People have staged concerts, speeches and rallies on Second Life but this was the first time that a group staged a cataclysmic flood. That’s exactly what Adventure Ecology, founded by Pop!Techer David de Rothschild, did to remind of the real world outside of their computers and the real climate crisis that we face.

Creating the flood that covered cities like London, The Netherlands, and Ibiza is much more than a geeky hack. Because locations in Second Life are owned and created by hundreds of individuals, Adventure Ecology had to get property owners to agree to create the flood at a specified date and time.

Read the National Geographic account for the full story. Apparently avatars were calm, some pub going avatars just climbed into boats and continued on with their pints while the conversation shifted to global warming.

“People have a lot to learn about ecology—but first you have to get their attention” said David. This surely grabbed our attention.

Here is a YouTube video showing the flood in Second Life.

Also, if you are in New York City this Saturday (April 14th), don’t miss the Sea of People rally. Thousands of people will dress in blue and make a line around lower Manhattan defining the projected coastline of the City under a 10 foot sea level rise scenario. It will look amazing and sobering.
via:: Treehugger