Users will interactively explore 3 of the most polluted and destroyed environments in the world, before and after they were ruined by human interaction; the Citarum River, Linfen, China, and Radonia Brazil. They will see how difficult it is to fix what has been destroyed and hopefully as a result learn steps for the future that could avoid this from worsening or happening again.
- The Citarium River- Indonesia
- Students will explore the most polluted river in the world for what it was before all of the pollution and see a slow progression that occurred over time of the trash and pollution buildup. They will stand in this progression and watch through time how the destruction ocurred (people dumping waste and chemicals into the river, etc.) Students will experience what it is like to be a part of clean-up efforts as they travel on a row boat through the river and see all the dead wildlife and garbage as they try to clean the trash and witness the extent of how nearly impossible it is to make a dent in the mess.
- Linfen, China
- Students will explore what linfen, the city with the most polluted air in the world looked like with clean air. Students will then experience a time-lapse leading to what Linfen looks like now (foggy, dirty, people wearing masks, etc.) Students will be able to explore various mines and see the impact shutting them down has on the air quality.
- Randonia, Brazil
- Students will walk around the most deforested area of the Amazon rainforest before deforestation and see the forest rich with greenery and life. They will then witness around them the slow progression around them as the area is deforested by trucks until they are immersed in what the area looks like now that the trees have been torn down. In the VR world students will plant a tree to contribute to forest regrowth.
Visual aid:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1macgpPu0Tx6dmeSKsxH6-eAeVwqEfGtEM9ZYJo0PQcA/edit?usp=sharing