Although video games have long provided a convenient scapegoat for environmental apathy, there is a strong trend, growing stronger all the time, of making use of digital technology in general and games in particular to promote environmental and social awareness, to aid in conservation, and to democratize activism. The “Greening the Game” blog is a forum for an ongoing conversation about how video games are already contributing to environmental awareness, activism, and conservation efforts, as well as how they have untapped potential to intervene even more–both positively and negatively–in the future of eco-critical discourse.
The “Greening the Game” blog is geared towards classroom use. Feel free to use it in your classes!
If you have a game you would like to see added or a topic of conversation you would like to initiate, please send a message to Lisa Swanstrom at swanstro at gmail dot com or visit Lisa’s personal home page: http://swanstream.org.