Instructions GreenWatchers: Gaming for Transparent Sustainability
Welcome to "GreenWatchers: Gaming for Transparent Sustainability," where you embark on a sustainable journey filled with challenges, power-ups, and a mission to expose greenwashing. Before you rev up your motorbike and hit the road, let's go through the rules and objectives of the game.
Objective
Your goal is to drive through a sustainable world, collect points, and expose false sustainability claims. Along the way, gather power-ups to extend your gameplay time. In this way, lets learn to call out misleading business practices and educate ourselves to become more informed consumers,
Gameplay
1.Starting Your Journey
- Begin your adventure as you drive through an interactive tunnel filled with informative facts on greenwashing.
2. Home Screen
- On the home screen, you'll find your trusty motorbike, symbolising sustainability, plugged in for charging.
3. Power-ups and Collectibles
As you navigate the path, watch out for these items:
- Recycling Bins: Collect plastic items adorned with recyclable symbols to earn points.
- Solar Panels: Restore energy and gain valuable points.
- Wind Turbines: Activate these to enjoy a short burst of speed and score additional points.
- Carbon Molecules: Extend your gameplay time by 10 seconds by capturing carbon.
Genuine Certifications: Look for genuine certification badges:
These give you temporary boosts, making your journey smoother and more rewarding. Collect them to gain advantages.
4. Diversions and Directions
- The road ahead presents both challenges and choices. You'll encounter left and right turns.
- Follow the signboards carefully:
- Genuine Claims: These claims allow you to continue your journey as you support genuine sustainability efforts. Embrace:
- Recycled material (e.g. 90% of raw supply)
- Fairtrade (e.g. 2% of each invoice)
- Medical care for women workers
- Training programs for marginalised women
- Smart classrooms in rural schools
- Clean drinking water delivery
- Solar panel installations
- Vocational training for adults
Greenwashing: Beware of false claims that lead to the end of your game. Avoid:
- 100% Recyclable
- Full Equal pay claims
- Greener practices
- Specialized training to all staff
- CSR for all involved communities
- Clean water delivered to everyone around the factory
- Operating on only wave generated energy
- Engaged in upskilling all employees
5. 5. Certification Confusion:
- Your well-selected roadmap will occasionally prompt you to identify certification symbols. While some symbols are authentic and recognised, others are simply well-designed marketing campaigns. Identify the authentic certification marks for a points boost.
Hint: Authentic symbols are issued by established organisations, the names of which can be seen on the certification whereas misleading ones are unsubstantiated claims of being “good for the environment”.
- Authentic Certifications: Here are some of the authentic certification labels you are likely to see
- Deceptive Certifications: Here are some of the certifications that show up on a lot of products but are neither validated nor genuine, making them just a marketing gimmick.
6. Tips
- Be careful when navigating through diversions and directions.
- Avoid greenwashing claims at all costs.
- Collect power-ups to increase your speed, energy, and gameplay time.
- Use your energy wisely.