Framing Training Guide

Creating Safe Spaces: Discusses the importance of setting ground rules and creating a safe, open environment for discussing the issues brought up in this training program

Frame Identification: Provides an exercise in identifying key frames from the Silver County Scenario, and asks several follow-up questions about the importance of frame identification

Frame Analysis: After identifying the key frames, this exercise leads students through a deeper analysis of frames and framing activities

Understanding Your Own Frames: An introductory exercise in understanding the nature and implications of one's own frames

Understanding the Frames of Others: This exercise explores how frames drive others' behavior and understanding of the conflict

Frame Reflection: This comprehensive set of exercises guides students through the process of reflecting on their own frames and their own perspectives on the issues of growth management and environmental policy

Simulation: This guide leads students through the entire Silver County growth and environmental policy simulation program

Role Playing: This guide leads students through a role playing activity in which they take on the roles of the conflict parties and carve out an actual resolution to the dispute.


Also available: General Environmental Dispute Simulation

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Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts
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