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Everything Etopia – Podcast #3

Posted on 13 March 2017 by Namaara MacMoragh Posted in Broadcasts & Podcasts

Welcome to our another installment of Everything Etopia, a weekly podcast of news and
updates. This episode we’ve added a little news from both our first and second lives.

Are you a resident of Etopia? Do you have a business, product, or project you’d like us to promote? Drop me a notecard next time you’re in world with the details or email me at namaara at etopia island dot org.

In the meantime, enjoy this week’s episode of Everything Etopia.

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Happy Sunday! Welcome to another week and another update of Everything Etopia.

In case you missed this newsworthy tidbit – Pink lakes. That’s right, around the world we’re seeing pink lakes and it’s not a scene from Ghostbusters or your favorite episode of X-Files. You can find these pink, or red, lakes in Spain, Senegal, Bolivia, Mexico, and a host of other countries.

What causes this interesting phenomenon? High levels of the right kind of salt and organisms that produce carotenoid pigments.

As noted in the news, a pink lake is different from pink water coming out of the tap. Yes, the pink stuff some Canadians saw in their sinks last week was the result of a disinfectant that leaked into the water system.

I can assure you we haven’t any pink lakes or disinfectant leaks at Etopia. But if you’re anywhere near Melbourne be sure to take a walk across the bridge at Westgate Park’s pink lake.

In other news the Community Virtual Library in Second Life is presenting an exhibit on the topic of Digital Citizenship. Their grand opening was such a huge success they’re expanding the exhibit. Etopia is participating in this vital discussion. See how organizations and regions across SL address digital citizenship. The exhibit runs March through August 2017.

And this week at Etopia, the New Resident Forum is tomorrow evening, Monday March 13th, at 5pm SLT. We’ll meet at the old Train Station by the Main Landing Area. I’ll be there to answer questions about Etopia, listen to suggestions you might have, and generally enjoy an evening getting to know you.

Thursday is the Weakly Bored Meating. It’s an Etopia staple where the conversation moves fast and the decisions faster. We invite you to stop by Tsidel’s Cafe at 7pm SLT and enjoy a fun-filled hour with friends. As an added incentive the hot dogs are free.

Friday’s Happy Hour is at noon SLT for the convenience of our European residents. We’ll be at the piano bar on Etopia Prime, which is just upstairs from Tsidel’s Cafe.

And on Sunday we’ll have our Eco-Conversation at 11am SLT. The topic is plastic. Join us at the Train Station located near the Main Landing Area to explore whether the convenience is worth the toll.

Be sure to visit Etopia Island dot org for a full calendar of events and more info about Etopia’s 10th Anniversary and Earth Day Celebration coming up in April.

In the meantime, let’s support the businesses at Etopia and shop the stores on Etopia Plaza and in the Coastal Village. New stores include Happy’s Wardrobe and Prim’s. Both are on the Plaza.

Until next week, this is Namaara MacMoragh for Everything Etopia, and remember, think globally, act locally, and know that everything you do makes a difference!

 

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Everything Etopia – Podcast #2

Posted on 6 March 2017 by Namaara MacMoragh Posted in Broadcasts & Podcasts

Welcome to our second installment of Everything Etopia a weekly podcast of news and updates.

This week our podcast is all updates. Wow! What a busy week ahead.

Are you a resident of Etopia? Do you have a business, product, or project you’d like us to promote? Drop a notecard to Namaara next time you’re in world with the details or email me at namaara at etopia island dot org.

 

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Podcast Transcript:

Happy Sunday! Welcome to another week and another update of Everything Etopia.

If you haven’t had a chance to take one of the new walking tours or a wagon ride around Etopia Island now is the time to do it. Spring is here. Flowers are blooming. Snow is melting. Besides, it’s just plain fun.

Coming up this month in Second Life is the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference. Lots of great presenters, exhibits, and activities. It’s scheduled for the last weekend of the month and you can learn more at http://vwbpe.org.

