PlanetPlay's mission is to harness the power of gaming to address environmental challenges, offering sustainable choices that preserve the joy of gaming while protecting our planet.
We are a not-for-profit platform that empowers gamers worldwide to contribute to environmental action through in-game purchases and gameplay with our affiliated game studios. Alongside the pioneering eco-conscious games marketplace, it is also a movement designed to inspire, educate, and mobilise players to support our planet and its rich diversity of life. In our first year, we have driven over $2.2 million in funding for environmental and nature projects.
Natural Playgrounds Company designs and builds green, sustainable playgrounds! We are the leading US experts in the design and construction of innovative, environmentally sensitive, equipment-free natural playgrounds, natural playground elements, and outdoor classrooms, for K-12 schools, Montessori schools, Head Start programs, childcare centers, and communities. Natural Playgrounds: innovative, sustainable, equipment-free. They are Completely safe and meet all ASTM, CPSC, and licensing guidelines Beautiful, intriguing, cost-effective, philosophically appropriate Discovery oriented, & preferred by children and parents Great outdoor classrooms, & easily built in phases Sizes range from 300 sqft. to several acres, urban or rural Designed and built by us, based on our 20 years of experience For 20 years we've been designing, and for 7 years building, this country's most beautiful, intriguing, cost-effective, philosophically appropriate natural playgrounds! If you've ever climbed trees, made forts, climbed rocks, made mud pies, dammed up water, dug in sand, jumped in leaves, or had fun outside in other, similar ways, you've experienced natural play. All 6,000 children we've interviewed want these very same, natural play opportunities. Offer them a choice, and every time they'll choose Natural Playgrounds over equipment playgrounds (see " a child's perspective"). This is very interesting, because the research says: Natural Play contributes to the overall physical, cognitive, and emotional development of children, helps them score higher on tests for concentration and self-discipline, helps them experience more diverse play, and helps them exhibit less aggressive behavior, strive toward advanced motor fitness, and become healthier. So -- children actually prefer playing in environments that improve their overall well-being, intelligence, and safety! Natural Playgrounds offer financial benefits, as well. They're less expensive than equipment, they aren't replaced when safety regulations change, they lower playground ...