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{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name = Clean Games
| name = Clean Games
| image = [[File:Clean Games logo.pdf|thumb|]]
| motto = I came, I cleaned, I won!
| motto = I came, I cleaned, I won!
| founder = [[Dmitry Ioffe]]
| founder = Dmitry Ioffe
| type = [[Non-governmental organization]]
| type = [[Non-governmental organization]]
| purpose = [[Ecology]]
| purpose = [[Ecology]], [[Environmentalism]]
| origins = [[Saint Petersburg|Saint-Petersburg, Russia]]
| origins = [[Saint Petersburg|Saint-Petersburg, Russia]]
| website = https://cleangames.org/
| website = https://cleangames.org/
}}
}}


'''Clean Games''' is a civic organization working with eco-activists to create clean-up events of natural areas. The project offers a [[Gamification|gamified]] way of garbage collecting to engage more people into participation. Events are held in a format of team competitions, where participants collect and sort waste. To locate trash, navigate players and keep teams’ scores, a mobile app is used. It is a [[location-based game]] that uses [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] service to pinpoint objects (littered areas in particular).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stambler|first=Maria|date=2021-06-16|title=Let the Clean Games begin: Russian project gamifies caring for nature|url=https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/333898-clean-games-russia|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.rbth.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The project was founded by Dmitry Ioffe, and first started from [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia in 2014.
'''Clean Games''' is a civic organization that started from Saint-Petersburg, Russia in 2014. This is a team competition in cleaning up territories and separating waste. Participants search for artifacts, solve environmental puzzles, collect and sort garbage, and get points for it. Up to 20 tons of garbage are collected in one game. The methodology is spread in the form of a non-commercial franchise among volunteers, ecological activists and environmeantal and youth communities.

Clean Games organizes environmental quests, in which more than 60,000 people have participated since the project was founded and have collected more than 2,000 tons of garbage. More than 1,000 games were held in Russia, the United States, China, Japan and 16 other countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cleangames.org/about|access-date=2021-01-31|website=cleangames.org}}</ref>.<blockquote>“We believe that if you’ll do a clean-up once, you will litter less. Our games are a fun way to talk about serious problems. Many people don’t want to participate in community work days. It sounds like a job. So we make a holiday for them”, '''Dmitry Ioffe''', the chairman of the Clean Games organization, said<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Clean Games Baltic Cup – international tournament {{!}} UBC.net|url=https://www.ubc.net/content/clean-games-baltic-cup-international-tournament|access-date=2021-01-31|website=www.ubc.net}}</ref>.</blockquote>


