Are You Ready to Be (Climate) Positive?

Aims & objectives

1. Understand and apply the concept of climate positivity in youth mobilities

2. Explore and share good practice examples of climate-positive projects

3. Understand and overcome limiting beliefs related to climate action

4. Build mental resilience and positive attitudes towards the climate crisis

5. Reflect on and advocate for youth rights in climate-positive mobilities

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Trainer 1 (Me): Italian national residing in the Netherlands
Trainer 2: German national residing in Germany
Trainer 3: German national residing in Germany
Project Manager: Italian national residing in the United Kingdom
Project Manager: Czech national residing in the Czech Republic

Training methods used & main activities

LEGO Serious Play and Non-Formal Learning methods are the main tools I used in the sessions I delivered in this activity.
A large LEGO Serious Play workshop took place to explore climate anxiety, courage, and hope and how activists can support themselves and each other while doing their activism.
Other methods included a simulated version of the gameshow "Jeopardy!" to introduce theoretical notions and leverage existing knowledge in the group of participants; a brainstorm and debate session to recognise, analyse, and critique the concept of climate positivity in mainstream media, and the market.

Outcomes of the activity

Participants Travel Map: https://www.iynf.org/publications/participant-travel-map-of-are-you-ready-to-be-climate-positive/ To recognise efforts of green travel, and spark discussions on the difficulties of climate positive travel

Nature Reflection Walk: https://www.iynf.org/publications/take-your-time-for-a-reflective-walk-in-nature/

LEGO Serious Play Models
https://www.iynf.org/publications/reflections-through-lego-models/ (According to the rules of the LSP Method, pictures of individual or shared models are not to be shared without consent from their builder (individual models) or the entirety of the group (shared models))

IYNF AI Climate Positive Song: https://www.iynf.org/publications/climate-positive-vibes-a-song-musical-outcome-of-a2-are-you-ready-to-be-climate-positive/

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

- Before the activity: Preparation of the sessions alongside the other trainers to achieve the agreed upon goals
- During the activity: Delivery of the sessions
- After the activity: Evaluation of the activity and reporting

I worked on this training for 6 days as a full time trainer.