Dennis Meadows, along with Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and William W Behrens wrote the Limits To Growth. The book is considered ‘up there’ with Darwin’s ‘Theory Of Evolution’ says Richard Heinberg (Post-Carbon Institute). Less known, is that since 1982, Dennis L. Meadows has been designing board games, to rehearse thinking in categories of sustainability. One of the best known is Fishbanks Ltd.
Fishbanks is a multiplayer web-based simulation in which participants play the role of fishers and seek to maximize their net worth as they compete against other players and deal with variations in fish stocks and their catch. Participants buy, sell, and build ships; decide where to fish; and negotiate with one another. Also included are auctions of new boats, permits, and quotas. Users can play as individuals or compete within a group, for example in a classroom studying sustainability and biophysical limits.
Fishbanks is also a boardgame!