According to Clean Games, the goal of the organization is to raise awareness of environmental [[pollution]] and encourage ecological [[volunteering]] in local communities.
== History ==
== History ==
The project first started in [[Leningrad Oblast]], Russia. As of 2021, the methodology had been used in [[Belarus]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=В Новополоцке пройдет пилотный экологический квест "Чистые игры"|url=https://www.belta.by/regions/view/v-novopolotske-projdet-pilotnyj-ekologicheskij-kvest-chistye-igry-435240-2021|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.belta.by|language=ru-RU}}</ref>, [[Bulgaria]], [[China]], [[Denmark]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Affaldsindsamlere gjorde byen renere med konkurrenceelement|url=https://ugeavisen.dk/horsensposten/artikel/affaldsindsamlere-gjorde-byen-renere-med-konkurrenceelement|access-date=2021-07-19|website=ugeavisen.dk|language=da}}</ref>, [[Estonia]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=ERR|first=ERR News {{!}}|date=2020-09-18|title='Clean Games' to take place around Linnahall on World Cleanup Day|url=https://news.err.ee/1136943/clean-games-to-take-place-around-linnahall-on-world-cleanup-day|access-date=2021-07-19|website=ERR|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=ERR|first=ERR {{!}}|date=2020-09-21|title=Gallery: Lasnamäe's Pae Park cleared during World Cleanup Day|url=https://news.err.ee/1137478/gallery-lasnamae-s-pae-park-cleared-during-world-cleanup-day|access-date=2021-07-19|website=ERR|language=en}}</ref>, [[Finland]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Szombathy|first=Marc|title=The Baltic Sea region was cleaned during the environmental game|url=https://recyclingportal.eu/Archive/58924|access-date=2021-07-19|language=de-DE}}</ref>, [[India]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Japan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=1200 km žygio pėsčiomis „Už švarią Lietuvą!“ dienoraštis: Sudotos–Pabradė (26 km)|url=https://www.15min.lt/pasaulis-kiseneje/naujiena/per-lietuva/1200-km-zygio-pesciomis-uz-svaria-lietuva-dienorastis-sudotos-pabrade-26-km-642-1379956|access-date=2021-07-19|website=PasaulisKiseneje.lt|language=lt}}</ref>, [[Malaysia]], [[Nigeria]], [[Poland]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Borzyszkowska|first=Agnieszka Fiszka|date=2020-09-07|title=Clean Games Baltic Cup 2020|url=https://ekoagora.pl/clean-games-baltic-cup-2020/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Pomorska Platforma Komunikacji Społecznej|language=pl-PL}}</ref>, [[Russia]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Кириллова|first=Александра|date=2019-12-05|title=Как появился экологический квест «Чистые игры»|url=https://paperpaper.ru/peterburzhec-pridumal-ekologicheskij/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=«Бумага»|language=ru-RU}}</ref>, [[Sweden]], [[Ukraine]], [[United States]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-16|title=Russian project turns nature into a game|url=https://illinoisnewstoday.com/russian-project-turns-nature-into-a-game/252546/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Illinois News Today|language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Venezuela|Venezuela,]] and [[Vietnam]]. [[File:CleanGamesChina2019.jpg|thumb|Clean Games in [[China]], 2019]]
On July 5, 2014 the first Clean Games competition took place. 750 trash bags were collected in River Vuoksa region, [[Leningrad Oblast]]. By the 2017 42 Russian cities Have already taken part in the games. The biggest one united 700 participants who collected 7.5 tonns of waste in [[Krasnodar]]. Clean Games developed a special mobile app to count trash bags during the Games and to see the teams’ scores online. Participants learned the basics of waste sorting and those who never recycled before started to realize that it is valuable<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Cleanup Day|url=https://www.worldcleanupday.org/news/2018/04/18/clean-games-a-new-approach-to-cleanups|access-date=2021-01-31|website=www.worldcleanupday.org}}</ref>.

==== Clean Games Go Global ====
[[File:CleanGamesChina2019.jpg|thumb|Clean Games in China, 2019]]
In 2018 Clean Games became official partner of the worldwide [[Let's Do It! World|Let`s Do It!]] movement. The first international Clean Games competition was held in India and was organized by a friend of the projet for her students. Just a year later 7 more countries joined the Clean Games project: [[Kazakhstan]], [[Venezuela]], [[Japan]], [[Vietnam]], [[Nigeria]], [[Ukraine]] and [[China]]. Together with Russian cities activists have collected 944 tonns of garbage, which was partly recycled.

