{"id":1239,"date":"2005-06-02T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-02T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/02\/gaming-our-way-to-sustainability\/"},"modified":"2005-06-02T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-02T21:51:00","slug":"gaming-our-way-to-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/gaming-our-way-to-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming Our Way to Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WorldChanging <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldchanging.com\/archives\/002817.html\">points us<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calit2.net\/articles\/article.php?id=597\">a report<\/a> on a workshop at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology in May with the goal &#8220;to create a massively multi-player 21st-century online game inspired by Buckminster Fuller\u2019s visionary World Game.&#8221;  I must admit that I&#8217;m not nearly as familiar with Fuller as I probably should be, but this sounds fascinating:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the 1980s \u2013 fueled by Fuller\u2019s claims that there were enough resources on the planet to sustain a growing population \u2013 his colleagues created a multi-player, hands-on simulation called World Game Workshops. Played on a world map the size of a basketball court, the game was a unique and immersive visualization of the Earth and a simulation of its complex systems. It gave players an opportunity to solve global-scale problems by using prudent design and good science. Players worked to develop the world&#8217;s technology and resource use while maintaining the Earth\u2019s ecological integrity. Fuller envisioned Spaceship Earth as a metaphor for understanding the earth as a closed-life support system for which we are all crew members and stewards.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward 25 years. The Buckminster Fuller Institute and Calit2\u2019s Game Culture and Technology Lab collaborate on designing a new game for a much more sophisticated audience. Recognizing the potential of digital networked technology and cutting-edge scientific simulation and visualization techniques, they held a two-day design \u201ccharrette,\u201d May 11-13, to create a blueprint for a game inspired by the World Game and Spaceship Earth concepts.<\/p>\n<p>The designers\u2019 challenge was to create an online game that would use real-world Earth and planetary system science data and real-time Earth Science visualization tools, while appealing to gamers\u2019 sense of fun. Ultimately, Spaceship Earth players should be able to explore environmental scenarios to understand how geophysical systems and events can be altered through individual action, shifts in industrial practice, changes in environmental policy and other events.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Can a game inspire people to change their lifestyles?  Fuller certainly thought so, and once this MMPG gets up and running, it will be very interesting to see how well it fares amongst gamers.  My step-son spends hours a day on these kinds of games, so maybe I can convert him&#8230;  <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.weblogs.com\/0109157\/categories\/sustainability\/2005\/06\/01.html#a956\">Gil Friend<\/a> adds his experience with less technologically cool but equally important games in the early &#8217;70s.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Game\" rel=\"tag\">game<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Buckminster+Fuller\" rel=\"tag\">BuckMinster Fuller<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/sustainability\" rel=\"tag\">sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/cgi-bin\/partner?partner_id=29592&amp;cgi=search\/search\/&amp;searchtype=kw&amp;searchfor=Fuller%20Buckminster\">Books by Buckminster Fuller at Powell&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WorldChanging points us to a report on a workshop at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology in May with the goal &#8220;to create a massively multi-player 21st-century online&nbsp;[ &hellip; 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