As part of the Swedish Museum of Natural History’s base exhibition World of Water, we have developed two games. The two games playfully but concretely provide insights into how everyday decisions can make us care better for water.

In the game “Decomposition”, players are pre- sented with ten common pieces of garbage floating around on the open sea, and a time- line where the garbage must be placed in the correct order based on the time it takes for them to decompose. Some everyday products remain in the sea for close to a million years.

In the “Water Footprint” game, players compose their daily meals and see directly how big the total water footprint throughout the entire production chain is, to get all the ingredients to the table. Maybe you have to opt out of the avocado on the breakfast sandwich to get your water budget together for the day. Having to adjust their own eating habits in order to finish the game, makes many players reflect on their daily choices after the visit.

“World of water” touches on the life in our oceans and waterways, but also on how we can preserve them for future generations. These two games show how we all can contribute through our everyday choices.