In secondary classrooms, community day centres, and stakeholder workshops across Greece, project partner IASIS NGO has been testing how creative tools, digital media, and inclusive outreach can bring climate adaptation closer to everyday life.
Climate change is frequently discussed through broad policy targets and complex scientific data, which can feel detached from daily routines. To make environmental topics more accessible, NEUROCLIMA’s pilot activities in Greece focused on building local climate literacy through direct community involvement, combining interactive learning, artistic toolkits, and digital applications.
Led by our partner IASIS, the Greek Pilot 2 series brought together students, teachers, vulnerable groups, and local stakeholders to discuss regional environmental challenges, share different perspectives, and explore practical actions for building community resilience.
Bringing Climate Literacy into Secondary Schools
Young people play a key role in driving long-term climate action. In late March 2026, IASIS kicked off the Greek Pilots 2 series with two days of interactive school activities on 26–27 March, involving 96 participants – 86 secondary students and 10 educators. The sessions used open discussion and creative exercises to encourage participatory learning. Bringing climate-related topics directly into secondary education gave students the space to evaluate local environmental risks and consider how individual and collective habits impact local adaptation.
Inclusive Outreach Through Art and Cinematherapy
A central goal of NEUROCLIMA is ensuring that climate dialogue reaches beyond traditional academic and policy circles to involve individuals who often face barriers to public participation. To make these conversations more accessible, IASIS NGO introduced creative formats, visual media, and cinematherapy sessions tailored to specific community groups.
The inclusive series began in April at the Connect Autism Day Centre, where participants explored environmental themes using NEUROCLIMA’s artistic toolkits alongside targeted video material. The engagement continued with two distinct sessions in June. On 10 June 2026, a dedicated cinematherapy workshop brought together participants experiencing mental health difficulties, using guided film viewing as a gentle entry point for open conversations around environmental change. Shortly after, on 12 June, members of the autism community tested our NEUROCLIMA Lens and Bot digital tools, demonstrating how customized tech applications can present complex climate concepts in clear, user-friendly ways.
By pairing creative expression with practical digital tools across these workshops, the sessions demonstrated how varied communication methods can significantly broaden civic engagement in climate topics.
For local ideas to actually change things, decision-makers in organizations and government need to listen to what regular people have to say. On 15 September 2026, IASIS held a stakeholder pilot in Athens with participants from civil society, community groups, and local decision-making bodies. The workshop offered a practical space to review NEUROCLIMA’s participatory approaches and discuss how grassroots engagement can better inform regional adaptation strategies.
Showcasing Project Tools in Athens
The outreach efforts in Greece extended into the autumn during the Connect to Protect – Children & Youth at Risk Conference, held in Athens on 5–6 October 2026. Presenting NEUROCLIMA to an interdisciplinary group of researchers, educators, policymakers, journalists, and civil society representatives provided a strong platform to showcase the project’s digital communication tools and share initial results from the Greek pilot sessions.