National Geographic is using new media to inspire people to care about the planet—and to help them understand it. National Geographic gave a presentation (or, at least, their avatars did) at the New Media Consortium’s Symposium for the Future in Second Life, an immersive, 3-D virtual world.

NMC staff created an evocative base camp for us, with a campfire and tent, tall grass, binoculars, laptop, and the requisite pith helmet…

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