Where design and sustainability cross paths

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Even Video Games are Targeting Environmental Issues



“In a desperate, near future setting where controlling the planet’s depleting fossil resources determines the ultimate fate of civilization. A global war for oil is being waged between two superpowers, the Western Coalition (US/EU) and the Red Star Alliance (Russia/China).”

Jane McGonigal was a speaker at South by Southwest this year. She’s a game designer and future forecaster who “takes play seriously.” Her day to day work is as senior researcher at the Institute for the Future (what a great name). Jane spends a majority of her time writing and speaking about the power of digital games, virtual environments and other immersive experiences. She believes that they can change our current reality and also shape our future. Her specialty is focusing on designing collaborative games that mesh the real world with virtual environments. Originally titled “World Without Oil”, Frontlines: Fuel of War is a collaborative online game simulating global oil shortage. It’s the first mainstream video game to capitalize on the worst case scenario of a global oil shortage. According to Craig Anderson, the game “could in fact lead to changes in attitudes, beliefs, and ultimately, changes in behavior.” Craig is a well established professor who teaches psychology at Iowa State University. He is a leading expert in the study of how video games effect people.

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Daryl Dulaney Talks About Environmental Changes in Building



First Business is a nationally syndicated business news television program, produced by a TV station in Chicago. Host Tom Hudson brings business news from the Chicago Board of Trade. The program is designed to be an idea-source for traders: “Not just equities, but any investment moving the market including futures, options and geo-political news.” In this segment he asks Daryl Dulaney, President and CEO at Siemens Building Technologies, “how do you decide to turn a building green or keep it as it is?”

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Finding Solutions


Finding Solutions from Mark Dworkin on Vimeo.

Since 1987, Moving Images Video Project has produced and distributed television documentaries that encourage peace, justice, and environmental preservation. This video is a preview for a series of documentaries about real solutions to environmental and social sustainability. In a time when sustainability is a catchphrase, some people really are discovering more earth-friendly ways to live, grow food, and do business for example while being more respectful of our environment and improving lives.

Finding Solutions is a a documentary series on sustainability. It’s a presentation of stories about people and societies, highlighting individuals who have found better, greener and more improved ways to live. Covered in the segment are case studies including Curitiba, a city in southern Brazil considered to be one of the most sustainable cities in the world. Kerala, a state in India known for its high standard for health and society. Farmers markets in North America, where farmers are rediscovering that organic methods are actually better all around. Sophisticated industrial cooperatives in Italy are creating serious competition for big international corporations while providing good employment and offering the highest standard of living in the country.

Moving Images Video Project is a non-profit corporation based in Washington state.