Green Media Mediography – Utrecht University

Eco Lifestyle Careers and NPCs (The Sims 4)

In the base game of The Sims 4 withe the Eco Lifestyle expansion, the environmental systems sometimes feel more like a top-down macro-level simulation. The ecological footprint meter and regulatory NPCs like the Eco Inspector reflect the state of the players’s lot but don’t afford much input or self-expression. Gauntlet101010’s Eco Lifestyle Careers and NPCs

Laundry Day (The Sims 4)

The Sims 4: Laundry Day Stuff pack emerged out of a community vote originally pitched under the working title “Eco Living”. While the more systemic, macro-level mechanics like politics (e.g. via Neighborhood actions plans) and carbon footprints were later realized in the Eco Lifestyle expansion pack, Laundry Day tackles sustainability at a more local, domestic

Global Warming (Factorio)

The Factorio base game already tentatively addresses ecological impact. By default, it treats environmental degradation as a localized trigger for hostile environmental reactions, i.e. if players pollute, trees absorb the pollution until they die, and the local fauna (called ‘biters’) evolve and attack the factory walls. This frames ecology in adversarial terms, i.e. the planet

Dynamic Life (Minecraft)

This mod for Minecraft, shared for free via Planet Minecraft and as a paid premium version via Patreon, explores how plants in Minecraft could grow, reproduce, die, and interact with other species in complex, emergent ways. The datapack aims to transform the Minecraft world into a living ecosystem with dynamic, shifting biomes in which players,

Minecraft Ecology (Minecraft)

The Minecraft Ecology Mod simulates environmental and ecological phenomena by turning the player’s core survival behavior into an active driver of pollution, which then triggers realistic environmental feedback loops. Rather than treating the environment as the usual infinite, consequence-free resource sandbox, the mod tracks pollution dynamically across the map, forcing players to think about their

Sustainability City (Minecraft Education)

The lesson pack “Sustainability City” for Minecraft Education frames sustainability as a process integrating elements like urban planning, consumer behavior, and responsible resource management. It does not fucs only on environmental protection, but on enhancing economic modes of production and quality of life by reducing waste and using renewable energy.The mod breaks down sustainability into

Compost Pests and Cultivation (Stardew Valley)

This mod adds three aspects to the game’s farming system that make both the in-game terrain (see Abraham 2024) and the representation of agriculture more realistic and immersive. 1) Pests like vegetable flies can infest the crops, which can then only be destroyed to prevent spreading. 2) Using the seed maker can give crops a

JNR’s Climate Balance (Civilization VI)

JNR’s Climate Balance frames the climate crisis as a high-stakes, delayed-impact catastrophe rather than the relatively quick and comparatively easily manageable gameplay cycle in the original Civilization VI: Gathering Storm expansion. It shifts the focus from immediate consequences to hitting later in the game but disproportionately harder, i.e. the window for prevention is wider, but

Civilization VI – Rebalanced Climate Change Collection

Antarctica 2050

A map modification for Civilization V. In a world destroyed by by the climate crisis, people move to Antarctica for a chance of survival.