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Ecoville
- Kyoto in the Home |
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| Organisation |
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Developed
by French Environment and Energy Management Agency Supported by the EC |
www.ademe.fr |
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| Age group | ||
| 14-18 years old. | ||
| Topic | ||
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The
Ecoville game Contest reward the class that builds the city that
best respects the environment (reduced energy consumption, use of renewable
energies, waste management…). The city should emit the least
greenhouse gases possible while still offering the services expected
of a 21st century city It will then respect the commitment taken by
European Union at Kyoto to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 8
% by on the period 2008-2012 compared to the 1990’s level. It
then respect the commitment taken by the European Union at the contest
is organised as part of the « Kyoto in the Home » project,
supported by the European Commission. |
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| Goal | ||
| The
game was used within the context of the European project
entitled “Kyoto
in the Home”. An Ecoville Game Contest was be organised in April,
with results in May-June, 2008. The game can be played online by anybody. |
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| Resources | ||
Languages: in Spanish, Estonian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Slovak, and English (UK) . |
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| Task | ||
| Classes from secondary school from the following eight participating European countries: Spain, France, Greek, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Estonia and United Kingdom. Classes can participate only once in the Contest. The winning class will be the class that best integrates Kyoto objectives into its city. The Contest was running in 2008. | ||
| Description and Evaluation | ||
Available in different european languages, can be played
on-line. The game consists in creating a city taking into consideration
different factors: energy, CO2 emission, transport, waste, population,
economy and time. Once the population has reached 15000 inhabitants,
the game stops and the player can have a look at the different scores. |
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