Climate change is a collective difficulty with complex characteristics that are far from being assimilated by all. The consequences are often not understood by the individual, leading to a lack of awareness.
However, it is by acting together that these difficulties can be overcome. And allow a real transformation with a deep change of model.
This is what the climate mural is all about: triggering constructive action in the face of the challenges of climate change.
According to the official website of the Climate Fresco
The climate mural: definition
Created in 2015 by Cédric Ringenbach, its ambition is to make as many people as possible aware of climate issues. But also to inform each individual about the causes and effects of climate change.
Thanks to playful and creative workshops based on collective intelligence, individuals take up the challenge of climate change. These awareness workshops allow participants to co-construct a fresco based on the mechanisms of climate change. These mechanisms are highlighted by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
The objective is to find the links of cause and effect between the different components represented by 42 maps. This goes from human activities to the impact on biodiversity through the rise in temperature.
The climate mural is based entirely on collaboration and knowledge sharing. It is based on 3 essential axes:
- Pedagogy: gaining knowledge quickly
- Playfulness: having fun with critical issues
- Creativity: bringing an artistic touch to the group
Adapted for team building or team seminars, the idea is that these workshops are led by facilitators who can take control of the animation tool and multiply this climatic pedagogy to achieve exponential growth.
The climate mural: how it works
The workshop facilitator must lead the construction of the climate mural by ensuring that all participants rely on a variety of essential skills:
- Reasoning: deducing cause and effect from climate change mechanisms
- Formalization: structuring one's thoughts in the form of a diagram and co-constructing with the participants
- Imagination: visualize the links between the different elements and illustrate the climate mural
- Feelings: expressing emotions about climate issues
"The energy transition can only take place if people get informed. Because everyone has something to learn.
Cédric Ringenbach
What does it take to set it up?
- A card game The Climate Fresco
- A team of 4 to 8 players
- A facilitator
- 3 hours of workshop to reflect, create and share
- Materials (table, paper, pencils, markers, tape...)
How to set it up?
In teams, the participants lay out the cards representing the different components of climate change on a table. They work together to find the cause and effect links between them.
The facilitator leads the teams to guide them through the workshop, ensure good communication and provide additional explanations.
The climate mural is based on 4 steps:
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The climate mural is an essential step in raising awareness and setting in motion collective actions. It aims to fight individually and collectively against climate change.
However, it is clear that the collective energy that emerges in a climate mural workshop is based on the energy of a handful of people and is limited in time.
The question that can be asked is: how to extend this positive energy and cascade it to its teams? How to acculturate on a larger scale all the employees of a company to the major issues of the climate fresco? How to capitalize on the collective intelligence to extend the creativity stage by imagining concrete actions, solutions or simply by sharing good practices throughout the year? The digitalization of the process is possible to answer these questions.
A digital platform can meet the challenges of :
- Large-scale Acculturation
- Gamification / playful approach
- Sourcing, sharing and monitoring of best practices and solutions
- Exchanges and discussions around the major issues of the climate mural
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