Climate Streamers game

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AIM OF SESSION 

Through playing the ‘Climate Streamers’ card game, developed by two Social Innovation students at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), Isabella Forchini and Alexandra Jahnke, students practice sharing their own experiences and values around the topic of climate change (and other related topics), as well as listening to those of their peers. Transformative skills practiced through engaging in meaningful dialogues with each other include: communication and active listening skills, self-awareness, engaging with diverse perspectives, orientation of own inner compass and developing openness and a learning mindset.  

 

BACKGROUND 

Climate Streamers is an international non-profit that creates safe and engaging spaces for people to explore climate change through conversation and connection. With a focus on appreciation, inclusivity, and depolarisation, they develop interactive tools—like the Climate Streamers Card Game—to make climate discussions more accessible and inspiring.  

With 160 unique cards across different categories, the card game encourages players to share their thoughts, stories, and feelings while actively listening to others. No prior knowledge of climate change is needed, making it accessible to all participants. Whilst the changing climate is the main focus of the conversation prompts, other sustainability-related topics are also brought into the conversation. Conversation prompts include, for example: “How does the climate crisis affect you?”; “Being in nature calms me down”; “If you have any, how do you think your privileges influence your life?”;  “If you could change something in history what would it be?”; “Social media affects my opinion”.  

The game is highly flexible, suitable for both small and large groups, and every session offers new insights and connections. It’s a valuable tool for engaging students in sustainability discussions, helping them explore diverse perspectives while fostering curiosity and collaboration. 

 

FACILITATION 

As facilitator, your role is to create a welcoming environment, guide conversations when needed, and ensure that participants feel heard and respected. The goal isn’t to debate facts but to encourage open dialogue and reflection.  

Some tips for facilitating: 

• Asking students to put away laptops/phones and focus purely on dialogue with their peers is recommended.
• Emphasise that the game is about sharing/listening to personal stories/ideas/fears/hopes etc. and not about how much in-depth knowledge the students have.  
• Resist sharing your own views/opinions; rather pose reflective questions to the students if/when the opportunity arises and/or show your own vulnerabilities/uncertainties around the topics raised.
• Depending on how dynamic the groups are, it can be useful to encourage a dialogue by inviting the students to react to each other’s responses and ask follow-up questions.
• Grouping students together with people they know can make it easier for students to open up.  

Ten sets of cards are available for colleagues at BUas. Card packs are also available for purchase via www.climatestreamers.com. 

In case you would like to know more, check out: www.climatestreamers.com and the rules of the game here: How a card game is transforming climate education | Breda University of Applied Sciences