Act! with Surfrider offers collaborative workshops in companies, designed to give your employees an immersive experience around major environmental challenges.
Structured as visual and participatory sessions, these workshops help participants grasp the complexity of climate disruption, plastic pollution, and the fragility of the Ocean and coastal ecosystems.
By mapping connections, participants can step back and understand the issues as a whole.
The Climate Fresk, created by Cédric Ringenbach in 2018, has inspired the development of many other workshops on related topics.
We offer the Ocean Fresk, the Waste Fresk, and the Climate Fresk.
Entertaining. Your collaborators are going to have a good time.
Scientific. All the data is from IPCC reports (UN/UNFCCC) or other scientific reports.
Creative. Groups are given carte blanche to innovate and create their own mural with their creative ideas.
Visual. A picture is worth a thousand words !
Collaborative. It is a great collective intelligence tool.
Simple. The workshop only requires one 2m2 table per group !
The Fresks are collaborative workshops composed of 5 to 18 people (approximately 1 to 3 tables of 5-6 people) facilitated by a facilitator.
“Awareness is a key step for a large organization to adapt to a fast changing world; the Climate Fresk is an excellent tool to understand the causes and impacts of climate change.” Aymeric Olibet, sustainable business BNP Paribas Fortis
“ The Ocean Fresk is evidently one of the best educational tools to understand how oceans function holistically, the threat they endure but also what they can provide us if we protect them” Fanny Agostini, Thalassa
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Fresk workshops are based on an active and participatory learning approach. They leverage collective intelligence to explore major environmental issues through visual, interactive, and structured formats.
Four collaborative fresks are offered:
Each fresk relies on a specific educational tool tailored to a key topic of ecological transition. The format remains consistent: a collective analysis of themed cards to be connected, followed by a shared reflection on possible action levers.
The collaborative fresk activity can be conducted in-person, online, or in a hybrid format, with a facilitator guiding the group. It can be integrated into corporate events or as part of a structured CSR program.
And most importantly, the Plastic Pollution Fresk is an original Surfrider creation !
Ice breaker: Introduction to the workshop objectives and rules.
Exploration and creativity: Participants, working in groups, receive cards representing different stages and impacts related to plastic. Together, they position and connect the cards to understand the overall system, adding titles and colored arrows.
Presentation and discussion: Once the fresk is completed, participants engage in a discussion to share their emotions, discoveries, and emerging thoughts.
Debrief and solutions: Participants are encouraged to identify and propose solutions to reduce plastic footprints at both individual and collective levels.
The ocean is an excellent awareness medium. As a source of emotion and inspiration but also a climate regulator, an economic pillar and a wealth of natural resources, the ocean is an essential stakeholder in our societies' environmental transition. The Ocean Fresk is a collaborative workshop which provides a better understanding of the marine world. It also provides key tools to engage in the protection of our blue planet.
1. Understand what the Ocean brings us and the threats it faces.
2. Unite everyone’s efforts around a topic which affects us all.
3. Act by relying on collective intelligence to encourage everyone to act and initiate a transition at every level.
Alice VITOUX, Freelance project director - Sustainable Development - Ocean & Climate impact expertise. Ocean Fresk creator and Climate Fresk senior team leader. Surfrider Foundation Europe Paris Branch board member - INSA Lyon engineer - Project management and +10 management
“After over 10 years in the media sector, I am now invested in project management related to the ecological transition. Fascinated and engaged in the environmental cause, and in particular ocean, I have decided to create the Ocean Fresk to raise awareness in a friendly way, with a systematic approach, while providing tools to take actions!”
1. Distribution of several decks of cards in each group.
▫ Each card represents an item related to the Ocean.
▫ A card = a photo on the front and an explanation on the back.
2. The team has to understand the card and discuss how to place it and link it to other cards based on its type, causes and impacts.
3. At the end, each group has retraced the Ocean’s main themes and interconnections.
→ 3 possible formats from 30 mins to 3 hours.
→ 1 facilitator for 3 tables of 6 participants (18 participants in total)
Waste is a concept with which we are familiar. However, the waste we have in our trash cans is only the tip of the iceberg. The Waste Fresk offers you an opportunity to discover this iceberg in its entirety and to apprehend the impact of the different steps in waste management and its implications.
Do you know what our sorted waste becomes? Do you know what scoria or lixiviate are?
With the Waste Fresk, discover the different ways of treating our litter (biowaste, plastics, electronics, …), its impact and its link to climate change. Become familiar with composting concepts, methanization, waste exportation etc. And finally, discuss solutions toward zero waste.
Following this Fresk, you will become an expert in waste management!
1. Intro (icebreaker / discussion / rule explanations)
2. Game in 5 decks and arrow tracing
3. Conclusion: debrief, solutions and discussion
→ Format of 2 hours to 2.5 hours.
→ 1 facilitator for 3 tables of 6 participants (18 participants in total)
Why climate ?
A fun and uniting workshop to understand the scientific basis of climate mechanisms.
1. Finding links: as a team, identify causal links between the different cards and consequently you co-build an actual climate change mural.
2. Creativity: The second part gives participants the opportunity to express themselves by decorating their murals with colored arrows, by choosing a title, by leaving key messages, and by drawing mitigation and adaptation solutions…
3. Restitution: The facilitator gives a global review, and each group explains their title, an important fact or link, as well as their mitigation or adaptation solution… The Climate Fresk can be displayed and remain as an educational billboard in your building.
4. Debrief: The session ends with a discussion with the entire group to bring up climate questions, as well other environmental questions and prioritize solutions in your organization.
→ 1h, 2h, or 3 h of workshop
→ 1 facilitator for 3 tables of 6 participants (18 participants in total)
Fresks help build a shared understanding, essential for structuring a collective action plan within your organization. They integrate easily into awareness-raising or transformation initiatives.
These awareness-raising activities are tailored for professional settings. They adapt to the structure and constraints of your internal events by combining learning, dialogue, and participation.
With the support of themed cards and guided discussions, fresks provide participants with essential reference points to better grasp environmental challenges.
Each workshop hosts between 5 and 18 participants per trained facilitator. For larger groups, several sessions can be run in parallel, making the fresk suitable for seminars or large-scale awareness events.
Four fresk formats are available: the Climate Fresk, the Ocean Fresk, the Waste Fresk, and the Plastic Pollution Fresk (a Surfrider original). Each workshop addresses a specific environmental theme. You can choose the format that best fits your internal priorities, sector, or educational goals.
Fresks are offered in-person only, either at your premises or in dedicated spaces provided by Surfrider Foundation Europe: at the headquarters in Biarritz or at the Maison du Zéro Déchet in Paris. Visit our room rental page for more details on available CSR seminar venues.
The standard duration is 3 hours. It includes an introduction, group fresk construction, a creative moment, and a final debrief. The timing can be adjusted to fit your organization’s needs.
Prices vary depending on location, format, and number of participants. On average, a corporate collaborative fresk starts at €1,500 (excl. VAT). A customized quote can be provided through our contact form.
Yes, fresks can be integrated into a broader CSR program alongside other formats such as quizzes, DIY workshops, or environmental training.
An immersive, stimulating and customisable format to drive change and accelerate your environmental transition. Contact us to co-create your workshop and receive a tailored quote (free of charge).
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