Comments on: Building Parks, Not Ads

By: Taran Rampersad

Taran Rampersad — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:36:08 +0000

Takumi Commons has been doing that for quite some time - buying small spaces and planting trees. So it’s good you’re doing it, and it’s certainly great for SL (there’s a spot in Muralis you may want to buy, 16m squared) but in a world of prim limitations, sometimes less is more. Buying up those pieces of land may also limit people on that sim as well.

By: Jason Stoddard

Jason Stoddard — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:42:17 +0000

Yes, we’re aware of Takumi, The Arbor Project, and other groups with similar goals. We don’t want to compete with these organizations. In fact, we’d like to work with them! And, knowing prim limits ourselves, we have no problem in leaving land in its natural state to better serve the community, or selling land to nearby landowners who need to develop their own space. We’ve already done so, in fact.

By: Darryl Pearce

Darryl Pearce — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:36:37 +0000

Reminds me of this: how to turn a parking space into a park.

By: Arrow (Mister Arrow)

Arrow (Mister Arrow) — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:09:29 +0000

Takumi (A member of the Arbor Project with myself and founder, Xerses Goff) does great work. I ran across some of your spots in Eson (funnily enough where I started my part of the Project!) and was *very* happy to see an RL company like yourselves coming into SL with a sense of social/”environmental” responsibility. Kudos. Excellent work and The Arbor Project extends an open invitation to work with you on any similar projects in the future. In this aspect of SL, I don’t think we see any group working to improve the Mainland and users’ experiences as competition.

By: Takumi Commons

Takumi Commons — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:54:44 +0000

Wow, I am happy my small contributions to the beautification of Second Life have not gone unnoticed. I have been working with both Arbor and Peace Park projects in Second Life. I know there are others who hold the same goals and many who contribute with donations behind the scenes as well. Point I am trying to make is that it is never a one person show, there is always a network of support involved and I am happy to see this network is growing.