You can’t fix what you don’t understand.

As humanity is faced with unprecedented challenges, “Climate Fresk” is a citizens’ workshop that aims to raise awareness and understanding about climate change, and therefore to encourage positive actions at the personal and collective level. 

Note that the Dovercourt center is managing event sign up.  Please do sign up here .

Conceived in France and based on the science of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report, it explains the cause and consequences of climate change. It gives the opportunity to learn a lot in a short period of time and is meant for both novices and experts. More than 1.5 million people worldwide have participated in the workshop, and 70,000 have gone on to become facilitators. 

In just 3-hours, the workshop calls on participants’ collective and creative intelligence to identify the cause-effect relationships between different components of climate change. As a team, you will be handed five sets of cards. When each new set is handed out you are asked to (re)arrange the cards on the table according to cause and consequence. The Fresk is revealed once all 42 cards are on the table. Team cooperation is very important and will get you from one set of cards to the next. A facilitator will guide and support you through the workshop.

THE STEPS of the WORKSHOP

COMMENTS FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS:

The event will be facilitated by Westboro resident Don Sproule and Glebe resident David Anderson.