech Initiative: http://www.techsoup.org/greentech
  Telegreening Your Work Campaign: http://www.techsoup.org/greentech/travel/index.cfm

 

 

 

Most of my day is spent envisioning ideal environments. 
Here's my life desires:

*  Collaborative safe spaces for creativity, innovation and invention

*  Surrounded by sweet people in vibrant communities supporting each other through interlaced networks

*  A vibrant mix of flora and fauna respected and integrated with human life

*  Low cost local energy production from existing materials and resources

*  Easy to find resources without searching multiple websites and real world locations

*  Immediate supply and material retrieval for projects

*  Low cost exchanges and shipping of objects with little friction or time wasted

*  Secure access to basic survival needs:  water, air, food, shelter

*  The right to cultivate and consume any food or medicine known to man that's still available and not extinct

*  To be surrounded by beauty, filled with art, living in love

What do you want most?  What do you need?

We are up against some epic challenges in these coming decades.  We have each other and only this awareness that will chart our future.  Where do you see us going?

Inspired by a look ahead ten years on Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120119369144313747.html

Start doing this NOW if we want to survive and thrive these next 50 years:

• Stimulate green industries and build local alt-energy solutions into daily life
  
• Challenge the US FDA, the WTO and World Health on issues regarding the Codex Alimentarius
• Local water purification systems available to all people (and animals, plants, ecosystem)
  
• Stop deadly practices like Mountaintop Removal and chemical dumping in our waterways in favor of clean mining
  
• Gut parts of the USPS and our local post offices (I'm a Postmasters' granddaughter -- this is heavy to say)
• Rethink our entire transportation system and reduce automobile use
• Work from home in virtual spaces, attend business gatherings without unnecessary travel
  
• Create a foundational framework for international transparency and governance that is decentralized and democratic for the vox populi
• Restore Habeas Corpus
• Provide universal internet access, public computers and basic training to all students at a young age
• Learn to see ourselves as infinitely abundant, free and capable of reshaping our experience
  
• Love without fail: no abandon, no boundaries. 
  

Tell me your path, your desires, your challenges.

So much of our work is tangible yet unspoken; how do you express the love you put into a meal shared with friends or a ride given in a time of need?  Our lives are woven through encounters that do not always add up on a calculator or computer to anything beyond a few hours shared with friends.

I've spent far less time in Second Life lately and more time with people who mean a lot to me. 

My meditation teacher Ashanti (VJ Vivia) came inworld to share her latest video montage of art and science.  She flew out for GeekPow with our friends from Boston, Denver and other points east to escape the cold for the warm cozy goodness of Los Angeles.  I don't think LA has let any of us down yet.  Visit Vivia's photoblogs at http://illuminatedjourneys.multiply.com

This week we share our home with 25 environmental educators from Common Vision and we're thrilled to have a house full of energy, warmth, nourishment and love.  I'm bringing a few new clients into the virtual world soon and will be launching back in after moving into new offices this week with my AMO team here in LA and points all over.  If you want to join the AMO team as a consultant, volunteer, advisor or intern now is a great time to get in touch!  Email inkenzo at gmail - com with your interests, skillsets and examples of work that you're happy to share.

Next week I'll be sharing more about a new blog with more green leaders (go green fairy!) along with details about our new Second Life islands emerging.  For now, meet one of our AMO team members keeping me in line, Jean Russell of Nurture.biz (Yes Bright in Second Life, pictured here at Powell's Books in Portland).  Jean's job at AMO is to help refine the language, concepts and articulation we use to talk about the AMO Community.  She's a master network weaver and connector with a gift for creating caring communities and we're thrilled she's helping us grow the AMO studio team.  View more of the people behind AMO in our Flickr book.