Copenhagen, climate change and Second Life
Unless you’ve avoided all news over the past year or so, you’ll have heard about the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, which starts on the 7th December and runs through to the 18th December.
OneClimate, auspiced by Non-profit organisation OneCLimate, has created Virtual Copenhagen a large exhibition space in Second Life. [...]
R.I.S.E. U.P. – lymphoma information in Second Life
Roche Integrated Support Entourage Unique & Personal Our Mission, or R.I.S.E. U.P, is an area in Second Life recently launched to provide education on lymphoma. It’s a joint effort between pharmaceutical company Roche Products Australia, Lymphoma Australia and the Leukaemia Foundation.
The purpose of R.I.S.E. U.P is singular: to provide an interactive, engaging way for [...]
Lions CLub and Second Life
The Lions Club has 1.3 million members across more than 45 thousand clubs worldwide. A secular organisation, its mission is to “empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs”.
The latest club being proposed will be located in Second Life, with official endorsement by [...]
A Second Life success story: NCI
It has been in Second Life for four years (having just celebrated its fourth anniversary), has over 150 staff, costs about US$13,000 each year to operate, holds 46,592 square metres of Second Life land (and rents quite a bit more), and is among the virtual environment’s most well-trafficked organizations.
It isn’t one of those corporate sites [...]
Metaverse Aid
Late last year I wrote on Metaverse Aid, which is a team on the Kiva website.
I just wanted to take the opportunity to encourage anyone involved with virtual worlds to join the Metaverse Aid team and make a real difference to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Each loan is just that, a loan, and you [...]
Italian Earthquake Benefit in Second Life
I won’t embellish this announcement from Australian Second Life resident, Rebelmuum Slade, on a fundraiser being held tomorrow morning at 6am AEST (1pm SL time):
When disaster strikes the global community of SL unites in love and acts fast.
One of the wonders of this marvellous community is the closeness of people from all over the globe.
Last [...]
Relay for Life in Second Life: teams being formed
A yearly highlight in Second Life is the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The 2007 and 2008 events were big successes, with more than 55 million Linden Dollars (approximately 200 thousand US dollars).
Teams have started forming and if any Australian or New Zealand teams are forming, do let us know and we’ll promote your [...]
