Participate virtually to the Climate Change talks in Bali thanks to Second Life and daily podcasts

If you are frustrated by not being able to fly to Bali there is a way to "meet" people present at the Conference or concerned about Climate Change without flying. OneWorld's social networking space, OneClimate.net, is opening a virtual window on the UN's forthcoming climate conference in Bali, allowing people around the world to participate in the event without emitting carbon through flying to Indonesia.

The Virtual Bali conference will take place in Second Life on December 3-14, parallel to the UN summit, and people around the world are being encouraged to attend. All participants need to take part is access to a computer and a broadband internet connection.

On OneClimate Island, One World virtual meeting space in Second Life, you'll find meetings going on - and you can arrange your own. Plus there are exhibitions and simulations on the theme of tackling climate change.

It's not as good as meeting face-to-face, but it's better than most of the alternatives.

If you are not using Second Life, there are also daily podcasts (12:30-14:00 UK time) from the following link:

http://www.oneclimate.net/2007/11/13/virtual-bali/

If you've got the Second Life software, you can visit the island by clicking here. What's Second Life? Find out here.

Alternatively, if you have more questions, please visit the site:

http://www.oneclimate.net/virtual-meeting

(source of information: One World and One Climate.net

http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/155718/1/

http://www.oneclimate.net/virtual-meeting)