Opening party

Last Thursday took place the opening party of noWomannoLife Island. During the event we met interesting people such as Xharpo Otterson, a SL artist, who told us about the Monastery of Felix Meritis in SL where it is possible to buy monk clothes to sustain the RL monks. Nick Wallaby was also there, dancing at the Beduin Camp and chatting with Leonora Giove, who gave as present to all participants a Mabawa chicken to be placed on the shoulder. Also some AECT members came to visit the island with Seed Lane.
As always almost everyone bought a chicken to support Mabawa projects and a Souk artifact to support noWomannoLife projects. Thank you to all of them!

Second Life e il non profit sui giornali ticinesi

Questa settimana il Corriere del Ticino e La Regione hanno pubblicato due articoli su second life ed il mondo del non profit partendo dagli spunti dell'incontro del 19.

Ecco i due articoli:

:: La Regione (20.06.2007)
:: Corriere del Ticino (21.06.2007)

Second life, formazione e non profit: le registrazioni audio

Claude Almansi ha messo su archive.org le registrazioni audio dei relatori intervenuti il 19 giugno a Lugano al'incontro "second life, formazione e non profit".

Ecco gli interventi disponibili:

• Isabella Rega: Introduzione
• Marco Calmes: Introduzione al mondo di Second Life
• Lorenzo Cantoni: Second Life nella formazione: modelli attuali e sviluppi futuri
• Luca Botturi: Una gita in Second Life tra persone e organizzazioni attive nel non profit e nella formazione

Grazie Claude!

L'isola di noWomannoLife al Quotidiano sulla RTSI

Ieri in occasione dell'incontro sul tema "Second Life, formazione e non profit" lo staff del "Quotidiano" della RTSI è venuto ad intervistare Marco Calmes di noWomannoLife e Luca Botturi di seed a proposito della neo-isola di noWomannoLife.
Il pezzo si chiama "Lugano - Solidarietà online"

Guida: primi passi in Second Life

Ecco una piccola guida in formato pdf per introdurre gli utenti alla "nascita" in Second Life e alle attività basilari.

Questa guida non ufficile è stata scritta per conto di seed in occasione della realizzazione dell'isola noWomannoLife.

Buon divertimento!

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MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on philanthropy on June 22nd

On June 22nd at 9:00 AM PST, Jonathan's avatar along with Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale will lead a discussion with residents on the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds.

I believe that the importance of virtual worlds may be less about their growth as economies, and more about their capacity for collaboration and human development. Activities in virtual worldsalready are supported by MacArthur and other foundations, but we have much to discover about the right role for philanthropy itself in virtual worlds.

We are interested in learning about virtual worlds and how to operate within them. We look to the residents to help us determine how to be helpful and are eager to share our on-going work in such areas as affordable housing, urban renewal, and human rights and international justice.

The details are here. There will be a live audio feed.

It will be interesting to see if Fanton's avatar looks just like him or something different.

Photo Source: MacArthur Foundation Spotlight Blog

Go to university and learn hot to build in SL

The Academy of Second Learning has two campuses: Thomson and Eson, where residents can learn how to build things and scripts in SL.

>> Thomson Campus
>> Eson Campus

US Universities Machinimas

On the website of Forma Nova you can find mahinimas presenting the activities in SL of the following US universities:
>> Ohio University SL Campus
>> Texas StateUniversity
>> San José State University's School of Library and Information Science

Enjoy the machinimas!

*seed Headquarter

A great picture of the new seed headquarter on Humanitarian Life island.
The man in the picture is the seed avatar, piloted by Luca Botturi.
Thanks to noWomannoLife that is hosting seed on the island.

Come and visit us!

The Education Centre is almost ready

Alex worked hard last week, and now the Education Centre is almost ready!

Thanks to Renato Bettini, the architect that designed the building!

The Education Centre is built to host events, conferences and training sessions organized by NoWomannoLife and the other non profit organizations active in the island and in SL.

Come on June 21 to the Grand Opening of the island!

Grand Opening dates have been set up!

Humanitarian Life island invites you to its opening events:

RL Opening:
June 19, 6pm-8pm (Lugano Time) at the University of Lugano

SL Opening:
June 21, 8:30am-10:30am PST, SLURL

Details are coming!