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THE ASSOCIATION.

Cédric Ringenbach founded the Climate Fresk NGO in 2018. Its goal is to raise awareness and participation of the workshops and to train and upskill Climate Fresk facilitators.

The organisation has a decentralised and participatory governance structure whose principles include do-ocracy, transparency and the right to make mistakes.

OUR PURPOSE.

The NGO was created on 17 December 2018. Its goal is to:

  • Raise awareness of the Climate Fresk workshop as quickly as possible in order to raise the level of climate education around the world
  • Train new facilitators so that they can continue spreading the workshop and contribute to Climate Fresk’s exponential growth
  • Design additional educational material to help facilitators and enable them to operate autonomously
  • Build, grow and manage the Climate Fresk community
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THE TEAM.

Climate Fresk has a decentralised and paticipatory management structure. This enables thousands of volunteers, the permanent team and Board of Directors to use their collective intelligence to accelarate the dissemination of the workshop.

FOUNDING PRINCIPLES.

The association was created on the basis of some founding principles. Here they are:

Climate emergency

Climate change threatens humanity and we must react very quickly. Climate Fresk is an effective tool to educate and sensitize citizens, and for this reason its author felt the responsibility to disseminate it as widely as possible and as quickly as possible. He entrusted this mission to the association he created for this purpose.
This urgency justifies the swarm organization of the fresker’s community, the right to make mistakes and the do-ocracy.

Humanism

If we seek to save the climate, it is so that humans can continue to live on this planet as best as possible.

Since we are fighting for humanity, if we want to be coherent, we must take care of men and women, be attentive to others and not discriminate.
Concretely, we are for example vigilant towards the burnout of the militant which guards us all.
We are not naïve either and we know that preserving a framework in which our members can find their place will sometimes require removing people who threaten our values or the founding principles of our association. We will do this with respect for the individual, but with firmness. The importance given to co-optation and validation by peers is justified by this imperative.

Respect for science

The Climate Fresk tool was created based on data from the first IPCC working group. We are very attached to the scientific method that is the basis of their work. Their objective is to provide the knowledge and vocabulary necessary to discuss solutions and actions to address climate change.
If we have to venture outside the field of climate change, it will be with respect to recognized scientific bodies such as WHO, UNSCEAR, academies of sciences etc. For this reason, the association is not anti-nuclear (just as it is not pro-nuclear), it is not anti-vaccination, nor anti-GMO, and it sticks to solidly established scientific data on issues such as the use of pesticides.

No solution

Solutions are a matter of politics and can be debated. Whatever the solutions and whatever the level at which they are decided or applied (individuals, organizations, State, international…), they depend on the sensitivity of each person. The association is therefore neither for nor against any solution, but is delighted that people are taking up the subject in an enlightened way. The facilitator’s mission is to allow the collective intelligence to express itself and to bring out the reflection concerning individual and collective actions.

The association is non-partisan

It is not in favor of any political party, it does not belong to any political trend and is not attached to any militant movement.
It does not pass judgment
Indeed, making a judgment is a political matter. The association does not comment on what people or organizations say or do.

No taboos with money or business

Money is the sinews of war and our association needs it. We offer workshops and trainings for a fee and we collect the rights to use the Climate Fresk tool when it is used in a commercial context. Some members of the association earn their living by proposing to animate fresks in companies and this is not a problem for us, quite the contrary.
We do not believe that general interest rhymes with free.
All work deserves a salary.

The association is not anti-business or anti-capitalist and its members are free to express their opinions.
Facilitators must respect all the principles of this position within the framework of Climate Fresk. The association cannot be held responsible for the positions or actions of the animators, as they are in the realm of their private liveThis being said, it is important to remember that our association is first and foremost an association of volunteers and that our financial means are there to ensure the remuneration of a team of permanent, salaried employees who serve this army of volunteers.

We also have no problem working with companies (if the association does not organize animations directly for companies, its members do), including those that can be stigmatized and presented as the « big bads » of capitalism. With the Fresk, we address the citizens who are the employees of these companies with the hope of making things change from the inside, from the bottom.

GOVERNANCE.

The organisation has a decentralised and participatory governance structure. Here are some of the key principles.

  • Do-ocracy: The members of the NGO can take the initiative and are encouraged to do so. Those who do, decide and vice versa. Everyone is asked to respect each others’ initiatives, even if it means exploring different ideas in parralel and seeing which one works best.
  • The right to make mistakes: We accept that we’ll make mistakes and, in fact, believe that making mistakes is a good way to progress, according to the « trial and error » principle. As Mandela put it: « I never fail. I either win or learn. »
  • Thee rule of three: As long as three members agree that an initiative is a good idea, they can go ahead and do it, even if it involves the NGO. You can learn more about this rule and how to apply it here.
  • Duplication: As a result of the previous principles, we might find that people are doing the same thing at the same time. That may seem sub-optimal, but it’s part of being an agile organisation. Nature works in the same way… We might waste some time, but we gain as much if not more by avoiding debates.
  • Transparency: This is to avoid frustration and unwanted power moves. Fundamental to ensuring healthy, fair and sustainable operations, this principle guides the tools that the NGO uses.

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