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Sustainability professionals, academics and organizations from all around the world applied social simulations and games in their areas of activity.
Read their stories on the G4S blog.
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Sustainability professionals, academics and organizations from all around the world applied social simulations and games in their areas of activity.
Read their stories on the G4S blog.
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![Three reasons to play water management games](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/water-management-games-300x100.jpg)
Why play water management games?
You might need some good arguments to convince your boss to play games for and during your work. Three reasons to play water games!
![PreventionWeb by UNISDR](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PreventionWeb_fin-300x100.png)
PreventionWeb for DRR professionals
PreventionWEB is a web platform created by the UNISDR. The platform provides current news and tools for exchange and collaboration.
![Few lesson from A Common Dilemma](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/a-common-dilemma-300x100.jpg)
Few lessons from A Common Dilemma
What can be better than learning about game theory through games? During my classes on this topic at the University, I regularly use A Common Dilemma. Why?
![Catan: Oil springs](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Catanoil-300x100.jpg)
A few lessons from Catan: Oil Springs
Some time ago I played Catan: Oil Springs in the Green Games project. Can it fulfill the job of an educational tool? Few lessons from this game.
![Valley](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Valley_Summer-School-300x100.jpg)
Thoughts after Lords of the Valley Game Session
We played Lords of the Valley game with a group of students and professors connected with natural sciences field of study.
![tournament](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/let-the-tournament-begin-300x100.jpg)
Let the Tournament Begin
Over 35 years ago Robert Axelrod invited several people to the tournament. The idea was simple – win by earning the most in the iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma.
![Catan: Oil Springs scenario](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Catan_oil-springs-300x100.jpg)
Link for today: Catan: Oil Springs
We are presenting a different game on the subject of common goods – Catan: Oil Springs – the old good Catan board game with an environmental twist.
![Flood Resilience Game](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Header_FRG_-300x100.jpg)
How game can help flood-prone communities
The Flood Resilience Game is a simulation designed to help flood-prone communities to discover strategies which improve flood resilience.
![LARP](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/LARP-300x100.jpg)
How role-playing can make a change
People running around with armors and swords are often seen as childish. What not many people know is that even “serious” adults can gain a lot from LARP.
![Come get some (share of this common-pool resource)! - part 2](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/common-pool-resource-2-300x100.jpg)
Come get some (share of this common-pool resource)! part 2
We continue with the topic of the common-pool resource. I hope you already had a try with simple A Common Dilemma experiment.
![Common-pool resource](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/common-pool-resources-300x100.jpg)
Come get some (share of this common-pool resource)! part 1
Last time we talked about common-pool resource dilemma. This time we will focus on implications and results of using common-pool resource.
![Rationality. Common-pool resources.](https://games4sustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rationalityheader-300x100.jpg)
All hail the rationality. Down with the sustainability.
Have you ever heard the term “common pool resources”? Our sustainable future might depend on understanding the CPR.