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The World's Future: A Sustainable Development Goals game


Date & time
Friday, October 29, 2021
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Registration is closed

Cost

This event is free

Organization

Zero Waste Concordia

Contact

Faisal Shennib

Where

Online

Hands hold a crystal globe of the planet earth

Are you ready to take the challenge?

The World’s Future is a social simulation in which players adopt high-level leadership roles within a world much like ours. As the simulation progresses, they experience the pressure of making tradeoffs and the thrill of finding synergies involved in pursuing sustainable development.

Achieving sustainability can, at times, feel like the world’s worst traffic jam. Most are fighting to be in the fast lane, and everyone wants to move forward. Focused on taking their own car from Point A to Point B, drivers tend to take short-term actions that benefit themselves. Meanwhile, traffic jams continue.

This is the world we model in The World’s Future – a world in which achieving one goal sometimes comes at the cost of another, and where sometimes it serves to boost another. This simulation, which incorporates the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, empowers players to experience how interconnected the global goals are and what the consequences are of their decisions.

Gameplay will take place on Zoom. Spots are limited and restricted to Concordia students, faculty, and staff!


This event is part of Campus Sustainability Month at Concordia, a month-long series of events, activities, and giveaways.

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