Aim

To build an online platform to inspire communities, schools and workplaces to active and sustainable lifestyles

We would love your support to develop the Planet Earth Games online platform. This platform will become the go to place for the Planet Earth Games, with features including:  

• COMMUNITY HUB – an area to encourage participant interaction, sharing best sustainable tips, creating a sense of community and enabling them to motivate and inspire one another whilst also encouraging continuous feedback to stimulate improvements in the games.
  
• EVENT SIGN UP through an improved, simplified process, improving engagement. 
• Individual, community, team and school PROFILE PAGES, enabling participants to easily become part of the Planet Earth Games community. 
• PERSONALISED EXPERIENCE, allowing users to host their own Planet Games challenges for friends, families, networks and earn points and badges. 
• LEADERBOARDS, both an overall leaderboard and custom leaderboards, allowing schools, community groups and teams to create their own, inspiring competition. 
• CHALLENGE SHOWCASING through a calendar of events, the ability to filter by type of challenge so participants can take part in challenges that suit their interest and flexibility to create their own challenges for the PEG community, family, community groups and schools). 

The platform will transform Planet Earth Games, bringing opportunities to become a climate champion to people’s fingertips – supporting communities across the UK to prevent, prepare for and protect against the impacts of climate change.

OUR STORY 

Planet Earth Games, the world's first environmental-themed sports event, was launched in 2019. Planet Earth Games champions our belief in the symbiotic relationship between the health of the planet and the health of people. After all, how can we best look after our health and wellbeing if we don't protect the environments we inhabit?   

Planet Earth Games started as a regional in-person event in Devon, but, after being taken online due to the pandemic, is international. Since going digital, Planet Earth Games has developed from two month-long events a year into a season stretching from January-October, with every month having a unique environmental theme and including four challenges. These challenges are set by our partners; organisations across the charitable, sporting and environmental sectors, operating locally, nationally and/or internationally.  Across the season, different partners set an accessible and inclusive challenge for young people, adults and families which require them to engage with the environment, get active and partake in climate conscious behaviours. Example challenges include plogging (litter picking and jogging), connecting with nature (e.g. wild swimming and tree hugging) and upcycling.  

Through the month-long events we delivered during the pandemic, we reached over 1.5 million people over social media and engaged over 2000 people in the challenges. The impact of these events on participants was significant; with 87% learning something new about environmental sustainability, 95% intending to change their behaviour to be more environmentally friendly and 61% increasing their physically activity rates.   

We are incredibly proud of the numbers we have engaged and the impact we have been able to achieve through Planet Earth Games – but we know we have the potential to do so much more. With the Planet Earth Games platform, our reach and impact could be even more expansive, both nationally and internationally, inspiring more communities, schools and workplaces to lead active and sustainable lifestyles.  

This project successfully funded on 12th April 2022