green renters' giant green games

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A short talk about Green Renters Giant Green Games, board games for environmental education.

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www.greenrenters.org

Why renters?

• Currently national average of 30%

• Inner city can be 70% or more and likely to rise

• Until recently generally overlooked

The future of renting

“Generation Rent hope for inheritance to get on the Housing ladder”

"Home-ownership dream dims for Gen Y”Chris Zappone, The Age April 21 2010

"They are lining up for rent-a-row”Anne Wright, Herald Sun June 27 2011

“Generation Rent is growing in numbers”

Challenges for renters

• Short term leases• No standards• Share housing• Low income• Small space• No garden• Body corporates• Lack of collective

power

Sustainability is hard work

Preaching to the converted

Not a glamorous topic

Short attention spans

Our idea…

Games of course!

Or why would I be here?

We took a few old favourites…

And came up with…

Lessons so far

• Test and test again• Audience may not be

who you expect• Expensive

What’s next

• Tweaks and improvements

• Finally life sized• Crowdfunding• If successful, hiring

games out

Crowd funding and sourcing

• Name or Business on a square, card or something else

• Benefits & Involvement

pozible.com/greengames

Thank you

www.greenrenters.org/project/green-games

www.twitter.com/greenrenters

www.facebook.com/greenrenters

(03) 8300 0233

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