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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Guitar Heroes? On video games saving the world	Umbra Fisk	09 Apr 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Does the increasing use of video games as a form of recreation bode well for the environment? Fewer people using real resources means less of an impact on the world. Tadeusz Rockville, Md. Dear Tadeusz, Now that is an interesting spin on things. No one knows the complete answer, and we won't know until we fully assess the footprint of our electronic age. Make that 51 simple things you can do. Photo: ansik Playi ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, video games (all these topics)

Plunder the sea New online game illustrates the impacts of overfishing	Katy Balatero	27 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Following in the footsteps of other web-based enviro games such as Whale's Revenge, Planet Green, and, uh, Catstration (okay, maybe that one is a stretch) comes Ocean Survivor. The game has no relation to a certain CBS reality show; players swim through the sea as a bluefin tuna and avoid obstacles like death-by-bottom-trawler:
Topics: fishing, oceans, video games, websites (all these topics)

Virtual virtues Global warming -themed game now online	Kate Sheppard	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A new video game teaches users about saving the planet is coming on the market, and you can try it out for free first. Check out Global Warning, a new game from Midori Tech. Here's what happens: A dump company sets up an immense (nearly the size of 50 football fields) landfill next to your virtual home. The player's mission is to stop the dump company, as well as save the planet by choosing strategic, earth-friendly behaviors, which are 'cards' in the game. Each rou ...
Topics: green living, video games (all these topics)

Media Shower: Game on!	Chris Schults	26 Jul 2006	Gristmill
I don't know if anyone else pays attention to the Google ads in Gristmill, but I just clicked on an ad for the game Xeko Mission: Madagascar and, wow, it sounds really cool! I'm all for creative ways of educating the public and this seems like a great way for families to learn about ecosystems. And speaking of gaming, I direct you to this New York Times article by Clive Thompson titled 'Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time'. Here's a taste: Video games have ...
Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, green living, movies, video games (all these topics)

Good Nintentions On video games	Umbra Fisk	25 Jan 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, After reading some heart-rending, gut-wrenching articles on global warming, I've decided that I want to do something about it. I've started by vowing never to buy a car, or get a driver's license. But I happen to love video games. Nothing is going to make me stop playing my video games. As I am painfully aware, a consumer lifestyle is what contributes to global warming and the ecocide of our planet, so how can I be an environm ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, e-waste, green living, toxics, video games (all these topics)

Reaching the gamers How enviros can tap the video game market	Chris Schults	06 Nov 2005	Gristmill
I'll echo Dave's sentiment that he expressed in his post 'Reaching the hipsters': What about the hipsters? What about the semi-affluent, college-educated, tech-savvy, media-saturated twenty-somethings with artfully disheveled hair? They are, like it or not, apt to be central players in our culture in coming years ('the next generation,' blah blah).They have no tolerance whatsoever for the kind of earnest, soft-focus appeals most enviro-groups pitch. They are, let's ...
Topics: green living, messaging, video games (all these topics)

Dutch Treat The Netherlands tackles nitrogen pollution with a game	Erik Ness	10 May 2002	Main Dish
Confess: You've played more than one hand of solitaire on company time. Tetris anyone? Maybe you've even been a MYSTic or a QUAKEr. If you happen to work for the Dutch Ministry of the Environment, playing computer games is now part of your job description. Or at least playing a computer game -- the world's only computer game designed to solve the problem of nitrogen pollution. The Netherlands is home to i ...
Topics: air pollution, Netherlands, video games, water pollution (all these topics)

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