Field trip: Living Near Nature

Second Life can be a place of wonder in the hands of imaginative and skilled builders. When those hands belong to people from different parts of the world or different cultures, the sense of wonder can turn into awe and can be an education and even transformative experience.

The best way to explore Second Life is through immersion. That is why we set aside December and June for field trips. This month the theme is “International Second Life.” Each week will have a subtheme having to do with our relationship to nature, from celebrating nature with minimal intrusion to the ‘human jungle’ of urban living where nature is hard to find.

We invite you to join us on the following Saturdays at 10am SLT. Each week we will start in the Science Circle Amphitheater, teleport to three or four locations during the hour, spend about 10-15 minutes apiece exploring what is there, and then come back to share what we found!

If you find yourself unable to stay the whole hour, if you get lost, or if you hopefully find a place intriguing enough to go back, here is a list of sites we will visit today (subject to change):

9 December – Human settlements on the edge of nature:
Raizes do Brasil = a village on the edge of the Amazon forest 
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raizes%20do%20Brasil/204/148/23  
Hanging Gardens = a rich person’s villa with nature tamed to suit
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Antiquorum/119/199/36 
St Hild Binnancumb (Abbey of St. Hild) = secluded open fields and hills
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Binnancumb/71/150/44 
Petite Provence d’Annisss = tranquil French seaside town 
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Petite%20Provence/64/122/28