1 The Game
 
1.1 Overview1.2 The Idea1.3 Let us build lifeboats!1.4 Lessons1.5 Concepts1.6 into the game1.7 The Author
 
 
 
2 Erfahrungsberichte
 
2.1 Überblick
 
 
 
3 Miscellaneous
 
3.1 Vier Schulen in Vier Kontinenten3.2 knowledge bank3.3 Wissenstest3.4 Poetry3.5 Essays3.6 Press3.7 Acknowledgements3.8 Glossary
 
 
 
 

„Cooling down!“- the game around global warming

EcoEquity vs. Worldpower Energy

A thought-provocing boardgame around Global Warming, Disaster Prevention and Biodiversity.

By Dr. Otto Ulrich, Germany

The Idea of the game is to widen environmental awareness towards a globally oriented consciousness. This shall include the relations between global warming, energy options, greenhouse effect and natural disasters.
All of us are facing worldwide one basic question: Will the world community, the “human family”, be capable of reducing the forseen greenhousegas emissions around 50% up to 2050?

Indeed, exactly this is the question in this (simulations-)game, too!

 

The players are representing the human beings, the so-called world community, they have to be very active in facing the challenge: Do you want to be rich or do you prefer to rescue the world?

Or: In the race between time – from 1840 to 2050 – and increasing Carbon dioxide concentration you have to choose between different CO2 reduction-strategies; you have to find, in cooperation with others, ways to minimize the CO2-levels, otherwise we will face a cowdung-society …