Digital Activism

“It is up to you to meet the energy demands of your city’s 3.9 million people…” says a SimCity-style game, Energyville, that allows you to design your city’s energy portfolio while balancing economic, environmental, and security costs.  When Energyville debuted last year some argued that the game was green-wash while others were enthused about the potential to engage a young, multimedia-savvy audience in energy issues. All sides of the debate can weigh in at willjoinus.com, Chevron’s site that offers a discussion forum and highlights issues like food-energy-environment interactions-- all while keeping a tally of the amount of the oil that is consumed worldwide during your visit.

For more digital activism check out a simulation on the crisis in Darfur, and a vocabulary game that helps end hunger.