Zinnia Zauber; Real World Art Star!

We all love Zinnia’s designs from her Hue Are You shop on Etopia Plaza. You may have visited Etopia Peninsula where she hosts a virtual campus for her Peninsula College students. Maybe you attended one of her many colorful and insightful presentations If you’ve attended her presentations throughout SL over the years you know what (more…)

Plastics. Jon Oliver Does It Again.

At Etopia we know that while there’s a lot we can do to reduce our personal footprint, there’s a lot that isn’t. Controlling personal plastic consumption is. For example, we can choose to shop at food cooperative or other store that offers bulk-buying (which btw can be done correctly even during a pandemic) or buy (more…)

Zoom Zoom? Nah.

I know many of us were using Zoom for work. I wasn’t as excited about it as most folks, but I recommended it as an easy to use, stable video meeting platform. Until last week, that is. If you’re not aware of the deep pile of virtual doo-doo Zoom found itself pretty much buried in (more…)

Celebrating Online Connections

While in the real world, the spread of COVID-19 has many, including myself, concerned about how it will affect them and their families, and more and more people are moving their work, meetings, and social connections to digital platforms I am celebrating our community in SL. And to celebrate the connections, friendships, and love that (more…)