I got the word from David Alexander that the global climate change concert series "Live Earth" will be simulcast tomorrow an in-world event paralleling the "Live Earth" concerts will take place in the Better World Island sim (teleport SLURL.) Live Earth is a a 24-hour, seven-continent music extravaganza that will bring together more than 150…
Category: Politics
Rep Jerry Nadler appears in Second Life to talk about Habeas Corpus
US Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appeared in-world this afternoon to talk to SL residents about his stance on habeas corpus and civil liberties in light of the "War on Terrorism." This was during a mixed-reality demonstration organized by the ACLU entitled "Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice" held both in the real world…
Habeas Corpus Rally today at 12 noon EST in DC and Second Life!
I just got word that the American Civil Liberties Union is sponsoring a rally in Washington DC today to call for the restoration of habeas corpus and and end to torture in Guantanamo Bay. For those who can’t make it there, you can still participate by teleporting into the Second Life Capitol Hill and join…
International SL meetup today at 9AM PST on the crisis in Darfur
My friend In Kenzo sends me news that there will be an international meetup on Better World Island (teleport SLURL) to talk about the ongoing crisis in Darfur and what folks can do about it. That’s at 9AM PST / 12PM EST, 6PM CET today. After the fold is the complete message from In Kenzo…
Gamers unite for Net Neutrality!
I forgot to mention last week that at the Games for Change Festival in New York Moveon.org and Games for Change announced a new joint initiative called "Gamers for Net Neutrality." The goal is to leverage the enormous energy and creativity of the digital gamers communities to push for freer, more open internet public policy….
Microsoft announces global competition for youth to develop climate change game for XBOX360
On Saturday evening, the non-profit Games for Change and Microsoft announced at the G4C Festival at Parsons Design School that they were launching together a new initiative to around the theme of climate change. Entitled "The XBox360 Games for Change Challenge," this project will challenge college students around the world to come up with the…
Panel on Funding Perspectives at Games for Change
Connie Yowell, MacArthur Foundation Here are my notes from a panel on funding perspectives at the Games for Change festival today. Lucy Bernholz, Founder and President of Blueprint Research & Design, moderated a discussion with three large funders: Microsoft, the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. My general conclusion is that this is such…
Discussion on “Media Policy and Games” at Games for Change
Alex Quinn, the new Executive Director of Games for Change, (center) moderated a panel with Adam Green of MoveOn.org (left) and Ted Castronova of Indiana University (right), on the intersection of public policy and games. Adam talked about how activists working on Net Neutrality were looking to expand their outreach to the gamer community and…
Thanks for participating in “Virtual Activism” panel today!
We just finished the "virtual activism" panel at the Games for Change conference in the Parson School in Manhattan. Glitteractica Cookie of Techsoup, In Kenzo of Amoration, and Beth Kanter were great. Unfortunately the skype stream from Jeska Linden of Linden Labs failed. But Jeska participated in world, answering people’s questions and adding to the…
Tell the FCC to keep the Net Neutral
The Save the Internet Coalition is asking folks from all over to tell the FCC to keep the Net Neutral. It only takes a few minutes to submit your story — here’s mine. I played up the virtual world angle, since I figured few others would be doing that. But if you are a business…