Global Education Agora Toolkit

Aims of the tool

The GEA Toolkit aims to equip youth workers, educators, activists, and local organisations with practical non-formal education methods to engage young people and citizens on climate change and sustainability issues. Inspired by street education and participatory learning, it promotes critical thinking, intercultural dialogue, climate justice, and active citizenship through creative tools such as public debates, games, exhibitions, and collective workshops. The toolkit also encourages local community engagement and supports the creation of accessible, inclusive, and action-oriented climate initiatives across Europe.

Description of the tool

The GEA Toolkit is an innovative collection of non-formal education methods designed to bring climate change education out of traditional classrooms and directly into public spaces. Developed through the Erasmus+ project Global Education Agora (GEA) by partners in Italy, France, and Slovenia, the toolkit helps educators, youth workers, activists, and community groups engage ordinary citizens — especially young people — in accessible and participatory climate dialogue.

The toolkit is based on the idea of “street education”: using squares, festivals, markets, schools, and everyday public spaces as places for learning, discussion, and civic participation. Through interactive and creative approaches such as street debates (“Portatore di Parola”), participatory games, climate exhibitions, collective mapping, creative expression corners, and tools like Climate Fresk or Twisterra, the toolkit transforms climate education into a direct social experience connected to local realities.

Its innovative aspect lies in combining climate change awareness with public interaction, intercultural dialogue, and community engagement. Instead of targeting only already engaged audiences, the methods are specifically designed to reach ordinary citizens in informal environments, making climate education more inclusive, approachable, and action-oriented.

Learning outcomes include:

Increased understanding of climate change causes, consequences, and social inequalities linked to environmental issues;
Development of critical thinking on consumption, fast fashion, food systems, and sustainability;
Improved facilitation, communication, and public dialogue skills;
Greater capacity to organise participatory street actions and community-based educational activities;
Strengthened civic participation and motivation to engage in local climate initiatives;
Enhanced intercultural dialogue and collective reflection on environmental challenges;
Empowerment of young people as active facilitators and changemakers within their communities.

The toolkit promotes experiential learning, peer-to-peer exchange, and collective action, encouraging participants not only to learn about climate change, but also to become active actors of social and environmental transformation.