Climate Fresk for Sustainability Groups 

Climate Fresk for Sustainability Groups 

Workshop Overview                                                                                                                                                      

Climate Fresk is our brand new, half day training offering to complement the full day Climate and Carbon Literacy related courses we already deliver. We are offering this workshop to local sustainability groups for FREE - be the first to try it! Your participation will help our trainers in their familiarisation with the materials and we’ll ask you for your feedback on our approach. And of course you’ll then be well placed to help us spread the word about this exciting new offering! It also provides you with the great opportunity come together as a network.

Climate Fresk is an extremely interactive group activity where a facilitator uses a pack of cards to support a group of people to map the causes and effects of the climate crisis, and together, through discussion, unpick the complexities, interrelated issues and feedback loops involved. It is a really engaging, collaborative method for understanding the fundamentals of climate science. It uses 42 ‘cards’ drawn directly from the latest IPCC reports and gives a deep dive into the whole climate system. The visual and interactive nature stimulates discussion, debate and group problem-solving. And it is really good fun! You will join a rapidly growing movement of 1.6 million participants worldwide. You can click on the Climate Fresk logo below to find out more about the movement. 

The course will be delivered by expert trainers working on behalf of Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS). We co-chair the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership and run Cumbria’s Climate and Carbon Literacy training programme. A certified Platinum Carbon Literate Organisation, our team of certified Carbon Literate trainers bring decades of practical emission-reduction expertise, in-depth knowledge of the local area as well as significant training experience. 

Event Details

The Climate Fresk workshop will run from 10am-1pm, with participants asked to arrive from 9:45am to help us start on time.

Teas, coffees, water and biscuits will be available for the duration of the session.

There is no preparation required in advance.

Venue details

The workshop will be held at Rheged, just outside of Penrith, in the Pennine Gallery. The full venue address is: 

Rheged Centre, Redhills 
Penrith, Cumbria 
CA11 0DQ 

The building and event room are fully accessible, with lift access from the ground floor up to the gallery. Please see the Rheged website for full accessibility details: https://rheged.com/info/ and contact us with any concerns or queries. 

Travel

If you are travelling by train, the venue is a 40-minute walk (1.7 miles) from Penrith train station, and slightly further from Penrith bus station. Regular bus services between Penrith and Keswick stop at Rheged – either the X4 or X5. You can plan your journey via https://www.traveline.info/.  

If you give us your details for car sharing on the booking form, we will be in touch to connect you to others looking/offering lifts but cannot guarantee we can link you up to a lift. 

Rheged has a large car park. It’s free to park but if you plan on staying longer than 5 hours on the site, please register your number plate in their café or deli to avoid a car parking charge. 

Additional information

There will be photos taken on the day of the training session in action, for us to use in publicity materials. If you do not wish to be included in any photographs, please let the photographer know on the day. 

Tickets

We are offering this training opportunity for FREE to all members of local sustainability groups. If you wish to make a donation, this will help subsidise future places on our climate training courses for those who cannot afford to pay full price. Thank you for your support.

If you need to cancel your place, please get in touch at [email protected] as soon as possible so we can give your place to someone else. 

Spread the word!

Please help us and let your fellow sustainability group membbers know about:Climate Fresk for Sustainability Groups , by sharing on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.  You can also share the below link in an email or on your website: https://cafs.org.uk/events/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&id=391&reset=1