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Module 3c: Youth and climate change Games Games Sisters Mirzadi (l) and Rabia stand with their mother next to a water pump in a makeshift camp on the road to Benazirabad.

1 Module 3c: Youth and climate change Games Games Sisters Mirzadi (l) and Rabia stand with their mother next to a water pump in a makeshift camp on the road to Benazirabad. Pakistan s southern Sindh province was hit hard by the monsoon spell that started on 09 August (Photo: IFRC/ PRCS / Olivier Matthys) Experience has shown the effectiveness of transmitting information about climate change risks through games and exercises. This is because they are based on participation, role-playing, decision-making and other forms of artistic expression. This type of learning, involves sensations, feelings, new behaviours and response to various stimuli through simulated actions. Below are a few games that are used by other National Societies to work with children and youth on climate change. Read the objective to find out which games might be most suitable for your group. Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 32

Title: GOOSE http://www.climatecentre.org/downloads/file/games/game of goose escalera.

changing climate. DESCRIPTION: 1. Players start in the first box. 2. Each player gets a turn to advance. 3. Players change their position according to the number on the rolled dice. 4.

If the player falls into the question box (question mark), they will be asked a question related to climate change. 6.

2 Title: GOOSE of goose escalera.pdf Colombian Red Cross Spanish 6 14 years TIME INVESTMENT 45 minutes 1 hour Promote a reflection about good and bad environmental habits and other tips about risk reduction in a changing climate. DESCRIPTION: 1. Players start in the first box. 2. Each player gets a turn to advance. 3. Players change their position according to the number on the rolled dice. 4. The player needs to read the message in the box and then act according to the instructions in the box they land on: continue, go back or stay. 5. If the player falls into the question box (question mark), they will be asked a question related to climate change. 6. If the player does not answer the question, he/she will have to stay put for one turn. 7. In the box surprise the leader may give to the player a small incentive, like candy. 8. The player who arrives fastest in the last box wins. 1 to 6 participants Dice Board game (see link) Book of questions and answers (included in folder) Incentives (rewards). Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 33

Title: MISSION POSSIBLE, SAVE THE PLANET http://www.cruzroja.

3 Title: MISSION POSSIBLE, SAVE THE PLANET Spanish Red Cross Spanish 6 30 years 20 minutes Increase knowledge on climate change through questions and activities. DESCRIPTION: Eleven years after the rulers of the Earth meet in the city of Kyoto to try to stop this process of destruction, the greenhouse gases continue being a threat to humans. An ecological superhero team is fighting against the uncontrolled emission of gases into the atmosphere. Their mission is to mitigate this effect. To this end, in addition to using their superpowers, they try to teach people about how to help to improve this situation. Do you want to join them on their adventures? A computer and internet connection is required. Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 34

Title: LOTTERY http://www.cruzrojacolombiana.org/publicaciones/pdf/manualccfinal_1372010_104323.pdf (Page 26) Colombian Red Cross Spanish Children, youth, adults.

The leader has to put all the cards in a bag. The leader takes a random card from the bag and describes the image (giving explanation about the content of the picture).

4 Title: LOTTERY (Page 26) Colombian Red Cross Spanish Children, youth, adults. 45 minutes 1 hour To establish the relationship between climate change, its impacts and Red Cross Red Crescent action. DESCRIPTION: Give one board to each player. The leader has to put all the cards in a bag. The leader takes a random card from the bag and describes the image (giving explanation about the content of the picture). The player who has the image of the card on their own board, needs to take the card and cover the board. Who covers the entire board first wins. At least 2 players 10 game boards 100 game cards EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE GAME: The leader of the game should have sufficient knowledge about the actions of the National Society to give explanation about the images, the humanitarian action and climate change. Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 35

Title: Disaster Masters http://www.climatecentre.org/downloads/file/youth docs/disaster_masters.

