E a r t h I s l a n d
Imagine the most comprehensive set of climate restoration solutions on the planet delivered in a magical video game for free to the more than 3 billion video gamers out there, quickly raising awareness of this critical issue worldwide.
“I’ve come across many games focused on the climate emergency. Earth Island not only stands out far and above the rest, but promises to be the most beautiful and engaging game I’ve seen to date focused around climate.”
The Premise
Suffering from the climate crisis, Earth Island seeks a valiant ally to fight for its survival. Braving the dangers of storms, fires, and floods, the game player will determine what plagues the island and acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to restore its beauty and natural abundance before time runs out.
The Problems
There are numerous critical sites on the island that need the player’s immediate attention. When a site is discovered an action globe will appear. That’s when the fun begins.
The Solutions
Clicking on a globe will teleport the player to a kaleidoscopic Solution Hub in another part of the world. Included in the Hub are project-based adventures, captivating games, rousing YouTube videos, inspiring podcasts, team-building chat rooms, photorealistic simulations, spellbinding puzzles, artificial intelligence portals, career paths, and much more, all laser-focused on climate solutions.
Acquiring skills to combat climate change incorporates both NGSS and Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning.
* Remember * Understand * Apply * Analyze * Evaluate * Create *
The Incentives
Knowledge is power. As the players acquire knowledge by exploring Solution Hubs, they’ll gain a sense of accomplishment seeing the island heal and transform into a thriving ecosystem. They’ll also acquire extrasensory abilities to perceive wonders of the natural world in new, astonishing ways.
Adventures experienced, friendships made, careers launched, lives changed, climate crises averted - these will be the ultimate rewards of winning the game of Earth Island with an intrepid hummingbird as guide.
Why Earth Island will be a game changer
It will be fast. It will be free. Gamers around the world will access it using the speed of the Internet.
Its demographic will be vast and diverse with over 3 billion game players worldwide.
It will fundamentally change the player’s relationship to the biosphere.
It will remind us of the love we have for the planet Earth.
And we protect what we love.
“You may hate video games, maybe you don’t play them, or you think they’re a waste of time, but I’ve taught K-12 for thirty years, and I’ve never seen kids learn anything faster than when there was a video game to help them learn it.”