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OneWorld’s Virtual Bali initiative

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Posted in Global Warming | Tagged Global Warming

At the UN Climate conference in Bali in December, key discussions will be held to sketch out the post-Kyoto roadmap. OneWorld is opening a virtual window on the Bali Summit, so you can participate from the comfort of your own home or office!
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Opening a global window on Bali
� a chance to participate by getting together in the virtual world

� all you need is your computer and broadband

� people joining from all over the world

� each day you can attend a press conference or meet one of the delegates

� put your own questions and make your contributions to the debate, 7:30 to 9:00 am EST each day of the conference

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Participate without the carbon cost of flying
� for your colleagues who wish they were going to Bali

� each avatar in the virtual meeting is a real person sitting at their computer

� people from up to 50 countries participating at the same time

� communicating between the worlds by voice and text chat.

� and all with virtually no travel carbon costs.

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Be part of it through Second Life
� if you’re new to Second Life, start at http://www.secondlife.com/

� then once you have the software installed, this is the link you need: http://slurl.com/secondlife/OneClimate/128/128/26/

� from OneClimate Island you will be directed to available meeting areas

� you will be able to use text chat to put questions and comments to delegates

� for updates and a way to pass on news of Virtual Bali check: www.oneclimate.net/2007/11/02/be-part-of-the-post-kyoto-discussions/

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Or share the experience on OneClimate.net
because Second Life meeting areas only hold a few hundred people…
the whole virtual event will be streamed to the widest net audience at: http://www.oneclimate.net/2007/11/13/virtual-bali/%20
you don’t need special software: watch and listen with your normal browser and there’s a live chat box on the page for your comments and questions.
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Resource links

About the Conference
o Conference Information: UN Climate Change Conference 2007
o Article: UN Climate Conference �Very Much a Make or Break’ - Interview with Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Virtual Bali Links
o Virtual Bali Overview
o Daily simulcast on OneClimate.net
o Second Life Teleport to Virtual Bali

Second Life Links
o What is Second Life?
o Nonprofits in Second Life