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Welcome to Consumption Gumption a game that will let you know whether or not you are an aware or unaware consumer. Try your skill as a consumer when you go grocery shopping; is that ketchup bottle you're purchasing environmentally friendly?

The game is easy to play. Each screen allows you to choose from a variety of products. Once you click on your choice a number appears in a box labeled "Your Score." If the product you chose is environmentally friendly a 2 is added to your score. If the product is the most environmentally unfriendly a 5 is added to your score. Products that fall somewhere in-between (products that are neither the most environmentally friendly nor the most damaging to our environment) are scored as a 3 or a 4. If you chose one of these products you should hear a voice say "good choice, but you could do better." At the end of the game your score is added up and you can compare your score with a sliding scale to whether or not you are an unaware or aware consumer.

To start playing this game click on the blue dot.

If you do not already have a Macromedia Flash player installed on your drive you will need to visit Macromedia by clicking on the image below to download this free software.

This Web site has been created for the
MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences
and the National Institute of Health Sciences

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