This simulation puts students in positions of stakeholders in a fictional community negotiating whether to use 100% native species in new city plantings. Students are assigned roles as advocates, city officials and politicans all with different perspectives and interests. They must find common ground to come to an agreement that is both practical and evironmentally positive. The simulaiton enables instructors to illustrate the benefits of a value creation mindset in negoations.

Elizabeth V. Sessions is a freelance writer and an instructor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. She previously worked in social services with persons experiencing housing and behavioral health challenges and is now transi- tioning to a career in education. She holds an MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence and MA in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School for Social Pol- icy and Management at Brandeis University.