Over the last year, the EPA has successfully embraced the use of social media to help promote environmental stewardship. One of their most recent efforts is the launch of a water quality contest. According to their Web site, they are “looking for educational videos that inspire people to help protect our streams, lakes, wetlands, and [...]
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Enter the EPA Water Quality Contest
April 5th, 2009 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in Drinking Water, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in the Metaverse 
Tags: contest, EPA, Public Works, water quality 
Comments OffBumping into the DOT
November 15th, 2008 Pam Broviak As a civil engineer, the federal agencies I visit online are usually the DOT, EPA, and FHWA with an occasional click over to the USGS. Upon my entry into Second Life, I searched for these agencies within that virtual world and found nothing. The only federal agencies that had made it into the virtual realm [...]
Posted in Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse, Transportation Tags: DOT, EPA, FHWA, NASA, NOAA Comments OffU.S. EPA Launches “Science Wednesday”
July 23rd, 2008 Pam Broviak The U.S. EPA continues to successfully implement Web 2.0 tools in an effort to reach out to the public. Their latest launch, Science Wednesday, “will feature experiences related to environmental science, brought to you by scientists, engineers, researchers, and perhaps the occasional science writer from across EPA.” Anyone can access this feature by visiting Greenversations: [...]
Posted in Government in the Metaverse, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: blogs, EPA, science, Web 2.0 Comments OffEPA Launches Multimedia Site
February 29th, 2008 Pam Broviak The US EPA has started up a multimedia site at www.epa.gov/multimedia that offers videos, audio/podcasts, and images. Some of the videos and podcasts cover information about Radon, water infrastructure, indoor air quality, and other topics related to the environment. Visitors can also access an area of the site that allows for interaction between the EPA [...]
