Try your green skills on running a major international company with the CEO2 Climate Game by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Allianz.

A friend of mine on Twitter recently sent me a link to a computer game where you get to be the CEO of a major corporation (you choose the industry -- automotive, chemical, insurance, or utility) and are challenged to green your company in the most effective (long-term) way. In the game, after making a series of executive decisions on how best to spend your resources greening your company, you leap forward in time 2 years, 4 years, and then 10 years and the game tells you the results of your decisions and the reasons for those results at each point in time. After that, you have an option to go back to the drawing board and turn your company around or keep your success going.

I found playing the game quite interesting and it opened my mind a bit to future possibilities in this complex world. I'm not sure if all of the game's assumptions about the future are correct. As I just said, it is a complex world, and not many people can predict the future so well. Nonetheless, there is a lot of food for thought in there and I think it could help make anyone interested in this matter realize that there are a lot of things to consider when choosing the best green practices for your company.

If you're looking for both a fun and informative break to your day, or if you're just extremely interested in this topic, head on over to the CEO2 Climate Game and test out your green business skills.