Although video games have long provided a convenient scapegoat for environmental apathy, there is a strong trend, growing stronger all the time, of making use of digital technology in general and games in particular to promote environmental and social awareness, to aid in conservation, and to democratize activism. The Greening the Game blog is geared towards classroom use. It serves as an educational forum for an ongoing conversation about how video games are already contributing to environmental awareness, activism, and conservation efforts, as well as how they have untapped potential to intervene even more—both positively and negatively—in the future of eco-critical discourse.