==== Clean Games Baltic Cup ====
==== Clean Games Baltic Cup ====
In September of 2019, Clean Games partnered up with [[Let's Do It! World]] organization to hold the first Clean Games Baltic Cup in the framework of [[World Cleanup Day]].  6 countries participated: [[Latvia]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Russia]], [[Belarus]], and [[Estonia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clean Games – Baltic Cup {{!}} Coalition Clean Baltic|url=https://ccb.se/?event=clean-games-baltic-cup|access-date=2021-07-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
On September 21, 2019 Russia, [[Estonia]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=Pure Games around City Hall on World Cleanup Day|url=https://baltics.news/2020/09/18/pure-games-around-city-hall-on-world-cleanup-day/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Baltics News|language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Latvia]], [[Poland]], [[Belarus]] and [[Ukraine]] participated in the first Clean Games Baltic Cup<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clean Games – Baltic Cup {{!}} Coalition Clean Baltic|url=https://ccb.se/?event=clean-games-baltic-cup|access-date=2021-01-31|language=en-US}}</ref>. 10 games were hold and 8 tonns of waste collected. The format was warmly welcomed by residents, activists, municipals and business of these countries and a year later Denmark<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Affaldsindsamlere gjorde byen renere med konkurrenceelement|url=https://ugeavisen.dk/horsensposten/artikel/affaldsindsamlere-gjorde-byen-renere-med-konkurrenceelement|access-date=2021-02-01|website=ugeavisen.dk|language=da}}</ref> and Lithuania joined the second Baltic Cup<ref>{{Cite web|last=Szombathy|first=Marc|title=The Baltic Sea region was cleaned during the environmental game|url=https://recyclingportal.eu/Archive/58924|access-date=2021-02-01|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-17|title=Clean Games to Clean Up Baltic Seas Region in Competition|url=https://www.waste360.com/waste-reduction/clean-games-clean-baltic-seas-region-competition|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Waste360|language=en}}</ref>. <blockquote>“We consider the Clean Games method of garbage collection is a good method for involving people in raising the awareness about the importance of environmental volunteerism and encouraging them to be active in solving the environmental challenges”, '''Daria Akhutina''', the Head of Priority Area Sustainable & Prosperous Region at CBSS Secretariat, said<ref>{{Cite web|last=CBSS|title=Clean Games Baltic Cup 2020|url=https://cbss.org/2020/09/28/clean-games-baltic-cup-2020/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=CBSS|language=en-US}}</ref>. </blockquote>Baltic Cup became an annual event<ref>{{Cite web|title=#BalticSea region will be cleaned during a game : EU Reporter China|url=https://mix.eureporter-china.eu/uncategorized/balticsea-region-will-be-cleaned-during-a-game/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=mix.eureporter-china.eu}}</ref>. In 2021 it is planned for September 18<ref>{{Cite web|title="Clean Games Baltic Cup" – dołącz do międzynarodowego turnieju ekologicznego! – Federacja Zielonych GAJA|url=http://gajanet.pl/aktualnosci/clean-games-baltic-cup-dolacz-do-miedzynarodowego-turnieju-ekologicznego-2/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=gajanet.pl}}</ref>.


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==== Intercontinental Cup «Russia – USA» ====
In 2020 the first Clean Games Intercontinental Cup «Russia – USA» took place. It was 6 time zones<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-05|title=Соревнования по сбору и сортировке мусора объединят США и Россию • Российское экологическое общество|url=https://www.ecosociety.ru/news/sorevnovaniya-po-sboru-i-sortirovke-musora-obedinyat-ssha-i-rossiyu/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Российское экологическое общество|language=ru-RU}}</ref> and was co-organized by Clean Games and the World Aral Region Charity, Glenmont, New York. The partnership project was supported by Eurasia Foundation’s U.S.- Russia Social Expertise Exchange program<ref>{{Cite web|title=Register Today: Clean Games Intercontinental Cup {{!}} Eurasia Foundation|url=https://www.eurasia.org/NewAndUpdates/register-today-clean-games-intercontinental-cup|access-date=2021-01-31|website=www.eurasia.org}}</ref>. The Cup united 11 Russian and 9 American cities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the decentralized format was applied: the number of participants was limited as well as all safety measures were controlled.


Thanks to the live broadcast and online ranking participants and viewers could see live score results and learn about how and where games were held and organized<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|title=Соревнования по сбору и сортировке мусора объединят США и Россию {{!}} Российская молодежная палата|url=https://jci.su/sorevnovaniya-po-sboru-i-sortirovke-musora-obedinyat-ssha-i-rossiyu/|access-date=2021-02-01|language=ru-RU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Competing to Improve the Environment at The Clean Games Intercontinental – GreenSportsBlog|url=https://greensportsblog.com/competing-to-improve-the-environment-at-the-clean-games-intercontinental/|access-date=2021-01-31|language=en-US}}</ref>.


