Monsanto Sucks Protest
Since its creation, Monsanto has produced toxic chemicals, such as Agent Orange and many pesticides, and genetically modified foods that do nothing but harm our global environment. There are even known cases against Monsanto that they deny. For example, Monsanto spent 40 years dumping toxic PCBs, an industrial coolant, in a creek in Anniston, AL. Even though they knew life could no longer survive in the creek, Monsanto provided altered documents that said their activities did not seem harmful. They still have not taken responsibility for this massive toxic waste dump. In addition to this dumping, Monsanto is guilty of creating some of the world’s most deadly chemicals used for pesticides, herbicides, and at one point they produced Agent Orange, an extremely controversial herbicidal weapon used during the Vietnam War. In addition to making toxic chemicals, Monsanto also makes genetically modified seeds that produce food that is not necessarily safe to eat. These seeds are resistant to Monsanto’s own herbicides. This forces farmers to rely on Monsanto every year for each new harvest season. Monsanto has taken over the agriculture industry, which is not good considering they are one of the largest producers of toxic chemicals in the world.
This event will focus on how Monsanto has affected the Earth. Hopefully the information will be inspiring enough to begin a small Anti-Monsanto protest in SecondLife.
Participants will be asked to go on a photo scavenger hunt throughout SecondLife to find various environmentally related landscapes; as this occurs there will be a presentation and Q&A about Monsanto’s affects and policies. The participants will take their photos and turn them into environmental rally signs, where they will be taken around various locations in SecondLife for a minor protest.
In order to prepare, participants are asked to have at least L$10 for upload. There is also an additional tree costume that you may purchase. While I will provide a free tree suit, if you would like a nicer sculpted tree costume there is one available for L$150 at the following SLurl. Buying the tree costume is not mandatory, but it looks way more tree-like than the one I made.
Nice tree costume (L$150)
We will initially meet at the following SLurl inside the towers of Arboretum (it should be where your avatar spawns):
Each participant must complete the following tasks during the event:
1. Go on a scavenger hunt through SecondLife where you will screen capture five environmentally/agriculture related images. Some examples are images of your avatar (or a friends) in a realistic forest, on a farm, doing VR environmental service, eating food, or some other idea. This list of SLurls should help you find appropriate locations more easily, but please feel free to explore new regions that are similar.
Forested Lands
Farm Lands
2. After creating the screen captures, use the images to create environmental/Anti-Monsanto protest signs. Use a photo-editing software to add slogans or additional effects to make your image more meaningful.
3. Meet inside SecondLife at the following SLurl to receive a free protest sign and tree suit.
3. Meet inside SecondLife at the following SLurl to receive a free protest sign and tree suit.
4. Upload your image to SecondLife and using the “Select Face” option in the object edit dialog box, apply your protest image to both sides of your sign.
5. Adorn your tree suit and adjust it if necessary.
6. As a group, we will then go to various environmentally forward SecondLife locations to hopefully spread information about Monsanto’s effect on the world.
Protest Locations
7. Email any images or screen captures to ndyer52@hotmail.com with the subject “DAI 627 – SL images”
For the scavenger hunt, participants can work individually or in small groups. Everyone is expected to take screen captures during the scavenger hunt. The protest will be documented by Professor Veeder and myself. I may need one additional person that is comfortable with the camera controls to document the protest.
I will provide certain props that can be used for the scavenger hunt (if you would like them) and for the protest.
· Pickaxe
· Shovel
· Blank Protest sign
· Tree suit
Participants will provide the images for the signs which shall be created during the event.
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