Toolkit: Green Jobs

Link to playable case

Link to facilitator guide (English)

Link to facilitator guide (German)

Target audience: Secondary education or above

Duration: ~90 minutes / 2x50 minutes

Technical equipment: A personal device per participant (smart phone, laptop or tablet), and a device (laptop recommended) for the facilitator to run the case from, ideally connected to a large screen or projector

Learning objectives:

• Learn about the emerging sector of green jobs
• Put yourself in the shoes of relevant stakeholders
• Practice arguing your position, negotiation, and compromise

A facilitated multiplayer game and workshop format for young players, who take on the role of policy-makers trying to find the best way to get young people interested in green jobs. This lets young players reflect on their own priorities and interests through a kind of playful role-reversal, putting them in the shoes of “the grown-ups” trying to understand them. Players have to weigh different perspectives, from other young people to teachers, parents, green industry leaders, and people employed in green jobs, before coming up with their own policy recommendations, discussing them, and voting on them.

Both the game itself and the facilitator guide exist in an English and a German version.