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Green Game Jam: EverForest Impact Seeds of Change This year, the EverForest team joined the Green Game Jam, an initiative by Playing for the Planet. In global soft-launch mode, we didn’t know what to expect from our players—so we watched with curiosity, hoping to learn some things. Would players dig into a Limited Time Quest, hosted by a sassy raven, and use their valuable time to earn enough points to plant a Real Tree? Fill the Jar, Plant a Real Tree! Playing for the Planet presented three important topics to choose from: Food, waste, and nature (restoration). As well they asked that teams consider real-world action. The structure of our game and narrative allowed us to do all three themes and we had so much fun creating a quest for each—with the clear call-to-action. Von the Raven asked players to Fill the Jar, Plant a Tree! Players completed tasks for Von to fill the jar, earning Real Tree Points along the way. Players who finished all three quests had enough points to plant a Real Tree and players who didn’t complete them still earned points they could use in the future. Play is Powerful—So are our Players! Together, during the three weeks of the Green Gam Jam, the EverForest Alliance (our players!) achieved some fantastic results! 🌍 3,300+ REAL WORLD ECOACTIONS pledged 🌱 850,000+ REAL TREE POINTS collected 🌳 415+ REAL TREES planted Be part of the Everforest Alliance and we’ll let you know when special events like the Green Game Jam happen. Sign up now https://lnkd.in/gNghXtSg Earthlungs Reforestation Foundation Playing for the Planet Michael Libenson Deanna Kent Neil Hooson Cody Vigue Kyle Duncan James DiMento Helena Savenko Dan Lavender Tim Carbone kai cheung John Chung Brennan Brinkley Sophia Niergarth Nick Clements Vikram Sahai Kip Atchison

Play is Powerful WE’RE FILLIN' JARS AND PLANTIN' TREES! So far, EverForest players (the EverForest Alliance!) have earned approx. 800,000 Real Tree points and planted about 400 Real Trees through fun quests around the themes of FOOD, WASTE, and REFORESTATION to fill Von the Raven’s Green Jam Jar! PLAYING FOR THE PLANET! The team is watching players from around the world complete special quests for Von to fill the green jam jar! (Oof is watching, too… he loves jam.) 400 trees means a lot to the planet, ecosystems, and communities. Earthlungs Reforestation Foundation THERE’S STILL TIME TO PLAY & PLANT! Until October 3, 2024, through the Green Game Jam initiative, players can earn Real Trees just by playing. The Green Game Jam is the flagship initiative, organized by Playing for the Planet. By playing EverForest and all the games they’re spotlighting, you’re part of a global movement that makes gaming greener and more impactful. https://lnkd.in/erP2MB8x To all players of the Green Game Jam events in EverForest and all the other games, thank you! We’re all forces of nature. Michael Libenson Deanna Kent Neil Hooson Cody Vigue Kyle Duncan James DiMento Helena Savenko Dan Lavender Tim Carbone kai cheung John Chung Brennan Brinkley Sophia Niergarth Nick Clements Vikram Sahai Kip Atchison

Fantastic to see the some of the first mangroves planted in the real-world EverForest now so large and truly thriving! Amazing work, Earthlungs Reforestation Foundation !

Vote for EverForest in Green Game Jam! We're thrilled to be part of the Green Game Jam, and now we need your support to take EverForest to the next level by voting for us! https://lnkd.in/erP2MB8x In case you missed it, EverForest is now available worldwide on iOS and Android! You can download it here: https://lnkd.in/giGPfhW5 Our mission is to re-green the world, one tree at a time—and our goal is to grow a game and a powerful community so every player is a (literal!) force of nature. So head to EverForest, fill Von’s jar, and plant a REAL TREE. And don’t forget to vote for EverForest!

EverForest joins the Green Game Jam! In celebration of the Green Game Jam (September 9 - October 4th, 2024), EverForest is now available worldwide on iOS and Android! Download Now. https://lnkd.in/giGPfhW5 Join Von the Raven and a few (adorable!) EverForest friends in a limited-time quest to fill the Green Game Jam jar. You’ll take small but mighty actions around food, waste, and restoration. And the best part? When you complete the quest, you’ll fill the jar and earn a Real Tree planted in the real world. This event is part of the 2024 Green Game Jam, the flagship initiative organized by Playing for the Planet, which means you’re joining a global movement to make gaming greener and more impactful. Let us know what you think!—don’t forget to cast your vote for EverForest! https://lnkd.in/erP2MB8x

🌳 We’re over the moon to be selected as a Top Innovator in the UpLink Biodiversity Challenge! Please check out their announcement video (link below) where the EverForest mobile game is featured along with two other innovators working to help make our planet healthier. 🌍 Uplink is the open innovation platform of the UpLink - World Economic Forum with the goal to nurture a world where anyone, anywhere, with a high-impact solution for global issues, is empowered to scale their action. Play is powerful! People who play EverForest will be planting real trees and helping to grow thriving ecosystems. We're all forces of nature. Check out the video on UpLink: https://ow.ly/WbQY50T1NbC

The EverForest team is thrilled to be part of the Green Game Jam alongside these stellar games! 🌳 #PlayingForThePlanet #GreenGameJam

BIG NEWS! EverForest, the mobile game that plants REAL TREES is now officially launched in Canada 🇨🇦 —available on both iOS on the App Store and Android on Google Play. Even better, EverForest players have already planted more than 10,000 REAL TREES for the EverForest Project in Majaoni, Kenya. Our amazing partners at Earthlungs Reforestation Foundation are busy planting, growing, and caring for trees on behalf of our EverForest players. The EverForest team is watching the number of real trees planted ticking up, and we hope our growing community of players is cheering as loudly as we are. We're all forces of nature. And through our game, we hope to plant real trees, grow thriving and connected ecosystems, and show how powerful play can be to make the world a healthier and happier place. We're targeting a 2024 worldwide release. And we can't wait for you (and the world!) to Play-to-Plant™.

Today is the BIGGEST international day for the environment, celebrated by millions around the world. 🌳 Land restoration is a key pillar of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and today we're shining the spotlight on our partners at Earthlungs Reforestation Foundation . They're planting trees on behalf of our EverForest game players and even more importantly, putting emphasis on how those trees positively impact the ecosystem, the communities where they're planted, and the individuals who plant them. People everywhere are feeling the impacts of land degradation through record temperatures, fires, floods, and drought... but there is real hope! Just by playing, every EverForest player can plant real trees and protect and grow the ecosystems around those trees. Has there every been a better reason to play a wildly fun game? Play EverForest—and together, we'll plant real trees and help grow ecosystems. We're all forces of nature. #games #climategames #climatechange #gamesforchange #gamedesign #gamedev #ecoactions #trees #gamesforgood

Some of the EverForest team in western Canada witnessed a spectacular aurora show last night, with major geomagnetic storms lighting up the sky. This photo was taken in Kelowna, BC. We couldn't help but giggle because the sky’s pink color was almost identical to Mother Nature’s magical EverDust in the EverForest game—a fun example of how art and nature can play together. #auroraborealis #nature #mothernature #northernlights