By Daniel Itai.
Port Louis, Mauritius. (News of The South) -Mauritian startup Panda & Wolf Holdings has rolled out Eco-Warriors, the first UNESCO-supported mobile game in Africa, to teach kids about waste sorting and recycling.
The game has secured the patronage of UNESCO, using gamification to teach children about waste sorting and recycling.
“Kids learn the history and geography of the area, city or country through the different levels, and sort the collected waste in recycling bins to earn points and complete the levels.
They also meet the endemic animals of each place, helping them in the cleaning of their natural habitat and fight the pest.
The kids are able to get their free copy of the comic book by exchanging 5kg of household recyclable waste, like plastic, paper, glass, and metal cans.
This call-to-action helps the kids to put in practice what they learned in the game but also helps us track waste patterns and understand the carbon dioxide emissions of consumer goods.
We then provide a monthly report of waste tracking and carbon emissions per region to manufacturers, in order for them to understand the indirect emissions of their products and help them reduce their carbon taxes,” said Brian Dean creative director of Eco-Warriors.
The startup, which is monetising the project through selling advertising in the monthly comic, selling the recyclable waste collected, and monthly subscriptions to its carbon dioxide emissions reduction report from consumer goods manufacturing companies, has plans to expand beyond Mauritius.
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