Richard Elen has been involved in alternative technology and the environment since the mid-1970s. He was a member of the group that produced Undercurrents, one of the first "AT" magazines (in fact Peter Harper coined the phrase therein). He was also a regular member of the team that produced the Climate Action Network's Eco magazine from the UN Climate Talks in the run-up to Kyoto (it is still produced today).
Long a supporter of renewable energy, he is also particularly interested in the potential of virtual worlds for education, conferencing and networking with minimal CO2 emissions. He believes that the future lies in massive investment in public transport and renewables and suspects that bringing energy and communications back into public ownership is one of the few ways in which this might be achieved in the time we have left.
Unlike the typical video conferencing tool, holding a virtual conference ‘Second Life’ can include all the elements of a real-world event with none of the travel-related emissions.
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