Climate Wizards | Educational Foundation Nausika

#ClimateWizards

We are looking for climate educators, activists and teaching institutions who want to use the transformative power of games for green education that makes an impact.

Climate Wizards is a growing community started by Nausika Foundation and friends. It’s not a single project, but a long term adventure and a ground to strengthen multiple local and international endeavours.

Our GOALS are wide and ambitious, we know:

Connect and support educators, activists and teaching institutions in the field of game-based climate and sustainability education.

Collect, upgrade, translate and popularize educational games for sustainability competences and climate awareness.
Advocate for a quality climate education on systematic scale and serious climate decision making in our countries, as far as it is possible.

Dive into the serious research on impact of climate games, including critical reflection how they shape the cognitive perception of climate change, sustainable transformation and social justice and transformation

What can you do with Climate Wizards?

(browse down the page to read about each option)

1. Join one of our training courses (co-funded by EU)

2. Download and use one of the games for free

3. Call us to facilitate for you a game, a workshop or a longer training for educators

4. Propose a new project or collaboration

5. Explore and expand the climate games database

Co-financed by the European Union

Erasmus+ Accreditation in Youth 2022-2027
2020-1-PL01-KA150-YOU-000096546

1. Join one of the training courses

CLIMATE WIZARDS TC #3
–> introduction to Sustainability Games
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DATE • 13 – 19 September 2026

PLACE • Poland, Rabka-Zdrój (near Kraków)

SIGN-UPS • applications until 30 April 2026

CLIMATE WIZARDS TC #4
–> advanced edition: Designers’ Quest
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DATE • 20 – 26 September 2026

PLACE • Poland, Rabka-Zdrój (near Kraków)

SIGN-UPS • applications until 30 April 2026

2. Download and use the games

We carefully choose the games that fit the following format:

Published free of costs and open to use at least in English, possibly in other languages too

Analog or with limited digital components, easy to run with standard equipment

Big-scale games that provide immersive experience for around 10-30 people in the same time

Suitable for schools and universities, as well as non-formal education events

The games are available for free and mostly published in an open, editable format.

They are well prepared, played already over 200 times in over 12 countries.

Below are a few examples, click on any picture to read more:

You are welcome to use them in your education practice without asking for permission.

If you do any social media posts about it, please tag Nausika in any of media that we follow, add #ClimateWizards hashtag if you can.

If you have questions how to run the game or adapt it to your needs, don’t hesitate to ask though any of our contact channels.

It’s totally fine if you get paid for running our games from private clients or teaching institutions, as long as you credit the authors.

3. Call us to facilitate

The Nausika members operate in mainly in Poland, in the city of Kraków, but we have already run climate games in most of European countries and we are always open to a new challenge.

Most of the games last around 3 hours and are suitable for groups up to 30 players, read more about each game to see the details.

We can also contact you with a growing group of educators from various countries who have been trained as Climate Wizard adepts and possibly can run a game for you.

4. Propose a new project or collaboration

Nausika and the Climate Wizard adepts are open to join projects from local to European level. We have extensive experience in Erasmus+ strategic partnerships (see Projects tab on Nausika webpage), we don’t need to rush things, we’re waiting for reliable partners with a vision how to use the transformative power of games for green education that makes an impact. We are open to enter the programs like Horizon and Creative Europe, as well as local collaboration with universities, schools and teaching institutions.