Upcoming Climate Fresks
- Published on Tuesday August 6th, 2024
Author: Kyle Crawford, OneSTL Communications Team
If we don’t communicate differently about climate change, we won’t notice the magnitude of our predicament until it's fundamentally too late. I am an educator by degree and profession and have found the learning structure of a Climate Fresk to be an approachable and effective exploration for almost anyone. The card game is creating a visualization of the often dense data published by the IPCC, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. An example of what is created in this group-sourced tabletop card play is pictured here.
Research about effective communication about climate change is advancing, and NNOCCI (the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation) offers a research-based climate change communications training program. However, Climate Fresks differ from NNOCCI's training because they empower each person to evaluate what they know and discover what they don't know.
Over a million people all around the world have been through this cause-and-effect group exploration, and the experience is different every time. Every one of those participants were right when they entered the room and remained right when they left. This is not an effort to persuade. It’s a physical experience involving game play to feel the deeper context and inter-related systems that ultimately stem from and will force a shift in human behavior.
Learning more about what’s being impacted, both on the inherited planetary level and to our local community where we have the most agency, is the point of a Climate Fresk. You can play this game for FREE at one of these upcoming events:
- August 18th - 1:30pm to 4:30pm - University City Public Library - Registration here
- September 1st - 1:30pm to 4:30pm - University City Public Library - Registration here
- September 15th - 1:30pm to 4:30pm - University City Public Library - Registration here
- September 29th - 1:30pm to 4:30pm - University City Public Library - Registration here
Can you think of a situation that could benefit from this learning together in an intentional, guided, and fun way? Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to explore where else to host Climate Fresks! Other public spaces? The workplace? Bars? It's been hosted in all these places and more around the world!
