{"id":12698,"date":"2017-01-17t13:36:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-17t13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/thinking-outside-of-the-card-box-sustainability-through-fun\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:36:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:36:16","slug":"thinking-outside-of-the-card-box-teaching-sustainability-through-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/thinking-outside-of-the-card-box-teaching-sustainability-through-games\/","title":{"rendered":"thinking outside of the card box: sustainability through fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

sustainability minors like myself can sometimes struggle to convey complex concepts and compel others to make sustainable behavioral changes. josh lasky, a gw alum with roots dating back to the start of george washington university\u2019s office of sustainability, took an alternative approach after his work experience and cards against humanity inspired him to create the game wilted green<\/a> to promote sustainability discussions through fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cfor me when working on any sustainability initiative there has to be a little bit of joy embedded,\u201d said lasky. \u201cwhy are we doing this? it\u2019s not just to make sacrifices and save the planet. it\u2019s actually to bring meaning, joy, and a little bit of fun into my own life.\u201d<\/p>\n

wilted green is similar to cards against humanity<\/a>. cards with phrases are played in response to prompts. whoever drew the prompt picks their favorite response and the person who played it wins the round. the twist is that the cards have sustainability jokes and parodies.            <\/p>\n

\u201ccards against humanity does something really wonderful by providing people a framework to express their own humor,\u201d said lasky. \u201ci may not come up with that joke by myself but by having those options in front of me, i\u2019m able to express my feelings or share my humor with friends in a new and interesting way.\u201d<\/p>\n

he went on to say the game allows people to vent because there are a lot of passionate environmentalists. some are very cynical, but not all of them have the sense of humor they maybe should have. lasky hopes his game will be an outlet for people to express themselves and explore sustainability in fun, relaxing and creative ways.<\/p>\n

his first foray into sustainability was in graduate school as a presidential administrative fellow<\/a> at gw around the time president steven knapp<\/a> started at the university.<\/p>\n

\u201ci remember one of the first times i met him,\u201d said lasky. \u201cit was like his third day on the job. i asked him, ‘what\u2019s your plan for addressing sustainability?’ and he said, ‘i\u2019m not sure but i\u2019d like you to be involved.’\u201d<\/p>\n

president knapp put lasky on an environmental task force. they came up with a set of recommendations, like opening an office of sustainability<\/a>. lasky became the first staff member when it opened the following year and was in charge of fields like energy management, waste production and student engagement.<\/p>\n

before his current role as program manager at the u.s. green building council<\/a>, lasky was the assistant director for sustainability education<\/a> at the university of the district of columbia (udc). he learned conventional methods do not always succeed after he tried to get people to sort their waste in common area trash and recycling bins.<\/p>\n

\u201cpart of that process was removing those individual desk side trash cans in faculty offices and giving them these small little desktop cans that look like little trash bins and saying this is all of the waste i create,\u201d said lasky. \u201ci was talking to one faculty member about the concept. i gave them their new little mini trash can and they put it on the ground and kicked it out of their office.\u201d<\/p>\n

lasky realized you have to laugh at some of this and understand not everyone is immediately on board with making change.<\/p>\n

\u201csome people are not predisposed to the ideas you value,\u201d said lasky. \u201cin order to get them to move you have to get them really excited about something or show them that its more fun where you\u2019re trying to take them.\u201d<\/p>\n

this excitement stems from game prompts like “leonardo dicaprio\u2019s next oscar acceptance speech<\/a> will highlight the plight of blank,” and responses such as “a smug prius<\/a> driver.” some of lasky\u2019s favorites include glacial melt water<\/a>, litterbugs<\/a> and cow farts<\/a>. he wasn\u2019t afraid to include a few gross cards in the deck.<\/p>\n

\u201csome people might be a little turned off but part of the objective is to get a little bit closer to the edge of comfort, so something like placenta<\/a> smoothie,\u201d said lasky. \u201cnot something you have every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

creating a variety of timely, relevant and outrageous cards took lasky hours of discussion with friends.<\/p>\n

\u201ci worked really closely with a core group of environmental nerds like myself to figure out what would resonate most with the audience,\u201d said lasky. he also received over 100 suggestions from his web form. they whittled down an initial list of 1000 cards to 40 prompts and 160 responses.<\/p>\n

wilted green was a collective effort in more ways than one. kickstarter<\/a> made it possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cit was nice to have a platform that showed i was serious and gave me a little bit of structure, guidance and support,\u201d said lasky. he hopes the game\u2019s structure will spur sustainability guidance and support through discussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cevery round is a little discussion on how we can do a little bit better, how we can engage a new audience, how we might rethink the language in some of these cases, or why some things in the environmental movement have become parodies of themselves,\u201d said lasky. \u201ci think wilted green is educational because it allows some of these conversations to take place. it allows friends to take an in depth look at how we got here, why an issue maybe isn\u2019t as prevalent in the news or relevant as it should be, and how we can change our individual needs to better that particular topic.\u201d<\/p>\n

fun is still the main goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cit\u2019s not meant to be like let\u2019s talk about the polar bear standing on a shrinking piece of ice,\u201d said lasky. \u201cif it\u2019s not fun then people aren\u2019t going to get on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

his friend played the game with three generations of family and said it was a fun way to bring up sustainability related topics and allow them to personalize their connection to these themes.<\/p>\n

\u201cmaybe at the thanksgiving table or after dinner we won\u2019t talk about environmental issues, but all of a sudden you introduce wilted green and it becomes a fun platform for an honest open discussion whether it\u2019s sarcastic or not,\u201d said lasky.<\/p>\n

lasky is looking for new ways to bring people together over sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u201ci want to know if this resonates,\u201d said lasky. \u201ci want people\u2019s suggestions<\/a> for cards and where this should go in the future. it\u2019s just a side project. a little passion project but it seems like its picking up some steam.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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