People from diverse backgrounds and skill levels have successfully facilitated the Preserving Paradise Simulation. With some preparation, you can facilitate this interactive exercise on your own, enabling participants to explore how to tackle the tension between economic growth and environmental degradation.

Below you find the materials required to run the game.

Preserving Paradise Facilitator Guide – Learn how to facilitate the Preserving Paradise Simulation with this instruction manual. It walks you through the entire process of running the PPS. It includes hints from preparation and room setup over sample scripts to debrief techniques.

Presentation Slides – Present these slides to your participants: introduce the topic, the role-play guidelines, and background details related to the topic.

PPS Simulator – Access the online PPS Simulator. It is a essential part of the experience and will will help you test your participants’ proposed policies in real time. Note that you need to be online to use the simulator.

Tips for facilitating an event online – Explore our tips on leading a virtual version of the Preserving Paradise Simulation using an online platform (like Zoom).

Online Worksheet – Use this worksheet to assign your participants to interest groups ahead of time. Provide them their briefing sheets and virtual backgrounds. We recommend “copy and pasting” the contents of this sheet to your own online version so that you can edit it and share it with your participants. Delete excess interest groups.

Supplemental Slides for Zoom Mechanics – Add these slides to your slide deck if you are presenting Preserving Paradise online using Zoom to help orient participants to the Zoom software controls. Disclaimer: Copyright by Climate Interactive.

Online Proposal Forms – Duplicate the information from this web-based sheet and paste it into your own file for the purpose of monitoring team proposals during the simulation.

Briefing Statements –To provide background information used to orient participants in a Wasted Paradise Action Simulation to their assigned roles. You can choose to use the 3 interest groups or the 4 interest groups briefings based on the size of your group and the time allotted. The 3 interest groups version is good for small groups (6-18 people) or for large events with less time, whereas the 4 interest groups version enables greater engagement by all participants.

Proposal Form – To be handed out to each group in order for participants to demonstrate their proposed actions.

Control Panel – Print out, so that participants have full information about all the levers available.

Table Cards –To print and place on tables to identify each group. 3 Interest Groups Table Cards, 4 Interest Groups Table Cards

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