The FLOW Facilitation Training is a 12-week online course followed by an invitation into a six month Community of Practice membership that teaches and empowers you to facilitate peer-support spaces such as climate cafes, community gatherings, and GGN’s 10 Steps to Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate program.
ROOT
We help people be with
and care for themselves and others as tumult grows
RISE
We invest in relational actions, to help folks build strong and emergent communities of mutual care
PRUNE
We work to dissect and deconstruct cultural messages so that we can see reality as it really is
BLOOM
We practice opening to ideas and trying on perspectives we haven’t considered before
Testimonials
As someone who has been running groups for over a decade, I can honestly say that the FLOW Facilitation Training should be required training for anyone wanting to learn more about the art of facilitation. I witnessed effective communication strategies in action. This training gives participants various ways to engage with with the material promoting equal participation, and fostering a culture of respect and open-mindedness regardless of your learning style or ability.
Kirk S
This course has changed me as a human. I feel more alive, more capable, and more passionate about facilitating these spaces so that more people can come alive for the benefit of personal and planetary healing. This is not "just" a facilitation course, it is a tool of transformation of full-body/full-system change.
JC WG
The FLOW Facilitation Training is expertly crafted and presented! It is the best training on the topic of facilitation that I have ever experienced. Incredible breath of resources and engaging activities, cutting edge information and diverse wisdom from around the world, lots of hands on practice, and meaningful connection with the instructors and other participants! I would recommend it to anyone working in the realm of climate education, mental health, or environmental advocacy.
Bobbie M
This training deepened my understanding of what may show up in 10-step spaces. A sensitivity and broader consciousness of trauma informed facilitation. It helped develop confidence and capacity to continue showing up during unraveling. The training reinforced my desire to facilitate such spaces as an act of building what could be, to show up authentically and release the need for a specific outcomes. The training helped me to grow and also showed me many more doors to continue walking through and exploring. While preparing me to engage in community now.
Tom O
This might be the most relevant education I received so far, living as a young person in this world today.
Leah W.
Participating in the GGN FLOW Facilitation Training was a mind-opening and heart-opening experience. We didn't just learn important content related to each of the 10-steps - we felt into it. The sessions were well-organized, always full of thought-provoking materials, and gave plenty of space for us to practice key facilitation skills, be vulnerable and find joy in an amazing community.
Amy C.
Engage with lessons from visionaries, scholars, and thinkers
Joanna Macy
Amitav Ghosh
Tyson Yunkaporta
Francis Weller
adrienne maree brown
Bayo Akomolafe
Staci Haines
Susi Moser
Rev. angel Kyodo williams
Vanessa Andreotti
Farhana Sultana
Terry Tempest Williams
Nikita Gill
Sherri Mitchell
and more…
What Will We Explore?
GGN’s 10-Step Framework
Poetry & Language
Community Building Techniques
Redefining Meaningful Action
Harm Reduction Strategies
Indigenous Wisdom
Cognitive & Cultural Biases
Personal & Planetary Healing
Decoloniality
The Power of the Pause
Facilitation Best Practices
Grounding Practices
The Concept of “Hope”
Time Management Skills
Our Nervous System States
Re-Embodiment
Tension As An Opening
Radical Imagining
How does it work?
The FLOW Facilitator Training will be a 12-week intensive and interactive course hosted on Zoom with live teachers (LaUra Schmidt & Aimee Lewis Reau founders of Good Grief Network & authors of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate) in English. Your training cohort will meet once per week for three hours.
Course materials will be presented for the students to explore before we meet each week to deepen our understanding, connect with each other, and practice techniques. Please factor in an additional 2-3 hours a week to engage with these materials.
Facilitation is an art. It’s a skill that requires practice and courage.
It requires a nimbleness and a commitment to our own inner work before we are able to cultivate spaces where others feel open, curious, and empowered.
“If we cannot hold space for the complexities within us, there is no chance for us to hold space for the complexities around us.”
— Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, Hospicing Modernity
How does it work?
The FLOW Facilitator Training will be a 12-week intensive and interactive course hosted on Zoom with live teachers (LaUra Schmidt & Aimee Lewis Reau founders of Good Grief Network & authors of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate) in English. Your training cohort will meet once per week for three hours.
Course materials will be presented for the students to explore before we meet each week to deepen our understanding, connect with each other, and practice techniques. Please factor in an additional 2-3 hours a week to engage with these materials.
Facilitation is an art. It’s a skill that requires practice and courage.
It requires a nimbleness and a commitment to our own inner work before we are able to cultivate spaces where others feel open, curious, and empowered.
“If we cannot hold space for the complexities within us, there is no chance for us to hold space for the complexities around us.”
— Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, Hospicing Modernity
Fall 2025 FLOW Facilitation Training Logistics
There are two sessions of this training that will run concurrently over the course of 13 weeks (12 weeks with one break). Upon completion of the training, you’ll be invited into a 6 month Community of Practice FLOW Membership. This application allows you to apply to either of the following course sessions.
*These sessions will take place over a time change in the United States, which may affect your meeting time. If you live outside of the U.S., please note that we are changing times on 2 November 2025. For those in the U.S., your clocks will jump forward by one hour.
Sundays: 7 September – 30 November
5-8pm Eastern Time (U.S.). Skipping 19 October 2025 (check your time zone)
OR
Tuesdays: 9 September – 2 December from 1-4pm Eastern Time (U.S.) Skipping 21 October. (check your time zone)
Course Costs & Scholarships
We have three price tiers (in USD) for the 12 week course &
6 months enrollment in our Community of Practice FLOW Membership:
Solidarity Rate
$1,350
Full Rate
$1,550
Redistribution Rate
$1,750
GGN offers this training on a sliding scale, with several scholarships available. Additionally, we offer the ability to pay over three months to all participants.
Please consider your relative levels of privilege, power, and resources before selecting your payment tier or applying for a scholarship. We have only a limited number of seats available in each tier; we also have a limited number of scholarships and will be prioritizing folks from marginalized identities and limited access to financial resources.
Key Application Dates
Sliding Scale Applicants
11 June – Application Opens
1 July – 6:30PM ET FLOW Training & Community of Practice Membership Informational Session – View Recording
6 July – Wave I Applications Due*
7–10 – July Decision Notifications for Wave I Applicants Sent via Email
15 July – Final Day to Enroll for 20% Early Bird Discount (only applies to accepted Wave I applicants)
3 Aug – Wave II Applications Due
4–8 Aug – Decision Notifications for Wave II Applicants Sent via Email
1 Sept – Wave III Applications Due – Final Day to Apply
2 Sept – Decision Notifications for Wave III Applicants Sent via Email
3 Sept – Last for Any Applicants to Enroll
*Applicants who apply by 6 July are be eligible for the 20% Early Bird discount
Scholarship & Work Exchange Applicants
11 June – Application Open
1 July – 12 Aug Interviews Conducted on a Rolling Basis
1 July – 6:30PM ET FLOW Training & Community of Practice Membership Informational Session – View Recording
3 Aug – Priority Scholarship/WE Applications Due
4-12 Aug – Last Round of Scholarship/WE Interviews
14 Aug – Decision Notifications emailed to Scholarship/WE applicants who applied by 3 Aug
1 Sept – Final Day to Submit Scholarship/WE Applications**
2 Sept – Last Day for Scholarship/WE Decision Notifications to be Emailed
3 Sept – Last Day for Scholarship Applicants to Enroll
**There may be limited scholarships/WE available for applicants who apply after 3 Aug