Biotrash: The Video Game, App and Interactive Website

Biotrash. The Videogame, App and Interactive Website.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 1 of 12

Biological Trash. Our current world is filled with biological trash- damaging to landscapes, unhealthy to people, and destructive to ecologies.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 2 of 12

Reintroducing Biology. The reintroduction of designed biological interventions may be the only way to increase the health of our species and our greater global ecosystem.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 3 of 12

Is Design Enough? Landscape architects are uniquely positioned to reintroduce biology and stimulate change, however they are often bound by clients listening to the market, by human behavior, and by cultural pressures. How do we address this cultural disaster while keeping up with rapidly intensifying climate change conditions?
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 4 of 12

v. 1.0: Plugin Map for Rainier Valley, WA. To make the video game more real and tangible, it is grounded on a specific place. Rainier Valley, WA, the most economically and culturally diverse zipcode in the country, was chosen for its energetic community, damaged natural resources, and cultural challenges. The rich and healthy ecosystems of the past remain today only in landscape memory, held in soil structure, topography, hidden hydrological patterns and trailing
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 5 of 12

Method. Creative education could be the catalyst to make sustainability the cultural norm, stimulating positive behavioral and physical changes in our human and biological landscapes.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 6 of 12

Achievement. Short + Long Term Dissemination in Rainier Valley
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 7 of 12

Biotrash: The App. Biotrash the iPhone App is a portable way to play with sustainable systems and learn while on the go.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 8 of 12

Biotrash: The App. With four games to choose from, the app is designed for those with big imaginations but short attention spans.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 9 of 12

Biotrash: The Video Game. Biotrash the Video Game can be played on a laptop, desktop or tablet and is the complete version of sustainable play. Modeled after the 90’s learning treasures, Oregon Trail and Sims City, the video game draws the player through a story about his or her hometown, with a sense of urgency to create a more sustainable community. By linking the game to GoogleEarth local game courses can be generated worldwide.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 10 of 12

Biotrash: The Video Game. Side missions along the story give the player on-the-ground challenges and small scale ideas about how to make sustainable choices in their lives.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 11 of 12

Biotrash: The Interactive Website. After each game, players are then directed to an interactive website where they can take a pledge to be more sustainable in their lives, connect with local organizations or individuals making a difference in their community, share personal experiences, and learn more information about how to reduce biotrash in their lives, communities and ecologies.
Download Hi-Res Image

Image: Leann Andrews

Image 12 of 12