Objectives:
To investigate the value that members put on natural resources when they bid for them at an auction.
Duration:
One hour to play, one hour for discussion.
Materials:
A large number of tokens (e.g., rice grains, marbles, etc.) to represent money, something to bang a table with (like an auctioneer's hammer), cards or photographs to represent the commodities to be auctioned off.
Procedure:
- The items on sale at the auction are natural resources such as soil, air, water, animals, plants, light and warmth.
- Earth player is given 20 tokens with which they can bid for three items only.
- The auctioneer starts the proceedings. The items are auctioned one at a time.
- The starting value of each item could vary from one token to 10 tokens, depending on its importance as a natural resource.
- Players discuss the importance of each item to the environment.
- What were the most valued resources?
- Did anyone end up with no money?
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