Play for the Planet 2025 Play for the Plant brings together educators, researchers and game developers to engage playfully with games.

Event details

Are you curious about the role of games in environmental education, research and public engagement? Do you have experience in game research or design? Or are you interested in engaging others with environmental issues through the medium of games? Play for the Planet exists to connect, learn, create and act on environmental crises through all kinds of games including tabletop, digital and role-playing games. Everyone with an interest in game design and research in the context of the climate and ecological crises is welcome to share experiences, connect with each other and play.

Permission to play

This one day event is an opportunity to:

• Link research and practice on environmental games
• Share your research or design experience in games with an environmental twist
• Find out how to get started using games for education and public engagement
• Connect with others, play (with) your ideas and imagine new directions in environmental education and communication.

Deadline for registration: 14 March 2025

For questions, please email esay@york.ac.uk 

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