The following was a report I'd published online shortly after attending the Ottawa Carleton Pugwash WorldGame event in 1991 -- I attended this with my oldest son, Linton, who was 7 years old at the time (who says kids can't do thinktank exercises!) The report was formatted crudely through an online LaTeX converter just so I could throw this out there for anyone who may be interested.
Environment WorldGame
<title>Environment WorldGame™ </title>
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March 16, 1991
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News of this WorldGame came nonchalantly over electronic news:
>From mag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wed Mar 6 15:51:58 1991 From: mag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Gifford) Newsgroups: ott.general Subject: The Environmental World Game Summary: Student Simulation Game at Baker Hall, Carleton U Keywords: Pugwash, simulation, world, Student, Baker Hall Date: 6 Mar 91 05:03:08 GMT Distribution: Ottawa Organization: Sandelman Software, Debugging Department, Ottawa Hi The Canadian Student Pugwash is sponsoring an event at Baker Hall, Carleton U, within a National Conference. This part of the conference is free and open to students here in Ottawa. A 3 to 4 hour simulation with 100 to 300 people, played on a 40x70 foot world map. Participants will engage in actions that help them learn about the environment. Its problems, options, and interconnections from a global and local perspective. Durring the game, players are given the power and opportunity to solve the world's problems as well as create the kind of world that they want to live in. Because participants learn about the environment from an active and empowered perspective, the game serves as a testing ground for later action by individuals and groups. As a participatory event, the Environmental World Game has been designed to put players in charge of the world. The event is not an academic exercise, but rather about changing the world. 1:30 to 5:00 Saturday, March 16th Baker Hall, Carleton University. For more info either reply to this letter, respond to my email address, or call Mike Gifford @ 563 - 0176 or Canadian Student Pugwash @ 234 - 3622 -- Mike Gifford -- 2nd year Integrated Science Studies.. ** -- I am normal.. And everyone else is wierd.. / -- Mike_Gifford@xxxxxxxxx/mag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \_/ -- attending Carleton University, in Ottawa..
With the new moon overhead in Pisces, Linton and I made our may from our drop-off point, through the maze of campus tunnels to a canvas-walled room in the Carlton Unicenter where we filed in with about a hundred others. At the door, we were issued with a stats chart for North America, 1970, the two of us representing three fifths the total population, 6% of the world total.