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Rebecka Petterson
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📚 Librarian by day, writer & gamer & reader by night, environmentalist for life 🐈 Cat mama ✨️ No, I don't want to hear your positive take on GenAI 🚆 Into train rides 🌳 Huge fan of trees - "I just think they're neat" (Simpson, M. (1994) 🌍 igdaclimatesig.org
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If you're curious about practical methods and in-depth critical takes on how to work on sustainability in and through games and play, have we got the book for you!

Preorder now, with our full release November 17th:

www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based on both industry practice and research, the chapters within t...
www.routledge.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ship collisions and noise are pushing whales to the brink–but there’s a simple solution. Slowing down ships could save thousands of whales and other marine life. Urge your leaders to commit to real ocean protection at the upcoming global summit! action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-6-...
Because Our Planet Is Blue
The Ocean is the Earth’s cradle of life, nourishing and connecting the entire planet. It is our strongest ally in coping with the climate crisis. We all depend on the balance and wellbeing of the endl...
action.wemove.eu
April 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.
March 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Games are great at facilitating imagination reg. climate change. How to see a future & not give in to despair? There are tons of future to save & massive amounts of worth it; we need imagination & games can be utilised, check out the #GreenGameDesign website! www.greengamedesign.com/imagine-a-so...
Imagine a Sustainable Future – Green Game Design
www.greengamedesign.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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The #GreenGameDesign site has a timely topic about "Inspire Collective Action". See the link and share thoughts. Can we show the consequences of uber-capitalism in a joyful way? Yes!

I'll share at GDC's renown Climate Crisis Workshop on Tuesday, March 18.

www.greengamedesign.com/inspire-coll...
March 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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What I love about the #greengamedesign website is the use cases demonstrating how different games have approached sustainability. This page on Regeneration & agroecology features @kamaeru.bsky.social wetland regeneration and @balancingmonkeygames.com use of ‘The Three Sisters’ polyculture! #gamedev
Showcase Regenerative Farming and Agroecology – Green Game Design
www.greengamedesign.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Finally, an intervention of my own on the #GreenGameDesign website! I love it when we can feature developers' own stories about their creations like this. This was a really simple step to get players thinking about the materiality of tech and games.
www.greengamedesign.com/honest-power...
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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The first green messaging I remember from a video game was freeing the imprisoned forest animals from evil industrialist Dr Robotnik in Sonic. Good to see it featured on the new #GreenGameDesign website. Tons of top insights and examples there to check out.🌍🎮

www.greengamedesign.com/oil-ocean-zo...
February 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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I hate that feeling when you really want to play a video game but then you think about it for just a little too long and now it feels more like a chore than fun.
January 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM