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Four insights about Day of Adaptation and climate communication from my internship
Last spring I finished up my 4-month-long internship as a Research and Innovation Intern with Day of Adaptation (DAYAD). I was part of a bigger research project within DAYAD to find out what are the benefits and limitations of gamification in tackling the problem of...
Three Ways to Incorporate Climate Change into your School Curriculum by Using a Game-based Approach
If you work in education, whether that be biology or social sciences, you may have been thinking about how to get your students to engage with the topic of climate change. General knowledge on climate change is everywhere, whether it is news about the floods in...
Organizational Announcement: Minja Sillanpää as Acting Director
As of 8 September 2022, the founder and director of Day of Adaptation, Shu Liang, will be taking a leave of two months. During her absence, a senior employee Minja Sillanpää will take the position as an Acting Director and she will be responsible for developing and...
Minions of Disruptions Adapt to Kenya – A personal reflection on the project journey
When I was approached to help with Day of Adaptation (DAYAD)’s newest project, adapting its climate board game Minions of Disruptions for use in Kenya, I’ll be the first to admit it: I was skeptical. Not about the game – as a life-long game enthusiast, I love playing...
Climate Change Communication: bridging the gap between science and communities
Just over two months ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its sixth assessment report, which looked into the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity and human communities at global and regional level. The main messages...
From channeling emotions to collective climate actions – Shu Liang’s Q&A with Deep Adaptation
“When I played the game, I’m going to admit it out loud for the first time, I cheated [...] being involved in your game revealed parts of me that I did not know were there [...] There was a kind of ‘Oh this is a game, it’s fun’, and also there was a part of me that...
Games as a tool for climate communication: Day of Adaptation founder Shu Liang joins Can’t Take the Heat Podcast
Our very own Shu Liang joins Climate Risk Advisor Roop Singh on Can’t Take the Heat, a podcast by Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, to discuss how climate games can engage organizations to take practical action on climate adaptation. This episode of the podcast...
Announcing our first Permaculture Day!
Join us in experiencing permaculture first hand with permaculturalists at an innovative community garden! What if instead of a concrete jungle we can enjoy exciting urban spaces in harmony with nature? Permaculture Day is the newest initiative by Day of Adaptation,...
Change the Game of Climate Change – the story of a collaborative climate board game as a climate communication innovation
Let’s play a quick game. When you hear the words “climate change”, what words come to mind? Now, which of the words you thought of made you feel motivated and engaged? Climate change is so scary that often people do not feel comfortable thinking about it, let alone...
Pongo’s South American Perspective on Game Day
Written by Juan Pablo Toledo Hormazabal For many years, I heard about global warming and climate change but the threats always seemed so distant and I was not conscious of the dangers close to me. Only in the last few years did I start to worry about it. Since my...
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