Let’s Talk Climate – online workshop

Conversations are right at the heart of big social change (like with equal marriage in the UK, or abortion rights in Ireland) - but while 3 in 4 of us think climate is a serious global threat, more than half of us rarely or never talk about it.

Let's Talk Climate is all about changing that through giving people the confidence, motivation and skills to have positive, hopeful conversations about climate - in the post office queue, over the garden fence, at the school gate, by the water cooler - and in doing so, make the 'invisible consensus' on climate visible and open up space for more ambition.

The climate and nature groups around Wharfedale - including Climate Action Ilkley, Otley 2030, Climate Action Menston, Menston Area Nature Trust, Climate Action Addingham, Climate Action Silsden – have been given the opportunity to offer this programme free of charge thanks to Larger Us with funding from the European Climate Foundation.

The programme is open to all and starts with a 2-hour online workshop that will help you identify the reasons why you might find it difficult to have climate conversations and give you practical tips on how to get them started and keep them going positively.

Places are limited so book your free ticket early! (a joining link will be sent nearer the time).

(if you’d love to do this but can’t make that date please let us know at steve.peel@climateactionilkley.org.uk as there may be other opportunities in future).

Graduates of the workshop can then deepen their learning by joining ‘the Challenge’. As part of a small group you’ll set conversation goals each week, chat through your experiences with your group and focus on key topics to supercharge your skills!

The Challenge will start in the week commencing 16 March and run until w/c Monday 27 April. Group meetings will probably be on Tuesdays or Thursdays in the evening - exact dates and times to be agreed with participants.

Notes

Over the last two years Larger Us has run Let's Talk Climate with a wonderful range of partners - from big national membership organisations like the National Trust, Wildlife Trusts and Women's Institute and UNISON to local groups in places up and down the UK - involving hundreds of people and resulting in thousands of conversations.

Right now, Larger Us is working with the European Climate Foundation to do some really exciting work in Yorkshire specifically, which is all about combining work on the ground like this with strategic communications partners who can amplify stories and impact.