Role-playing game on palm oil (English version)

Palm oil value chain

This role-playing game on the topic of palm oil allows participants to understand the ecological and socio-economic challenges of the palm oil value chain.

The game was originally developed as a scientific tool within the scope of the external page OPAL project, led by the group of Prof. Jaboury Ghazoul and Dr. Claude Garcia from the Chair of Ecosystem Management at ETH Zurich. In 2017, it was adapted to German for Swiss secondary school level by Manuel Stamm as a part of his external page Bachelor thesis project, and awarded third prize of the external page Deutscher Planspielpreis in 2019. Today, it represents an independent didactic tool and is being used on a regular basis in both teacher schools and secondary schools in Switzerland.
The teacher’s manual below contains detailed descriptions of the role-playing game as well as all necessary information to master the game by oneself. Furthermore, various documents for teaching are available. All documents are freely available under this external page Creative Commons License

Availability of game boxes
It is possible to borrow a game box. Dr. Kenza Benabderrazik is available to answer any questions in this regard.

Below you will find an overview of all the game materials contained in the game box as well as some hints on how to make the materials yourself. For the paper materials, print templates are available.

The following factsheets serve as an aid during the performance of the game. More detailed information can be found in the Teacher's manual.

Here you will find a possible introductory presentation as well as various work and information sheets on the subject of palm oil. More detailed information can be found in the Teacher's manual.

The following questionnaires serve to evaluate the learning process: