Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the TLC show Whale Wars officially endorsed the social game, MyConservationPark. Through a partnership with Sea Shepherd, developer Good World Games will donate 15% of earnings to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Thank you to Priti at Ecopreneurist for the great piece!

MyConservationPark is a Facebook game, like Farmville but with a social purpose. Developed by Toronto-based Good World Games, the idea behind this game is an imaginative business model that can make a lasting difference.

Sustainable business site Justmeans writes about MyConservationPark!

The recently released social network game, My Conservation Park, uses social innovation to help save the planet. Launched this June, it allows the players to donate to the real world from their game purchases. Good World Games, the developers, pledge 15 percent donations to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, WildAid [and other conservation nonprofits]…all with the mission to help preserve a variety of wildlife, particularly gorillas.

This social innovation game can be played on Facebook. It revolves around players trying to protect the endangered gorilla from environmental and human threats, while at the same time adding native flora and fauna to the area in an effort to create a sustainable habitat. My Conservation Park is both fun and educational, allowing players to manage a variety of virtual parks supporting the protection of diverse endangered wildlife. So far over 4,600 people have “liked” this game on Facebook and the developers are hoping it will become a hit like Zynga’s Farmville.

Our first coverage in a newspaper! Proud to say we got a writeup in The Independent, one of the most influential U.K. newspapers!

The trend for social networking games with positive real world environmental impacts continues with the recently released gorilla saving game My Conservation Park.

The game revolves around players trying to protect an endangered animal from environmental and human threats while at the same time adding native flora and fauna to the area in an effort to create a sustainable habitat.

Via EarthTechling.Thanks for telling people about the game!

While Facebook games are generally more known for wasting your time than helping to save the world, My Conservation Park aims to help the well-intentioned “play it forward” by funding real-world conservation efforts based on virtual participation.

This latest effort from Good World Games, part of a partnership with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, challenges players to protect their “heroes” from an increasing number of human and environmental threats (including those tied to humanity’s ever-growing carbon footprint). In recompense for these virtual good deeds, players are rewarded with cash and karma.

Our favourite piece of press so far. Thanks Salvatore Cardoni!

This game, and games like it, tap into that eternal human truth: we’re lazy, yo. We are. You know it. I know it. And your Aunt Hilda knows it each time she hollers into the basement for her son—your 39-year old cousin—to stop playing Red Dead Redemption, get off his kiester, and cut the grass.

I, and 99 percent of the people I know, will never travel to the jungles of Africa to fistfight gorilla poachers with our bare knuckles. But give us a device, enough Cool Ranch Doritos and Diet Coke to last the weekend, and plenty of wet wipes to keep our fingertips spic-and-span, and we’re happy to game it up ‘till our hearts content for a good gorilla cause.

If Zynga’s past donations to Haiti, Japan and other ailing nations have taught us anything, it’s the enormous capacity for Facebook games to help others in need. But Good World Games has decided to extend that good will towards others in social gaming to animals, namely gorillas.

Its newest game is called My Conservation Park, and the developer has joined in partnerships with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, WildAid and three more organizations to donate 15 percent of the profits from all in-game purchases to helping those organizations save a wide variety of endangered wildlife.

However, it’s up to you to make donations through the game’s primary currency, simply known as Gold. But we bet after one look at those adorable cartoon animals—or the extra information (and video courtesy of Sigourney Weaver) Good World Games provides—you’ll start reaching for the old wallet. The only thing this game needs is a cameo from Alanis Morissette.

Thanks to our friends at Facebook Games List for the kind words!

Actually the best thing about this game is the intention and goal to call attention to the problem of endangered species, on the other hand it is a rather educational game, featuring lots and detailed information and facts about each of the parks present in the game, and about each of the organizations, just visits the Parks and take a look around, the game also provides direct links to each of the organization’s Web Sites.

Sociability MyConsevationPark is very nicely implemented , because you can actually work and help out in your friend’s parks, just can’t decorate. You also have trophies to win and Karma to compare with your friends.

As for diversity and items, the game as lots of different animals, plants, structures and other items, more than enough for each player to do whatever they wish in the parks.

Thanks to Pelpina at WebBeatTV for the feature, and the kind words.

If you play [MyConservationPark], you’re directly supporting the Fossey Gorilla Fund, WildAid and SeaShepherd! I’m a big fan of Sea Shepherd, and by playing the game, 15% will be donated to Sea Shepherd and other organizations. Pretty cool!

Thanks to Dave at Indie Game News for featuring us on the site!