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: [...]
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U.S. EPA Launches “Science Wednesday”
July 23rd, 2008 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in Government in the Metaverse, Public Works in the Metaverse 
Tags: blogs, EPA, science, Web 2.0 
Comments OffScience Article about Conference in World of Warcraft
June 20th, 2008 Pam Broviak Science magazine just released an article about the Science conference that was held in the virtual game World of Warcraft in May of this year. Attracted by the Science content and the virtual format, I signed up for a WoW account and attended for most of the 3-day event. I enjoyed the format of the [...]
Science Conference Held in Sewer
May 10th, 2008 Pam Broviak The second day of the World of Warcraft Science Conference was held in the sewers in the Undercity. Wow, for a civil engineer like me, it doesn’t get any better than that. How can you not love a conference held in a sewer? Unfortunately my husband and I had to show up late because we [...]
Posted in Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: conferences, engineering, science, sewers, virtual worlds, World of Warcraft Comments OffFirst Day of World of Warcraft Science Conference
May 9th, 2008 Pam Broviak I could not pass up the chance to attend the first science conference held in a game so a few weeks ago I set up a World of Warcraft account and became a blood elf paladin on the side of the Horde in the Earthen Ring realm. Today I am sitting on the side of [...]
Posted in Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: conference, science, virtual worlds, World of Warcraft 2 Comments »Science Conference to be Held in World of Warcraft
April 20th, 2008 Pam Broviak In May of this year the World of Warcraft (WoW) will host its first Scientific Conference. Although I am a frequent visitor to the virtual world of Second Life and have even ventured into a few other virtual worlds, I have yet to visit WoW. However, after hearing about this conference, my curiosity was stirred [...]
