Transition Falmouth is again endorsing and helping promote the following Climate Café Listening Circle to be held in Falmouth on 25th January as a supporting partner to Helston Climate Action Group‘s Climate Café Listening Circle project funded by Transition Together. See details provided to us below:
Update Monday 16th December:
Originally scheduled for 7th December, postponed due to Storm Darragh, and now rescheduled for Saturday 25th January, booking available again via link below
Climate Café Listening Circle – Falmouth
Saturday January 25th, 2024 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
21 Church St, Falmouth TR11 3EG, UK
This Climate Café is being hosted by Cornwall Climate Action Network and Transition Falmouth and is being held at The Snug, Above The Bookshop Cafe, 21 Church Street, Falmouth, TR11 3EG.
Places are limited so please reserve a place via Eventbrite here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-cafe-listening-circle-falmouth-tickets-1025412766187
Please note, this is a held space (rather than a drop-in session). Please come for 10 as we will be closing the doors to new arrivals at 10.15 to create a safe, supportive space for those attending.
Please note there is no parking at the venue. Please allow extra time to arrive.
This Climate Café will be led by facilitators trained through Climate Psychology Alliance and our Community of Practice project.
Please note these Climate Cafés are for anyone aged 18 or over.
What is a Climate Café?
A Climate Café is a simple, hospitable, empathetic space where fears, uncertainties and grief about our climate & ecological crisis can be safely felt and expressed. The model is one which has been adapted from Death Cafés by Climate Psychology Alliance.
Why do we need Climate Cafés?
We need the kind of exploration that listening circles provide as it becomes more evident that climate and ecological breakdown are not far-away problems but a clear and present danger to our own safety and well-being. People increasingly need to talk about what our changing world means for them in terms of impacts at personal, family and societal level. We need to imagine it in some detail so as to be able to think about it constructively and clear-sightedly, and to explore some complex feelings and thoughts which may often be taboo and hard to talk about.
What happens during a Climate Café Listening Circle?
The focus of discussion is participants’ thoughts and feelings about the climate and ecological crisis. There are no guest speakers and no talks, and it is an advice-free zone.
The listening circle will be led by facilitators trained through Climate Psychology Alliance and our Community of Practice project, and is offered free of charge thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, distributed by Transition Together
For further details about Climate Café Listening Circles in Cornwall and where and when they are taking place see:
https://cornwallclimateactionnetwork.earth/wellbeing/climate-cafe-listening-circles/