Climate Action Facilitation Training
A 6-week, cohort-based training to transform climate knowledge into confident facilitation, catalysing real-world action through established interactive tools. By the end of this program, you will be able to confidently facilitate 2nd Generation Climate Fresk workshops and guide participants from understanding to action.
Apply by: May 4th|Cohort begins: May 11th



Created by —
Adi Benea
Expert Instructor, Terra.do, Green Belt Climate Fresk Trainer
Nikyta Palmisani
Expert Instructor, Terra.do, Green Belt Climate Fresk Trainer, Ecopsychologist
Kanan Puntambekar
Program Design, Evaluation & Learning, Facilitator
6 weeks / 4 hours per week
Expected commitment. We will help keep yourself accountable with timely check-ins
Cohort-based
Engage in weekly live online sessions, guided asynchronous practice, and 1:1 mentoring.
Real-world practice
Design, deliver, and receive coaching on your first officially facilitated Climate Fresk session.
Additional Tools
Discover other interactive tools that can be shaped to fit your unique contexts.
Course overview
You’ve completed a Terra.do program and joined a global community of 5,000+ alumni with a deep, systems-level understanding of climate change, solutions, and equity. You’re now looking for concrete, high-impact ways to mobilize climate action in your own spheres of influence.
After participating in a Climate Fresk workshop, you have decided to take the next step and by participating in this program you will:
Join a peer learning network of Terra.do alumni and fellow facilitators
Train and become a Climate Fresk Facilitator
Build specialized facilitation skills for effective engagement
Confidently hold group conversations on climate science and climate action
Facilitate you own Climate Fresk workshop
Master a flow adaptable to diverse audiences in your work, practice or community
Integrate this workshop into your climate action toolkit
Discover other similar interactive localized tools adaptable to any unique context you might face as a facilitator.

Skills you will learn
Workshop Facilitation
Design, deliver, and evaluate interactive workshops, acquiring a flexible facilitation framework adaptable to diverse audiences and cultural contexts.
Systems Thinking
Analyze the theoretical foundations and structure underpinning the methodology, and help groups co-create a visual map of the causes and consequences of climate change.
Emotional Intelligence
Practice holding emotions and build confidence in leading complex dialogues on climate science, emotional processing, and transformative action.
Action-Oriented Dialogue
Guide participants from understanding to formulating an actionable strategy for climate action.
Who is this course for?
Terra.do Fellows and Alumni
You’ve completed a Terra.do program and joined a global community with a deep, systems-level understanding of climate change, solutions, and equity. You want to translate your learning into facilitation and action.
Action-Oriented Practitioners
Practitioners who want a structured, proven tool to activate climate conversations and are looking for concrete, high-impact ways to mobilize climate action in their own spheres of influence.
Workplace & Community Workshop Hosts
People ready to host workshops in workplaces, communities, or peer networks, guiding participants from understanding to action using the Climate Fresk and other interactive tools.
Key elements
- Weekly live 90-minute sessions (Mondays, 8:00 am PT)
- One live 3.5 hour 2nd Generation Climate Fresk Facilitation Training Session
- Guided asynchronous practice and reflection between sessions
- A facilitated peer learning circle for accountability and mutual support
- At least one Climate Fresk you facilitate during the program, with coaching before and debrief after
- 1:1 mentor sessions tailored to your context and goals
Course syllabus
Welcome session
Understand how the course will work, define your intention for the course and target a group that you will Fresk for during the program. Know the team and accountability “buddies”.
Climate Fresk 2nd Generation Facilitator Training
Climate Fresk 2nd Generation Facilitator Training Undertake comprehensive training by experiencing a full 2nd Generation Climate Fresk Facilitator Training, emphasizing both content mastery and pedagogical design and building facilitation skills.
Build Facilitation Skills
Develop, practice, and refine key facilitation competencies, including emotional intelligence (holding emotions), systems thinking, and guiding action-oriented dialogue. Build confidence in leading complex dialogues on climate science and transformative action while receiving real-time coaching and formative assessment from mentors and peers.
Facilitating your Climate Fresk Workshop
Design, deliver, and officially facilitate your first 2nd Generation Climate Fresk session during the program itself as part of experiential learning activities. Conduct and document this session to move confidently from trainee to active facilitator.
Debriefing your Climate Fresk Workshop
Peer sharing of the facilitation experience and strengthening facilitation skills and competencies.
Integration and Action Planning
Formulate an actionable strategy and a concrete plan for continued facilitation within professional, academic, or community-based settings. Learn about more interactive tools for climate action facilitation such as Climate Compass, EnRoads.

