new narratives

New Narratives

A collaborative workshop to explore the stories shaping our behaviour, imagine desirable futures together and develop new ways to talk about transition and build a shared desire to act.

New Narratives invites participants to explore the stories that shape their imagination and influence their behaviour. Through discussion, they step back from familiar representations and create alternative ways to picture and describe the future together. The workshop brings emotion and creativity into the conversation to imagine more desirable futures and strengthen the desire to act. It complements formats focused on understanding issues by examining how people make sense of transition. This shared experience offers a starting point for communicating new narratives and continuing the reflection in everyday life or within an organization.

It works especially well after a more analytical workshop, or when an event wants to leave people with momentum instead of paralysis.

  • This workshop is developed by its own association. Ecogames helps organize it, include it in public events, and connect venues with trained facilitators.
  • Ecogames distributes more than half of registration fees back to the workshops' supporting associations, funding their deployment, evolution, and updates.
3h in person
New Narratives Fresk in action
Participants in a New Narratives workshop

In a public event

A strong fit for public programming, especially alongside climate or digital workshops.

"People often come to this workshop after already discovering other Fresques."

What this workshop enables

  • Move beyond paralysis
  • Name desirable futures
  • Open more generative conversations

Who it is for

  • general public
  • cultural venues
  • collectives
  • education

Testimonials

Voices from the field

What participants say

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New Narratives

"An interesting and stimulating format for thinking about concrete steps toward a desirable yet realistic future."

New Narratives

"A wonderful workshop for becoming aware of the biases imposed on us by everyday narratives. It is liberating to give ourselves permission to imagine other futures and reassuring to connect with other humans who share the same concerns."

Sylvain Martin

Coach et facilitateur

New Narratives

"This is a workshop that helps people better understand the barriers to eco-responsible behavior and thinking. It is good team building, and it also brings in other points of view and helps us become aware of our blind spots."

New Narratives

"The second part is really wonderful, from start to finish: listening to the narratives. It is much more accessible to a very wide audience: children, adults, seniors, with or without formal education. Very playful and joyful, while still focused on finding solutions."

Pablo Maneyrol

Directeur Stratégie Transition, TOHU

New Narratives Fresk

"Concrete solutions after the workshop were missing, but otherwise it was very interesting."

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