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V GAS : energy, lifestyles and climate

V GAS je hra, simulující ve virtuální realitě dopady životního stylu na změny klimatu. Úvod do hry: Lidská činnost zvyšuje množství skleníkových plynů uvolňovaných do atmosféry. Oxid uhličitý (CO2), metan (CH4), oxid dusný (N2O) a halogenové uhlovodíky, jsou některé z plynů způsobujících skleníkový efekt (odražené sluneční záření je zachytáváno v atmosféře). Skleníkový efekt je přirozený proces, ale exitují hypotézy které tvrdí, že lidská činnost přispívá ke zvyšování koncentrace těchto plynů v atmosféře, a to způsobuje (...)

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Food force

"Foodforce" is an educational video game presented by the World Food Program (WFP). The project has been developed specifically to help children become familiar with the fight against hunger in the world. The game can be downloaded for free on Yahoo! Games. This is the first educational video game on the theme of hunger. It is designed for children 8 to 14 years old. Versions are available in German, English, Chinese, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian and (...)

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Power Up

Created in 2008 by IBM, Power Up mains to both to educate on issues related to ecology and enable young people to consider careers in engineering. The goal is to save the planet Helios, threatened by a terrible environmental disaster, by passing three missions: the first one involves solar energy, the second one the wind and the third one hydraulic... There is also a section for teachers who can use the game as a learning resource that will grab students’ attention and engage them as (...)

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Recycle city

In Recycle city, you are Dumptown’s new City Manager! When you start to play, you’ll see Dumptown at its worst, it’s littered, polluted, and nothing is being recycled or reused. There are many trash cans and dumpsters, but no recycling bins. That means all of the trash is going right into the landfill just outside town, where it isn’t doing anyone any good. In your new position, you can start programs that encourage Dumptown’s citizens and businesses to recycle and reduce waste. The Dumptown (...)

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Protecting water

Protecting water is an educative and interactive game on water, environment and sanitation. This is a strategic game which goal is to supply a city with clean water and put the school in a healthy environment. This game requires Flash 6 or higher. Tearfund and WaterAid have produced this online game to highlight issues of EU aid for water and sanitation. When you have finished the game, you can use their online form to write to Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for International (...)

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Clim’city

How and why is global warming accelerating? What sort of climate can we expect in 2100? Which human activities are most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions? How can we reduce these emissions? How does climate change currently affect our ecosystems and what impact will it have on them in the future? How will mankind be able to adapt to future climate change? Are you ready to set off on a journey that will take you into the heart of climate change and sustainable development? You are? (...)

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SOS 21, Ecoville, Defi pour la terre

SOS-21 http://www.sos-21.com/ Currently developing ’SOS-21’’ is the result of a longstanding project that focuses on sustainable development. The goal is to create a game media ethics, free, online, which helps to educate the various stakeholders (children, parents & grandparents) to the 3 dimensions of sustainable development (social, economic, environmental) through their daily actions. Through an avatar which the player is online live scenes of everyday life, it helps to understand (...)

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Eco-agents

Eco-agents is a website with games, quizzes and information from scientific sources to challenge several missions on global warming, waste and chemicals, air pollution. You will also find two short quizzes, one on climate change and the other on water. Game available in Czech, English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Suomi... and all languages of the European Union. This game has been developped by the European Environment (...)

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Stop disasters

Stop disasters is a simulation Game of Natural Disaster: Tsunami, hurricane, forest fire, earthquake, flood. The goal is to organize and build a safer world for people. Who can play the Stop Disasters game? Anyone with internet access can download and play the Stop Disasters game from this web site. The game will not be ’downloadable’ as an .exe file on your hard drive. Instead it will load into a browser window. Do I need a special computer? No, any computer built within the last few years (...)

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