Etopia is sending out a warm welcome to Zinnia Zauber and her real world students from Penninsula College, Washington State, USA. Zinnia is a real world professor in Multimedia Communications and a passionate supporter of Etopia. If you happen to meet her wandering around Etopia make sure you give her a warm hello.

This week’s schedule includes our New Resident Forum, tomorrow, Monday March 6th, at 5pm SLT. We’ll meet at the old Train Station, formerly known as the Poetry Corner. Want to know what happened there? Well, join us tomorrow evening at 5pm SLT for the New Resident Forum.

Wednesday, the 8th, our friends from the Brain Energy Support Team will be sharing information about “How To Navigate Cognitive Challenges & Brain Injury.” That will happen at the Amphitheater at 11am and again at 5pm SLT.

Thursday is the Weakly Bored Meating. It’s an Etopia staple. We invite you to stop by Tsidel’s Cafe at 7pm SLT and enjoy a fun-filled hour with friends. As an added incentive the hot dogs are free.

Friday’s Happy Hour is at noon SLT for the convenience of our European residents. We’ll be at the piano bar on Etopia Prime, which is just upstairs from Tsidel’s Cafe.

Saturday is Second Saturday Live Music is at Katja’s this Saturday beginning at 11am SLT.

And on Sunday BEST will be hosting their monthly caregivers meeting.

Be sure to visit Etopia Island dot org for a full calendar of events and more info about Etopia’s 1oth Anniversary and Earth Day Celebration coming up in April.

Finally, we have a Partner Update! Visit Whole Brain Health and Inspiration Island for their all new Meet-Up and for Dani’s Sunday morning meditation class. You can find out more from their calendar at their landing area on Inspiration Island.

That’s it for tonight. Tune in next week for more Everything Etopia.

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Podcast #1 for 2017

Posted on 20 February 2017 by Namaara MacMoragh Posted in Broadcasts & Podcasts

I can’t believe it! I’ve been talking about doing this ever since we set up the studio on the Plaza last year.

Tonight’s podcast touches on what’s new and what’s coming up at Etopia. Pretty light fare and without any commercial interruptions.

Let me know what you think 🙂

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Happy Sunday and welcome to our first podcast of 2017. This is one exciting year!

2017 is Etopia’s 10th Anniversary and, you got it, it’s on Earth Day. Be assured we will celebrate it with all the fanfare we can muster and then some.

We still have space available for vendors and presenters. If you’ve got something to sell, say, or share visit our website at Etopia island dot org.

The politics of the day, I’m sure, have us all on the edge of our seats. Continued turmoil in the Greek economy. Continuous news about Brexit. And a US President determined to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency. And that’s not even the tip of our rapidly melting global iceberg.

But I’m here to tell you that Etopia will continue to build community through it all because that’s what we do best.

Now, on to a few updates. The walking tours are back. They start at the main landing area and we’ve added a few more than we had before. If you’ve got ideas about tours you’d like added why not drop me an email to namaara, n a m a a r a at Etopia island dot org

We also have a new wagon tour that does a loop around Etopia Island with a few interesting pauses and stops along the way.

And there are more storytellers. Keep a lookout as more of these info packed and sometimes cheeky NPCs take their places throughout Etopia.

Events for this week include the Newcomers Forum tomorrow, Monday February 20th at 5pm SLT at the Water Treatment Plant.

The Bored Meating is on Thursday at 7pm SLT at Tsidel’s Cafe on Etopia Prime.

And folks – let’s support our partners at Whole Brain Health on Inspiration Island. They’ve got a whole bunch of interesting things going on over there and our own Dani does meditation class on Sunday mornings.

FYI March is coming up fast and it’s Brain Injury Awareness Month. Flo, from the Brain Energy Support Team, tells me BEST is launching their “Identity After TBI” class in March and they’ll be hosting some other interesting events here at Etopia. We’ll keep you posted on this and everything Etopia.

That’s it for tonight. Tune in next week for more Etopian News & Notes.

 

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