5 hours To introduce young people to the work of the IFRC to explore various human aspects of

5 Title: Disaster Masters docs/disaster_masters.pdf British Red Cross English 6 18 years 3.5 hours To introduce young people to the work of the IFRC to explore various human aspects of disasters and emergencies and how theseare affected by climate change. DESCRIPTION: In detail in the PDF file. Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 36

6 Risk assessment & first aid kit (plus first aider) IFRC film Turning the Tide IFRC available from You tube (optional) Facilities to play the film (DVD player and TV/ laptop, projector and speakers) (optional) S.O.S. cards (one per participant, see PDF) Name tags with Tuvalu flag for Tuvalu group or with IFRC symbol for IFRC group (one per participant, see PDF) Pens (one per participant) Funafuti map (one per group, see PDF Bandages (one per participant) Radios (one per pair if possible) or pretend cut outs if radios are not available (see PDF) Three people or clothes to represent casualties Three casualty signs (reading: dead, pregnant woman, bleeding hand, unconscious, breathing, see PDF) River dissecting space (long strip of material or floor marked out with tape). There should be an island marked out in the middle of the river. The gap between the river bank and the island should be a few inches shorter than the long plank of wood on the Tuvaluan side and a few inches shorter than the combined length of the long plank and the short plank of wood on the other side. Look at the diagram in PDF) Signs indicating features of Tuvalu and devastation (school, airstrip, fast-flowing water, polluted water, cables down, etc., see PDF) Approximately 20 blank cards, all one colour (Tuvaluan group, see PDF) Cards with short/ medium and long term needs on them, all of one colour, different to colour used for Tuvaluan cards (IFRC group, in PDF) Blank cards of same colour as other IFRC cards above (IFRC group, see PDF) Two sheets of canvas, poles, rope, tape (Tuvaluan side) One frame tent or equivalent (IFRC side) One long plank of wood (placed on Tuvaluan side) One piece of rope (on island) One bag (on island) Gaffer tape (on island) One pair of scissors (on island) One short plank of wood (on IFRC side) Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 37

Title: DOMINOES http://www.climatecentre.org/downloads/file/games/manual ESP.

7 Title: DOMINOES ESP.pdf (Page 28) Colombian Red Cross Spanish 6 18 years minutes Raise awareness about climate change DESCRIPTION: 28 dominoes with text and/or pictures of 7 different actions showing awareness of climate change and its impacts. You can make them yourself or use examples from Colombian Red Cross (e.g. I save water, I use rechargeable batteries). There should be 28 different dominoes, with each domino having 2 actions (there should also be a domino with two times action number 1, two times action number 2, etc.). Each player takes 7 dominoes. The remaining dominoes are left in 'the bank'. The game start with a domino from 'the bank'. The first player has to look to its own group of dominoes and checks whether there is a domino with an identical image of the one that is on the table. If the player has an identical image on a domino as a domino on the table, he/she can put it on the table, by placing the identical images beside each other, creating a line. If the player does not have an identical image, he/she needs to get an additional domino from the bank (randomly selected). Once the domino is placed on the table, the player has to read aloud the content of the piece. The first player to put their last domino on the table, wins Dominoes with text/pictures 2 to 4 players Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 38

Title: Climate Memory http://mein-jrk.de/fileadmin/user_upload/11- Klimahelfer/JRK_1206_Arbeitshilfe_RZ_BILDSCHIRM_4.

pictures When they find the two fitting pictures they have to explain to the group in what way the pictures correlate with climate change For the card

8 Title: Climate Memory Klimahelfer/JRK_1206_Arbeitshilfe_RZ_BILDSCHIRM_4.pdf (Page 7) German Youth Red Cross German 6 10 years minutes Raise awareness about climate change DESCRIPTION: Kids have to find fitting pairs of pictures When they find the two fitting pictures they have to explain to the group in what way the pictures correlate with climate change For the card with JRK sign (can be taken out or changed) they have to explain what kind of action the Movement takes on climate change Pictures 2 to 6 players Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 39

Title: Stories from the year 2050 http://mein-jrk.de/fileadmin/user_upload/11- Klimahelfer/JRK_1206_Arbeitshilfe_RZ_BILDSCHIRM_4.

We have to adapt to the changes to be able to cope with these changes. The climate is different in 30, 50 or even 100 years time. Young people write a story that takes place in the future.

