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Tralee local, Micháel O’Shea, Senior Individual Category Winner with his board game ‘Climate Conquest.’
A TRALEE teenager has won a category at the 2020 Trócaire Game Changers competition last week.
Trócaire Game Changers is a competition for young people who want to change the world and believe games are a way to do this.
The annual competition is organised by Trócaire’s development education team who promote the use of games to highlight three themes: Climate Justice, Human Rights or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Tralee native, Micháel O’Shea was the Senior Individual Category Winner for his game ‘Climate Conquest.’
The board game aims to educate about climate change and encourage practical steps that can be taken to limit your carbon footprint. The game promotes an interactive and innovative approach to learning which inspires players to act.
Due to Covid-19, this year’s Game Changers 2020 was changed to a ‘home challenge’ competition. However, this did not stop the resourcefulness, ingenuity and creativity of all the entries.
The home challenge saw original board games, card games and online games submitted from young people all over Ireland across five categories: Youth, Junior (Group), Junior (Individual), Senior (Group), Senior (Individual).
Next year’s Game Changers competition will be a fully online programme and will focus on the 17 SDGs. For more information visit Trócaire’s Game Changers page at www.trocaire.org
