Similar to Model UN or mock trial, Earth Day Initiative's sustainability negotiation simulation puts participants into the role of hypothetical stakeholders to solve a clean energy challenge facing a local community. Participants will step into these roles to negotiate potential solutions. The program aims to teach participants about the complexity of sustainability challenges and help participants to hone their own negotiation and communication skills. 

The program is a valuable introspective way of experiencing how decision-makers tackle such challenges. The target audience for the program is high school students but many other groups also regularly participate in the program.  

Download the negotiation simulation materials which you can use on your own or get in touch with us to schedule a member of our team facilitating the negotiation with your class or community!

• Target audience: High school (but also appropriate for other age groups)
• Duration: Two hours including preparation time, negotiation time, and debriefing
• Number of participants: Five

To use the toolkit, you should assign each of the five roles to five participants, allow participants 30 minutes or more to read through the materials and prepare, and run the negotiation for 45 minutes to one hour.

Download the five roles (A–E) for the simulation now:

• Role A
• Role B
• Role C
• Role D
• Role E