Minecraft is a game based on limitless creativity and building in a three dimensional sandbox world.

Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in Creative Mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs.

Mojang Studios is releasing a free Sustainability City map that invites players to explore how some of the goals and themes in Microsoft’s 2020 Environmental Sustainability Report come to life in the Minecraft world.

The Sustainability City map will be available as a free download beginning Thursday, Jan. 28 at 9 a.m. PT in the Minecraft Marketplace “Education Collection” as well as within “Minecraft: Education Edition,” where educators can access six new lessons designed to give students a sense of stewardship for the planet, from responsible forestry to waste management, learning about the components of a sustainable home, exploring alternative electricity, and more.

Six lesson plans are available for download at the “Minecraft: Education Edition” Blog as companion pieces to the Sustainability City map: 

• Sustainable Food Production. Explore sustainable practices for every step of food production by visiting a farm, grocery store, waste facility, and recycling plant.
• Outflow Order. Learn about water outflow and treatment to understand how biosolids contribute to fertilizer and how treated water returns to their homes.
• Wasted to Wanted. Check out a landfill, and learn which materials are recyclable and what happens to materials that aren’t reused.
• Dependable Forests. Better understand the social, economic, and environmental impacts of responsible forestry.
• Sustainable Home. Visit a home built with sustainable materials to learn how to live more energy-efficiently.
• Alternative Energy. Make a trip to a hydropower plant to learn about power lines and wind power through turbines.

As part of its mission to build a better world through the power of play, Minecraft has a long history of supporting global environmental initiatives with partners including The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund. More than 100 million people play Minecraft every month and more than 35 million students and educators in 115 countries are licensed to use “Minecraft: Education Edition” in the classroom. 

Minecraft's Sustainability City map will be available for free beginning Thursday, Jan. 28 at 9 a.m. PT via the Minecraft Marketplace “Education Collection” and “Minecraft: Education Edition.” Six lesson plans supporting the Sustainable City map can be downloaded at “Minecraft: Education Edition” Blog.

Key Features:

• Create and explore your very own world where the only limit is what you can imagine.
• Includes five skin packs and two texture packs to customize your gameplay!
• Use the touch screen to check your map or manage your inventory!