Minecraft launches Rivercraft
The world is intended to serve as a lesson guide to inspire children with solutions for climate change and flooding
Today Minecraft has launched Rivercraft, a new world that aims to teach children about the negative impacts of flooding and climate change.
It features three games to help children understand environmental issues with managing flooding, flood prevention, and our local environment.
The world was developed in collaboration with the sustainability advocacy non-profit Environment Agency and digital youth engagement organization BlockBuilders.
"They learnt about flooding, they understood what the local flood defences will do and gained more knowledge about the community they live in," said Minecraft director of learning programmes Justin Edwards.
"It's teaching children environmental skills, the mechanics of flooding and flood protection but it also teaches them about project management, teamwork, engineering concepts and communication with others wherever they are in the world.