Recycle Rescue

Human cleverness has resulted in wildly innovative thinking responsible for great achievements, and the relief of eons of suffering our ancestor went through in the past. That ingenuity has come at a cost though; humans have become capable of taking part in processes on a scale that can change the conditions of the entire planet. With the consistent rise in economic production and consumption, the unsustainable exploitation of natural resources continues to destructively impact the planet.

Degradation and devastation of the world's unique habitats is destroying diverse ecosystems across the world. The average temperature of the Earth is rising due to greenhouse gases produced by human activity. Pollution from overflowing landfills, heavy industry, and agriculture is poisoning water supplies. Even plastics that humans at one time thought were stable have been shown to have contaminated all levels of the food chain. There is nearly overwhelming evidence that humans have and are causing a systematic collapse of the world's ecosystem.

By analyzing the current lay of the land in recycling engagement, the Coding Crusaders have found that targeting the education of young people is possibly a very efficient path to decreasing individual consumption trends. Culturally young people are much more interested in environmental issues than their elders, but are often ignorant to the basics of recycling.

The Coding Crusaders have come to the conclusion that making an informative game focused on the basic mechanics of recycling will be an effective, and most important to many, low cost, way of quickly educating younger generations about reducing the harm they could cause the environment.