TAG: The Adaptation Game

11/06/2026

Could The Adaptation Game work in your community?

Join our free online webinar to learn how councils and community groups are using TAG to generate knowledge, agency and connection as they respond to the impacts of climate change in their communities.

The session will introduce how The Adaptation Game creates space for people to explore local climate risks, discuss possible responses and start practical conversations about adaptation, resilience and community preparedness.

This webinar is designed for councils, local government teams, community organisations and anyone interested in bringing TAG to their area.

🗓 1pm, 16 June 2026
💻 Online webinar
🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6qfELzgwSmqkJRf2dunECA

09/06/2026

🌊 In February, community members from across the Sunshine Coast came together to play The Adaptation Game.

They came with a shared love for one of Australia’s most beautiful places, and real concern about what a changing climate could mean for the places they know and care about.

For many players, TAG was a chance to pause, think through local risks, listen to different perspectives and see that resilience is something we can build together.

Around the table, people moved from uncertainty to possibility. From “this feels overwhelming” to “there are things we can do.”

💬 This is what they had to say after playing.

📅 Sunshine Coast Council has TAG games coming up from 16 to 26 June. Come along, join the conversation and play.

🔗 Register here: https://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/whats-on/at-the-library/climate-ready-community

04/06/2026

The Adaptation Game is launching in Indigo Shire.

This free community event is a chance for Indigo Shire residents to come together, play the game and have a practical conversation about how local communities can prepare for extreme weather, including heatwaves, floods and fires.

Come along, play the game, meet others in your community and be part of the conversation about local resilience.

📍 Beechworth Town Hall, 103 Ford St
📅 Sunday 21 June 2026
🕝 Doors open 2.30pm
🎲 Event 3pm to 5pm
☕ Afternoon tea provided

Hosted by Indigo Regen Inc. in partnership with the NED Foundation and Indigo Shire, in celebration of World Localisation Day.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/indigoregen-launch-of-the-adaptation-game

03/06/2026

Climate adaptation begins with a conversation.

💬 Before communities can plan for climate change, they need space to talk through what change could mean, who may be affected, and what choices can be made now.

🌿 The Adaptation Game brings people together to explore local climate risks, test decisions, and start practical conversations about the future.

🎲 Start the conversation. Play the Adaptation Game.

🔗 Find out more: https://www.theadaptationgame.com/

28/05/2026

Children are already imagining the climate future.

A recent The Conversation Australia + NZ story highlights how Australian primary school-aged children are expressing worry, sadness, anger and hope about environmental change, and how important it is to create space for these feelings to be heard.

🎲 The Adaptation Game helps communities explore climate risks, understand different perspectives and make decisions together about the future.

💬 It creates a practical, engaging way to move from concern to conversation, and from conversation to local action.

More trees. More shade. Cooler streets. Safer public spaces. Better protection for people most at risk during extreme heat.

This is the kind of practical, place-based thinking TAG helps communities explore. What does heat look like in your neighbourhood? Where are people most exposed? What simple, local changes could make a real difference?

Climate adaptation can feel huge, but sometimes the solutions start with the places we already know: our streets, parks, schools, homes and community spaces.

Find out more about TAG:
🔗 https://www.theadaptationgame.com/

https://theconversation.com/im-mad-at-the-people-who-could-have-solved-the-problem-what-kids-told-us-about-eco-anxiety-278999

Even quite young children are watching, thinking and feeling things about the future of the environment. Those feelings deserve to be taken seriously.

26/05/2026

This is the kind of challenge TAG players work through: a realistic climate-related scenario, a local challenge, and decisions that need to be made together.

TAG: The Adaptation Game helps communities explore what climate change could mean for the places they know best, and how they can prepare for the future.

It is not a lecture or a traditional workshop. It is a three-hour tabletop game that brings people together to test ideas, understand different perspectives, and think through practical local responses.

No climate expertise required. No gaming experience needed. Just curiosity, local knowledge and a willingness to think ahead.

Find out more about TAG:
🔗 https://www.theadaptationgame.com/

22/05/2026

The first game.

This short documentary captures one of the very first times The Adaptation Game was played.

TAG is a game about the future of your community. Using a local map, real-world climate scenarios, and the knowledge of people around the table, players explore what climate change could mean for the places they know best and what they can do together to prepare.

Some elements may look a little different. This was an early prototype of the game, before TAG grew into the version being played today.

Since that first game with Merri-bek City Council TAG has grown into a tool now played in more than 33 council areas across Australia, as well as with communities and councils in New Zealand, Canada and beyond.

🎲 Hear from some of TAG’s first players about what it feels like to step into a future climate scenario, make decisions under pressure and work together on practical local responses.

No gaming experience needed. No climate expertise required. Just curiosity, local knowledge and a willingness to think ahead.

Find out more about TAG:
🔗 https://www.theadaptationgame.com/

20/05/2026

20/05/2026

Who should play The Adaptation Game?

Honestly? Almost anyone.

TAG is for people who care about where they live. It is for people who are curious, concerned, hopeful, practical, unsure, or just wondering what climate change could mean for their community.

You do not need to be a climate expert. You do not need to work in council. You do not need to have the answers.

You just need to bring your local knowledge, your questions and a willingness to think about the future together.

Come play TAG and see what your community could do next.

🔗 https://www.theadaptationgame.com/

10/02/2026

We’re hiring 💚

And we’d love your help to find the right person.

TAG is looking for a Client Experience Lead — someone who loves supporting people through complex, meaningful projects and making sure nothing gets dropped along the way.

If you’ve worked with TAG before, you’ll know our projects are as much about the journey as the final game: working closely with councils and community groups, translating local knowledge into something tangible, and supporting people to roll TAG out in their own communities.

This role sits right at the heart of that work:
🤝 client-facing and relationship-led
🧩 detail-oriented and process-savvy
💫 part operations, part coordination, part “how do we make this feel great for everyone involved?”

Our preference is someone close to Melbourne, but mostly it's work from home, working with a small, collaborative founder team in a growing social impact organisation.

If someone comes to mind — a brilliant organiser, client wrangler, or quietly excellent human who’d thrive in this kind of work — we’d be grateful if you’d:
👉 tag them
👉 share this post
👉 or send them our way

And if that person might be you, even better.

Full role details here:

Support our clients to activate community conversation about climate change with The Adaptation Game.