Since then the Clean Games Baltic Cup has become an annual event. In September of 2020, it took place in 7 countries: [[Belarus]], [[Denmark]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], and [[Estonia]]. The event was supported by the [[Council of the Baltic Sea States]] (CBSS): <blockquote>“We consider the Clean Games method of garbage collection is a good method for involving people in raising the awareness about the importance of environmental volunteerism and encouraging them to be active in solving the environmental challenges”, '''Daria Akhutina''', the Head of Priority Area Sustainable & Prosperous Region at [[Council of the Baltic Sea States|CBSS]] Secretariat, said.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CBSS|title=Clean Games Baltic Cup 2020|url=https://cbss.org/2020/09/28/clean-games-baltic-cup-2020/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=CBSS|language=en-US}}</ref> </blockquote>In 2021, it is scheduled for September 18th.<ref>{{Cite web|title=„Clean Games Baltic Cup” – dołącz do międzynarodowego turnieju ekologicznego! – Federacja Zielonych GAJA|url=http://gajanet.pl/aktualnosci/clean-games-baltic-cup-dolacz-do-miedzynarodowego-turnieju-ekologicznego-2/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-19|website=gajanet.pl|language=pl}}</ref>
== International Prizes and Achievements ==


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==== Intercontinental Cup «Russia – USA» ====
* In 2018 Clean Games were held within The JCI World Congress in Goa, India
In 2020, in partnership with World Aral Region Charity of Glenmont, New York, an Intercontinental Cup «Russia – USA» was organized.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-04|title=Clean Games Intercontinental Cup Unites U.S. and Russia in Eco-Games|url=https://www.usrussiasocialexpertise.org/success-stories/clean-games-intercontinental-cup-eng/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=SEE|language=en-US}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=Competing to Improve the Environment at The Clean Games Intercontinental – GreenSportsBlog|url=https://greensportsblog.com/competing-to-improve-the-environment-at-the-clean-games-intercontinental/|access-date=2021-07-19|language=en-US}}</ref> The event was held in 11 Russian and 9 American cities, with support from [[Eurasia Foundation Central Asia|Eurasia Foundation's]] Social Expertise Exchange (SEE).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clean Games Intercontinental Cup Unites U.S. and Russia in Eco-Games {{!}} Eurasia Foundation|url=https://www.eurasia.org/NewAndUpdates/clean-games-intercontinental-cup-unites-us-and-russia-eco-games|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.eurasia.org}}</ref>
* In 2019 the Clean Games project participated in the Paris Peace Forum<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clean Games|url=https://parispeaceforum.org/porteurs_projet/clean-games/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Paris Peace Forum|language=en-US}}</ref>.
* In 2020 Clean Games were presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos<ref>{{Cite web|title=Business programme 2020|url=http://houserussia.com/en/programme/business-programme/?day=23.01.2020&lang=en|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Russia House}}</ref>

== International Partners ==
Clean Games are supported by international organizations. These are worldwide movements [[Let's Do It! World|Let’s Do It]], ecological organizations [http://www.itamerihaaste.net/en The Baltis Sea Challenge], [https://ccb.se/ Coalition Clean Baltic], [https://baltcf.org/ The Baltic Sea Conservation Foundation], [https://earth.org/ Earthday.org], communities [http://www.ars-baltica.net/ ARS Baltica], [https://cbss.org/ Council of the Baltic Sea States], [https://www.ubc.net/ Union of the Baltic Cities], and youth communities [https://www.balticuniv.uu.se/ The Baltic University Programme], [https://www.regeneration2030.org/ ReGeneration 2030]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cleangames.org/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=cleangames.org}}</ref>


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Clean Games
FounderDmitry Ioffe
TypeNon-governmental organization
PurposeEcology, Environmentalism
OriginsSaint-Petersburg, Russia
Websitehttps://cleangames.org/

Clean Games is a civic organization working with eco-activists to create clean-up events of natural areas. The project offers a gamified way of garbage collecting to engage more people into participation. Events are held in a format of team competitions, where participants collect and sort waste. To locate trash, navigate players and keep teams’ scores, a mobile app is used. It is a location-based game that uses GPS service to pinpoint objects (littered areas in particular).[1] The project was founded by Dmitry Ioffe, and first started from Saint Petersburg, Russia in 2014.

