I’m not a big advocate of video games as the national childhood pastime, but if you can’t beat ‘um, get them to plant 15,000 trees - which is just what online virtual universe Dizzywood did with they paired up with the Arbor Day Foundation on Earth Day. For every new tree that was planted on the game, and actual tree was planted in the real world. Here’s more from Green Daily:
Dizzywood’s tree planting is a great example of how an adventurous storyline can cleverly weave a strong educational component into play,” Ken Marden, co-founder of Dizzywood, said in a statement. “It is an opportunity to allow kids to see the wider impact that they can have by working together, as well as what it means to be a citizen of the world – in this case, a virtual one. We hope the kids are as inspired to see their online environmental activity have real-world results as we are.
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