INVEST IN CRUNCH TIME BE A SAVIOUR
Welcome to Crunch Time
The fun-to-play, intelligent, beautifully crafted, and educational game about climate change.
Crunch Time is a game about our behavior in the fight to save our planet from the effects of climate change.
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Test your climate knowledge. Outsmart your fellow players. Tactically determine the outcome for planet earth.
Let the games begin.
"It's like a cross between 'Trivial Pursuit' and 'Monopoly'. So much fun to play. I learned so much – it's made me really begin to think about how we all live. Plus I was delighted to see that it is made in Britain, using recycled and biodegradable materials!
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Sabrina Bonnat, Marseille, France
WHY
Our one beautiful Planet Earth is in jeopardy. Glaciers and ice caps are melting, cloud forests are being cleared and sea levels are rising. Extraordinary human population growth and the way we choose to live or lives is having a catastrophic effect on the natural rhythms of life on earth.
INTRODUCTION
Let's start at the beginning
By burning fossils fuels, to power our factories, cars and heat
our homes, that has stored carbon for millions of years, we’re
releasing huge amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the
atmosphere. This has the effect of trapping heat from the sun
inside the earth’s atmosphere. As a result, the overall average
temperature on earth has risen by 1.2 °C since the start of the
industrial revolution. – This effect is called global warming.
At the same time, increased levels of CO2 are being absorbed
into the sea which is alkaline; with an average pH of 8.1. We
are slowly turning our oceans more acidic which has dire
consequences for organisms such as corals and oysters that
create hard shells by combining calcium and carbonate from
the seawater.
By destroying mangrove landscapes, forests and peat
wetlands which absorb and hold vast amounts of carbon, we
further inhibit earth’s ability to counter the effects of our
carbon emissions.
For millions of years humans and animals have lived in
harmony with the planet, but this has rapidly changed in
just a few generations. Ever increasing competition for space
with the natural world, and vast amounts of pollution on
land, sea and in the atmosphere, has contributed to the rapid
extinction of species, which is threatening our very existence.
Human made global warming, combined with pollution is
causing increased frequency of extreme weather events.
The only way to prevent the earth from continuing to heat up
and change beyond all recognition is to stop our destructive
behaviours. We need to collectively use our ingenuity to
create a way of life for future generations to live sustainably,
and regeneratively, in harmony with the earth’s ecosystems,
including all plant and wildlife.
