Would you change your behavior? Is the main question in this speculative world
“We need to focus on equity. If the solutions within this system are so impossible to find, then maybe we need to change the system itself.”
says Greta Thunberg, the Swedish activist, who initiated the school strike for climate movement.
We create a world/framing where Greta and the new generations for future movement rules the government in the near future, and how such sanctions would affect the daily lives. It’s all about visualizing the world and make it plausible, make the project comprehensible.
In the meantime we came across China Social Credit System.
China is testing a new plan to urge its citizens to do more good and be more trustworthy - the Social Credit System. It’s kind of like the American credit score, except it tracks far
more than financial transactions. It tracks good — and bad — deeds. So this gave us a go to continue the project since this could be the initial point where the new society will evolve.
more than financial transactions. It tracks good — and bad — deeds. So this gave us a go to continue the project since this could be the initial point where the new society will evolve.
Regarding these two events we wondered: How might we use Social Systems to change the behavior of people, and how we make them more aware of their environmental impact?
Our goal was to combine human-centered witheco-centered design and leave you with a feeling that the little decisions you make in everyday life can really make a difference.
We looked at how social media influences people behavior and for example with snapchat streaks keeps them snapping day by day. Then we came up with our own vision of the future. We create the future cone of our world and many possible outcomes and the main persona that will be living in this new society.
To make our concept tangible we prototyped a game. The goal is to choose the right decisions throughout the day to be able to book a flight at the end as a final quest.
With each decision you get points which are calculated in a ranking system.The ranks are divided into 5 categories.
The best-ranked people in our social system would have an excellent merit in order to get that high, they would have more freedom of choice than lower ranked people.
The game goal is to be eco conscious enough so you can flight by plane but without neglecting yourself and not raking up by your everyday actions.
At the end you are shown in km2 of burned forest the equivalent of your usage of CO2 for that day so you can have a tangible comparison of your daily actions and how it is impacting the environment.
So... Will you accept a system like that to change your behavior?
You can watch our context video and the gameplay for the game.