9 Title: Stories from the year Klimahelfer/JRK_1206_Arbeitshilfe_RZ_BILDSCHIRM_4.pdf (Page 40) German Youth Red Cross German 8-16 years minutes Raise awareness about climate change DESCRIPTION: Climate change has large impacts on humankind. We have to adapt to the changes to be able to cope with these changes. The climate is different in 30, 50 or even 100 years time. Young people write a story that takes place in the future. Main actor is an adolescent. The story can play anywhere all over the world (Latin America, Asia, or just around the corner). Authors should think about what the world will look like in the future. They have 30 minutes to write the story. After time is up, everybody reads their story out loud. The group discusses which parts of the stories might come true, what s realistic and how you could avoid negative changes happening. Stories could be collected, validated and published in a book. Paper Pens Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 40

Title: Gummi bear alliance http://mein-jrk.

pdf (Page 41) German Youth Red Cross German 12 20 years 40 60 minutes The game shows on

10 Title: Gummi bear alliance Klimahelfer/JRK_1206_Arbeitshilfe_RZ_BILDSCHIRM_4.pdf (Page 41) German Youth Red Cross German years minutes The game shows on which continents the environment is heavily polluted and where effects of climate change hit the population hardest. Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 41

11 DESCRIPTION: Put up worldmap so everybody can see it, distribute 100 gummi bears (you can use lollies or some other marker such as shells or beans). First step: think about how world population is spread. Players put gummi bearson the map according to their estimation The facilitator corrects after a discussion on the following: Continent inhabitants gummi bears Asia 4,010, Africa 944, Europe 73, Latin America 572,000 9 North America 332,000 5 Australia/Oceania 34,000 1 Step two: players discuss the following question (and distribute the gummi bears): what percentage of harmful greenhouse gases were produced on each continent? Continent greenhouse gas % gummi bears Asia Africa Europe Latin America North America Australia/Oceania Step three: where do most of the weather related hazards occur? Continent weather-related hazards gummi bears Asia Africa 70 8 Europe North and South America Australia/Ociania 70 9 Final discussion should be about how the world could globally respond to increasing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing frequency and intensity of disasters. World map 100 gummi bears (or other type of lolly or marker such as shells or beans) Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 42

Title: Terra Game upon request at Spanish Red Cross mediterraneo@cruzroja.

12 Title: Terra Game upon request at Spanish Red Cross Spanish Red Cross in collaboration with the Centre for Cooperation in the Mediterranean Spanish, also available in English and French (currently working on an Arabic, German, Romanian and Portuguese version) 14+ years 2 hours and 45 minutes To reflect the influence of human activity on the general degradation of the planet. To make participants aware that the planet belongs to everyone and therefore we are all involved in the task of preserving and improving the environment. Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 43

13 DESCRIPTION: The game consists of three phases: FIRST PHASE: Presentation of the game, setting up of groups, and assignment of roles to each group and its participants. Presentation of TERRA as an imaginary planet formed by five countries: Chaos, Volcano, Amazon, Bato, and Niobe. The role each player assumes is that of an inhabitant in a determined country, always acting with the relevant characteristics. Among members, positions can be elected (political representative, secretary, member for the ICES (International Commission for Environmental Surveillance). During the game, the positions will rotate, except for the member of the ICES, who will always maintain his/her post. SECOND PHASE: During this phase the activity of the dynamic is being developed. This phase consists of seven parts. Although each one of them has the same functioning, different topics related to the themed blocks will be developed. Each part will make reference to a different environmental problem of global importance and will always be introduced with an international statement. THIRD PHASE: Debate and final conclusions. Here some examples of the questions that can be used for starting the debate: What real countries could be compared to the fictional ones that appear in TERRA? Which countries are more guilty for the degradation of the environment, and why? General opinion of the participants on each statement. This game is best played in a classroom or lounge room big enough so that the placement of tables can be distributed as follows: A total of 14 tables 1 table for Chaos 2 tables for Volcano 3 tables for the Amazon 2 tables for Bato 3 tables for Niobe 1 table for the "International Meeting" A table for materials A table for the reading of statements (this table can be replaced for a lectern or simply nothing) chairs, according to the number of participants You need to give each country the number of materials necessary for the development of the game. There are certain materials that are common for everyone, but later each one of the countries will have specific materials. Material and explanation will be included in the Game Box (can be requested at mediterraneo@cruzroja.es). EXTRA INFORMATION: Ideal group: players (30 at the most). Games Module 3c: Youth and climate change 44

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