NON-FORMAL EDUCATORS

Facilitate climate learning and action in your community

You don't need a classroom to make a difference. Start where you already work – with your group, your activities, your space.
With simple tools and the right approach, you can turn climate conversations into shared understanding and action across the Mediterranean.

Facilitator leading a non-formal climate education activity

Understand climate change – and what it means for your daily life

Explainer

Living with Heat: How Mediterranean Communities Adapt to Heatwaves

Why the region is warming faster than the global average — and what that means day to day.

6 min read

Explainer

What Is Climate Change and What Does It Mean for the Mediterranean?

A plain-language primer on the science, the local impacts and the choices ahead.

8 min read

Explainer

Plastic Isn’t Just Pollution: It’s a Climate Problem

How plastic production and waste feed the emissions driving climate change.

5 min read

Explainer

Water, Food, Climate and Nature: What’s Changing in the Mediterranean

The tightly linked systems under pressure — and where they can be protected.

7 min read

Explainer

Why Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change Go Hand in Hand

Healthy ecosystems are one of our best defences against a warming climate.

6 min read

Explainer

From Coast to Table: Climate Pressure on Mediterranean Food

How shifting seasons and seas are reshaping what the region grows and eats.

5 min read

Start where you are.

Facilitation tools and group activities for youth workers, community leaders, and non-formal educators to spark climate conversations and action.

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More resources to help you take action

How-to guide

Reduce Food Waste at Home

Simple, practical steps to waste less and save more in a Mediterranean kitchen.

4 min read

5-step checklist

Save Water at Home

Five quick actions that cut household water use without changing how you live.

3 min read

How-to guide

Reduce Your Single-Use Plastics

Swap the throwaway habits that add up — at home, at work and on the go.

4 min read

5-step checklist

Heatwave Today? Five Things That Help Right Now

Stay safe and cool when temperatures spike — for you and those around you.

3 min read

How-to guide

Turn a Balcony or Rooftop into a Mini Food Garden

Grow food in small spaces and cool your home at the same time.

5 min read

Toolkit

Facilitate a Climate Conversation in Your Group

Ready-to-use activities to spark dialogue and turn it into action.

10 min read

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