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  The gaming industry is pushing towards a game where it easily tracks people, object and space by an acceptable computational effort and convenient hardware investment \cite{larssen2004understanding}. Kinect is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows Personal Computers. Based around a web-cam style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, it enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller, through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands. This new technology allows the sensor to recognize your body and mirror your movements in the game, making you the controller. It was built to change the way people play games and experience enjoyment \cite{zhang2012microsoft}.    In our generation today, it is a certain fact that one of today's big problem is the pollution. The government, the different schools and the many non-government organizations are encouraging everyone to join seminars and green projects about environmental awareness. However, all of these seem to be not enough since there are still a wide population of people who lacks discipline and education on the said issue. With this, the researchers intend to propose a campaign on awareness to the public, specially to the children of today's generation. Our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal said that, "The youth is the hope of our future". Since the gaming industry emerged as one of the most popular trends of today, the researchers utilized it by proposing a game using Kinect Principle that educates and promotes environmental awareness.Recent advance in 3D depth cameras such as Microsoft Kinect sensors have created many opportunities for multimedia computing. Kinect was built to revolutionize the way people play games and how they experience entertainment. With Kinect, people are able to interact with the games with their body in a natural way. \cite{zhang2012microsoft}    Over the last years, controlling systems by gestures through Natural User Interfaces (NUI) has become a common practice in our daily lives. In 2006, WiiMote changed the concept of remote control by allowing players to control games through hand movements in the 3D space. Then in 2010, Microsoft Kinect for Xbox became the most popular device not only for its low cost but also for its simplicity. Kinect allows players to control games through full-body movement without using a remote control. \cite{ibanez2014easy}