Really, really excited. After first discussing how so many young people play games, Soros funded Climate Progress tells us
Looking at the climate change challenge there are a number of games and interactive tools to broaden our understanding of the dynamics involved. Climate Interactive, for one, has led the development of the role-playing game World Climate, which simulates the UN climate change negotiations and is being adopted from middle school all the way up to executive management-level classrooms. Many are recognizing the power of games and everyone from government agencies to NGOs to a group of teenagers is trying to launch a game to help address climate change. Below are some of the climate and sustainability-related games we’ve found. Let us know if you’ve found others.
The climahypocrites then go on to list 19 games, such as
2. Fate of the World: A PC game that challenges players to solve the crises facing the Earth from natural disasters and climate change to political uprisings and international relations.
3. CEO2: A game that puts players at the head of a company in one of four industries. The player must then make decisions to reduce the CO2 and maintain (and increase) the company’s value.
4. VGas: Users build a house and select the best furnishing and lifestyle choices to have the lowest carbon footprint.
Oh, and hey, how about
9. Logicity: A game that challenges players to reduce their carbon footprints by making decisions in a virtual city.
Interestingly, all the games are virtual, and not one of them actually revolves around reducing their own CO2 footprints in the Real World. Hence, Climahypocrites.
