Climate Cafés® are relaxed and informal, so you should be able to just drop in, have a cup of tea, and a chat – just like any Café. Every Climate Café should feel really welcoming, open and inclusive to all. It is a space where you should feel informed, inspired and able to get involved.
A Climate Café is not really a meeting space for lots of papers and minutes or actions! The role of the Co-ordinator(s) at a Climate Cafe® is to ensure that everyone gets to contribute and the conversation moves through the topics people are interested in. Expect the chat to be wide ranging and solutions focused, with a positive focus on what we can do!
In lots of Climate Cafés®, a project or event idea may come out of Café chats. If so there might be updates at Climate Cafés®, with separate sessions to progress a project. Those who choose to be involved in a project can be, while the Climate Café® continues to be a place for chat.
Co-ordinators may take notes on what everyone would like to chat about at a future Climate Café®, gather ideas for speakers, information to share and send or a need for more tea and biscuits, but that’s about it!
Wherever you see the Climate Café® logo, you will know that Climate Café® is signed up to a shared ethos of being open, welcoming and inclusive to everyone.
All Climate Cafés® are responsible for providing a safe space to meet, and following current government guidance in relation to COVID 19. Some Climate Cafés® meet online.