According to Clean Games, the goal of the organization is to raise awareness of environmental pollution and encourage ecological volunteering in local communities.

History

The project first started in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. As of 2021, the methodology had been used in Belarus[2], Bulgaria, China, Denmark[3], Estonia[4][5], Finland, Georgia, Germany[6], India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania[7], Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland[8], Russia[9], Sweden, Ukraine, United States[10], Venezuela, and Vietnam.

Clean Games in China, 2019

Clean Games Baltic Cup

In September of 2019, Clean Games partnered up with Let's Do It! World organization to hold the first Clean Games Baltic Cup in the framework of World Cleanup Day.  6 countries participated: Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Estonia.[11]


Since then the Clean Games Baltic Cup has become an annual event. In September of 2020, it took place in 7 countries: Belarus, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Estonia. The event was supported by the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS):

“We consider the Clean Games method of garbage collection is a good method for involving people in raising the awareness about the importance of environmental volunteerism and encouraging them to be active in solving the environmental challenges”, Daria Akhutina, the Head of Priority Area Sustainable & Prosperous Region at CBSS Secretariat, said.[12]

In 2021, it is scheduled for September 18th.[13]

Intercontinental Cup «Russia – USA»

In 2020, in partnership with World Aral Region Charity of Glenmont, New York, an Intercontinental Cup «Russia – USA» was organized.[14] [15] The event was held in 11 Russian and 9 American cities, with support from Eurasia Foundation's Social Expertise Exchange (SEE).[16]

References

  1. ^ Stambler, Maria (2021-06-16). "Let the Clean Games begin: Russian project gamifies caring for nature". www.rbth.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ "В Новополоцке пройдет пилотный экологический квест "Чистые игры"". www.belta.by (in Russian). 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ^ "Affaldsindsamlere gjorde byen renere med konkurrenceelement". ugeavisen.dk (in Danish). 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. ^ ERR, ERR News | (2020-09-18). "'Clean Games' to take place around Linnahall on World Cleanup Day". ERR. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ ERR, ERR | (2020-09-21). "Gallery: Lasnamäe's Pae Park cleared during World Cleanup Day". ERR. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  6. ^ Szombathy, Marc. "The Baltic Sea region was cleaned during the environmental game" (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  7. ^ "1200 km žygio pėsčiomis „Už švarią Lietuvą!" dienoraštis: Sudotos–Pabradė (26 km)". PasaulisKiseneje.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  8. ^ Borzyszkowska, Agnieszka Fiszka (2020-09-07). "Clean Games Baltic Cup 2020". Pomorska Platforma Komunikacji Społecznej (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  9. ^ Кириллова, Александра (2019-12-05). "Как появился экологический квест «Чистые игры»". «Бумага» (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  10. ^ "Russian project turns nature into a game". Illinois News Today. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  11. ^ "Clean Games – Baltic Cup | Coalition Clean Baltic". Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  12. ^ CBSS. "Clean Games Baltic Cup 2020". CBSS. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  13. ^ "„Clean Games Baltic Cup" – dołącz do międzynarodowego turnieju ekologicznego! – Federacja Zielonych GAJA". gajanet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Clean Games Intercontinental Cup Unites U.S. and Russia in Eco-Games". SEE. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  15. ^ "Competing to Improve the Environment at The Clean Games Intercontinental – GreenSportsBlog". Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  16. ^ "Clean Games Intercontinental Cup Unites U.S. and Russia in Eco-Games | Eurasia Foundation". www.eurasia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
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