London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been immortalised in block form as part of a Minecraft Education challenge to redesign Croydon.
The 2023 Design Future London Schools Challenge is a partnership between City Hall, Microsoft’s Minecraft Education, and C40 Cities, and invites students to redesign Croydon town centre as a “greener, safer, and more prosperous place for everyone”.
Khan features in the game as a non-player character to introduce the challenge.
Participating teams will need to produce a two minute video of their Croydon creation, explaining their vision. Full details available here.
Khan is chair of C40 Cities, a global network of city mayors aiming to tackle the climate crisis with science-backed targets.
“Creating a greener, fairer and more prosperous London for generations to come is a key priority of mine. Achieving my missions of tackling air pollution and reaching net zero carbon by 2030 are a huge part of this, so I’m thrilled to be getting help from the voices of tomorrow,” said Khan.