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Lay the Way

Set of pictograms free to download and print out, to illustrate the life cycle of materials in a playful way.

https://ziel13.ws.io-flow.de/ (Leg den Weg)

Remark: You’ll find more downloadable stuff here: “Bauunterlagen für die Dämmstoffbar” translates to “Construction documents for the Insulation Bar”, a model scale display of various insulation materials (see pic to your right); whereas “Bauunterlagen für das Praxis-Lehrmodell „Strohbau“” gives you the construction documents for building a model to practice straw bale infill, as shown in the left pic. All documentation is German only.

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Billions in Change Official Film 2015

The world is facing some huge problems. There’s a lot of talk about how to solve them. But talk doesn’t reduce pollution, or grow food, or heal the sick. That takes doing. This film is the story about a group of doers, the elegantly simple inventions they have made to change the lives of billions of people, and the unconventional billionaire spearheading the project.

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Trust Lift

Let yourself be carried by others! Let yourself be carried away!

Number of People: any in groups of (at best) 7 or 9 people

Time: 0.25 hrs

Place/Space: indoor, outdoor, 4–5 m² per group

Equipment:

  • none

Link to desription (doc): Trust Lift

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Keeper of the Keys

Keeper of the Keys involves strategy, collaboration, and the use of multiple senses to solve a collective challenge. This strategy creates opportunities to generate dialogue about individual and collective group strategy and to practice engaging more of the five senses.

Number of People: 8–25

Time: 0,5 hrs

Place/Space: any, enough for a circle

Equipment:

  • keys
  • chair (optional)

Link to desription (doc): Keeper of the Keys

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Dragon’s Tail Dodgeball

Dragon’s tail dodgeball is a dodgeball game for groups of at least 12 people. Several groups compete each other.

Number of People: 12 or (many) more

Time: arbitrary, short

Place/space: Indoor, outdoor, lots of space (at least 60 m²)

Equipment:

  • You need at least one (soft) ball. In larger groups, several balls can be used as well.

Link to desription (doc): Dragon’s Tail Dodgeball

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Don’t Stop the Ball

Multiple balls are kicked in a circle.

Number of People: 5–15

Time: 0,25 hrs

Place/space: Indoor/outdoor, flat surface of 20 to 40 m²

Equipment:

  • You need several smaller balls (best suited are tennis balls or alike). Prepare as many balls as there are players.

Link to desription (doc): Don’t Stop the Ball

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Building Bridges

Building something together starts with organisation of the group.

Number of People: any

Time: 10–20 min

Place/space: Indoor, 10 m² per group

Equipment:

  • paper (old newspapers, etc.)
  • sticky tape
  • weights (books, shoes, etc.)
  • box (e.g. a shoe box)

Link to desription (doc): Building Bridges

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Blindfolded Soccer

Blindfolded soccer is a variant of soccer with additional handicap, making it a trust building game.

Number of People: 8–20 (ideally dividable by four)

Time: arbitrary

Place/space: Indoor/outdoor, small playground

Equipment:

  • a ball (for example, a soccer ball)
  • two goals
  • blindfolds for half of the players

Link to desription (doc): Blindfolded Soccer

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Baking Bread

Baking bread (or baking oven) is a trust building game for groups of 7 or more people.

Number of People: 7 or more

Time: 0,5 hrs

Place/space: Indoor/outdoor, 10 m² or more depending on group size

Equipment:

  • none

Link to desription (doc): Baking Bread

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Arrange the Chairs

When a task is impossible to be done by the rules, the solution lies in cooperation – and changing the rules.

Number of People: any, at least 8

Time: 0,5 hrs max

Place/space: Indoor, (outdoor), about 2–3 m² per person

Equipment:

  • Lots of small pieces of paper, marker pens

Link to desription (doc): Arrange the Chairs