Humane Educators' Toolbox: The Oil Game

Thanks to a recent post on Treehugger, I discovered an intriguing video highlighting a lesson called "The Oil Game," which, as creator Tom Harper says, is "designed to explore our oil dependent lifestyles and to question how we might move beyond that to a less oil dependent, more sustainable world."

In the video clip below, the students are engaged, thinking critically and creatively, solving problems, and developing positive solutions.

The Oil Game from Tom Harper on Vimeo.

I would love to see what the whole game looks like in action. It seems like a great opportunity for students to explore something complex, important, relevant to their lives, and able to help them become active citizens in creating a healthy, just, humane world for all.

~ Marsha