Open House: Climate Action Facilitation Training
An Open House Q&A with Adi Benea and Nikyta Palmisani, course creators for the Terra.do Climate Action Facilitation Training course.
Apr 27, 2026 — 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET
RSVP - Save your spotApply by: May 4th|Cohort begins: May 11th
US$ 599
For Terra.do alumni
MAPA (Most Affected People and Areas): US$ 299
Intended for participants from frontline communities and lower-income regions; limited spots available.
Meet the course creators

Adi Benea
Expert Instructor, Terra.do, Green Belt Climate Fresk Trainer
Adi is an experienced educator working across both formal and alternative learning environments, with contributions spanning Europe, Asia, and South America. Throughout his career, he has designed and facilitated transformative learning experiences for diverse audiences, including primary and secondary students, university learners, and adult professionals.
As a certified Green Belt Climate Fresk facilitator, Adi has conducted both online sessions with international participants and in‑person workshops for educators and organizational leaders in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Galápagos Islands. These initiatives were part of a broader sustainability education strategy designed to strengthen climate change literacy and integrate it into both formal and alternative educational systems across the archipielago.
Adi currently facilitates learning journeys on climate change for international participants through Terra.do’s “Learning for Action” program, supporting learners in developing the knowledge and agency to engage with the climate transition.
Through his personal project, “indigaia.com”, Adi designs and delivers experiential, customized learning programs grounded in a methodology shaped by years of creating and guiding immersive educational experiences.

Nikyta Palmisani
Expert Instructor, Terra.do, Green Belt Climate Fresk Trainer, Ecopsychologist
Nikyta Palmisani is a Climate Change Educator, Ecopsychologist, and Certified Climate Fresk Trainer (Green Belt). As an Expert Instructor for Terra.do, she has taught global professionals in the flagship Learning for Action course since 2022, guiding learners through transformative, systems-based approaches to climate action.
With a background in mental health, mindfulness, and professional leadership development, Nikyta is known for her dynamic facilitation style that fosters both cognitive and emotional transformation. She designs and leads experiential workshops such as Emotional Resilience for Climate and Mindfulness for Climate Work, creating spaces where reflection, connection, and momentum meet.
Her experience spans from serving in United Nations delegations—including Art Direction at COP15 and work with the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues—to grassroots, citizen-led initiatives. She has also collaborated with research teams at Oxford University exploring the intersections of art, biodiversity, and climate.
In her consulting practice, Nikyta supports communities, corporations, and local governments in accelerating climate action through participatory and creative facilitation designs. She is a Climate Fresk facilitator, helping leaders and organizations understand, process, and act on climate change, and serves as a core facilitator for Leadership San Juan Islands, a professional leadership program in Washington State.

Kanan Puntambekar
Program Design, Evaluation & Learning, Facilitator
Kanan leads the design and implementation of global climate fellowship programs aimed at strengthening the talent pipeline in the climate sector. She is also experienced in designing Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) frameworks and is an experienced facilitator for STEM education and fellowship programming. She is also a Climate Fresk facilitator.
Prior to working in the Impact Sector, she has worked in R&D of consumer electronics, energy storage, and next-generation technologies for over 15 years as researcher at University of Minnesota, UC Berkeley, and Northwestern University and in materials development and reliability roles at Sharp & Apple.
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