It’s time to clean up your act with Pokémon GO! Niantic and Playmob are joining forces to bring you the first Pokémon GO Earth Day clean up initiative on April 22nd – in association with the Mission Blue Foundation (marine conservation) and other NGO’s around the world. Trainers can sign up to events in their local areas and band together to round up the trash, in the hope of raising public awareness and support this Earth Day.
What do you mean, ‘what do I get out of it’? That’s not what it’s about! Alright, fine…All Trainers receive access to a special Earth Day avatar and those do-gooders that participate, not only unlock in-game bonuses and rewards for themselves – but for the entire world of Trainers, including those sitting on their butts.
- 1,500 players cleaning up trash around the world will unlock 2x Stardust when catching Ground, Water, and Grass-type Pokémon for 48 hours.
- 3,000 players cleaning up trash around the world unlock 3x Stardust when catching Ground, Water, and Grass-type Pokémon for 48 hours.
“Earth Day is an incredible movement and opportunity to team up with friends and neighbors to focus on making the world and our own communities healthy and sustainable,” said John Hanke for the press release, founder and CEO of Niantic. “We’re looking forward to joining Trainers around the world in their efforts to clean up and preserve the environment in support of the world’s oceans and Mission Blue.”
“We know gaming can be an amazing force for good” adds Jude Ower, founder and CEO of Playmob. “It’s a pleasure to work with such a purposeful and innovative studio and the inspirational and devoted teams behind Mission Blue and all the supporting NGO partners, collaborating on what we see as the start of a bigger movement towards global solutions through play.”
To find out more and sign up for an event in your local area visit the Pokémon GO Earth Day Cleanup website!
Emma Withington – @EWithingtons
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Originally published April 5, 2018. Updated December 3, 2022.
