An interactive CD Rom game that encourages children - and adults - to think about how they can live more sustainably has been launched in the county. Every school in Pembrokeshire is being sent a copy of the new Earthworks! CD Rom from Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, in time for next term. The game features a friendly cartoon-style character called Jack, who guides the user through his day, from carrying out his general household tasks to shopping, recycling and gardening. Those playing the game encounter questions about Jack's activities that relate to the basic principles of sustainability, and help to promote the message of conserving our natural environment in a fun and accessible way. The National Park Authority hopes the game will help children and adults alike to consider how they can better help to look after the Earth's resources for future generations. The game is already available on the National Park Authority website http://www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk">www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk A free Earthworks! screensaver was developed in conjunction with the game and is available to download from the CD or the website. Earthworks! was funded by the Welsh Assembly Government's Sustainable Development Fund (SDF), which is managed in the county by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority. SDF aims to invest and develop sustainability, by progressing innovative projects that put the future first.

Pictured trialing the CD at the launch in Ysgol Bro Dewi, St. Davids are pupils Alice Davies, Zoe Williams, Daniel Rees, Harry Elliot and Kathryn Page. Also seen (back row) are Pembrokeshire County Councillor John George; Ruth Cook, SDF Fund administrator; Clr. Stephen Watkins, chairman of the National Park Authority; Ray Griffiths, headteacher of Ysgol Bro Dewi; and Steve Drinkwater, education services officer for the Park Authority.
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