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Institutional development · Sustainability and civic impact · Brazil

Federal University of São Carlos develops free board game on health and the environment

The Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil has developed Patrulha Verde, a free board game for school-age children on the links between health and the environment.

Photo: Lukaskk / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Why it matters: Schools and organisers of leisure activities can use UFSCar's free Patrulha Verde board game with school-age children.

The Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) has developed a board game called Patrulha Verde aimed at school-age children, according to Andifes, the association of Brazil's federal university rectors, and Brazil's Ministry of Education.

Andifes reported that the game deals with the relationship between health and the environment, covering sustainability and environmental health.

Andifes described the game as a free educational resource that can be used in schools and in leisure activities.

Editor’s view

Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

Schools and leisure programmes for school-age children are the intended users: those that take up the free Patrulha Verde game can use it to cover sustainability and environmental health through play.

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