Green Games

Green games are increasingly popular trend of serious games. Here are the several most famous examples:

3rd World Farmer is game that con­cen­trates on sim­u­lat­ing mech­a­nisms that cause and sus­tain poverty in 3rd World coun­tries. Player’s role is to man­age African farm and have to con­front sit­u­a­tions con­nected with con­flicts and poverty. All deci­sions impacts not only sit­u­a­tion of the farm, but also fam­ily that...

Busi­ness­Green Plus is game pro­vid­ing senior exec­u­tives and busi­ness own­ers with the  infor­ma­tion and guid­ance in the low car­bon tran­si­tion. It pro­vides infor­ma­tion about how to under­take suc­cess­ful green ini­tia­tives that will not only make com­pany more environment-friendly but also will cre­ate new busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties and will cut costs.

CEO 2 is game cre­ated by WWF and Alianz. Player assumes role of CEO in one of four major indus­tries (auto­mo­tive, insur­ance, chem­i­cal or util­ity) in time period between 2010 and 2030. Aim of the game is to show how cer­tain invest­ments can lead to prof­itable growth in low-carbon...

Elec­troC­ity is strat­egy city build­ing game devel­oped for Gen­e­sis Energy, gen­er­a­tor and retailer of energy in New Zeland as a part of School­gen project aimed at rais­ing aware­ness about renew­able energy sources. Game requires bal­anc­ing city’s growth with its envi­ron­men­tal impact, where cit­i­zens well-being is also impor­tant fac­tor. It...

Energy Hog game was cre­ated for Alliance to Save Energy. It is set of minigames for chil­dren that aims at teach­ing them how to con­serve energy. Play­ers check each room of the house search­ing for Energy Hogs. When they are found they can be beaten in minigame. official...

Ener­gyville is strat­egy game cre­ated by The Econ­o­mist Group for Chevron. In this game play­ers have to sup­ply city with energy. They can decide on dif­fer­ent energy sources all of which have impact on econ­omy, envi­ron­ment and secu­rity. Game also gives play­ers access to infor­ma­tion about real-world energy require­ments...

Evoke is social net­work game cre­ated for World Bank Insti­tute. It was widely avail­able between March 3rd 2010 and May 12th 2010, now it can be played within groups after sign­ing up. Its aim is to help to empower peo­ple from whole world to learn more about real-life social...

Fort McMoney is web doc­u­men­tary. Play­ers get the oppor­tu­nity to explore real city — Fort McMur­ray to learn more about its his­tory, eco­nom­ics and soci­ety by vis­it­ing dif­fer­ent loca­tions and talk­ing with cit­i­zens. They can influ­ence the future of the city by tak­ing part in ref­er­en­dums and sur­veys. Their...

My Sust House Games are games cre­ated by Screen­media and SUST. Its aim is to teach school­child­ren about chal­lenges of sus­tain­able build­ing design. My Sust House con­sists of three games:

  • Envi­ron­ment game
  • Build­ing game
  • Town game
Each of games shows player dif­fer­ent aspects of sus­tain­able house devel­op­ment and sus­tain­able town plan­ning. In every...

Ollies’s Club is edu­ca­tional web­site cre­ated by Word Design Inter­ac­tive and Sus­tain Abil­ity Inter­na­tional aimed at edu­cat­ing chil­dren about sus­tain­abil­ity, recy­cling and energy sav­ing. Apart from the mul­ti­me­dia con­tent it presents games:

  • Super Hero Sort­ing Game — game teaches chil­dren about how to sort waste
  • Energy Sav­ing Game —...

Play Rethink is board game that aims at help­ing peo­ple think how to make every­day prod­ucts and ser­vices more envi­ron­men­tally friendly. Play­ers spin the wheel to get the card. On the card there is object of ser­vice, and they have to cre­ate new way of using it to make...

Stop Dis­as­ters is game cre­ated for United Nations and Inter­na­tional Strat­egy for Dis­as­ter Reduc­tion. Its aim is to edu­cate peo­ple about dan­gers of nat­ural dis­as­ters and ways how dam­ages can be avoided. In each sce­nario player have to pre­pare local pop­u­la­tion for incom­ing dis­as­ter by build­ing dif­fer­ent kinds of...

The Fish Game con­cen­trates on use of com­mon pool resources. All play­ers have access to lake with fish and decide how many of them they want to catch. After each round fish regen­er­ate with sta­ble rate, depen­dent on num­ber of fish left in the lake. Aim of the game...

The Great Green Web Game is a quiz game cre­ated by Union of Con­cerned Sci­en­tists. It is aimed at test­ing knowl­edge about how con­sumers choices affect environment. official game website

The Power Game was cre­ated for British Energy and it presents play­ers with future of energy pro­duc­tion and mar­ket in United King­dom. It can be down­loaded for free from web­page or one can request CD with the game.

Wind­fall is strat­egy game pro­duced by Per­sua­sive Games. Its aim is to build wind farms to cre­ate clean energy. Player have to con­sider prof­its, energy pro­duc­tion, loca­tion and social impact of build­ing energy turbines. Game have dif­fer­ent dif­fi­culty lev­els which offers player dif­fer­ent regions and dif­fer­ent energy goals.