Exercise 2: Seasonal calendar
In this exercise, participants make a seasonal calendar indicating important events in the year – particularly periods of stress due to natural or human-made hazards – and discuss how the frequency, intensity and timing of the hazards have changed. The exercise objectives are:
To understand the main community activities and events
To identify periods of stress, hazard, disease, hunger, debt and vulnerability
To analyse changes in seasonal activities and events and their links to climate change
This exercise complements the knowledge developed in the hazard map exercise, and develops additional local knowledge to consider alongside the scientific and policy knowledge developed in the climate change and disaster risk portion of Module 1.
Facilitation As in the hazard map exercise, facilitators provide pencils or markers in multiple colours and sheets of paper at least 80 cm x 100 cm in size. Facilitators prepare these sheets in advance as tables with the months of the year across the top, and a column down the side for listing community events or activities. Facilitators explain how to develop a seasonal calendar to show key events and activities that occur during the year.
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Rainy season Hot season Wildfires Sowing + weeding time Food shortage Human diseases Red = now
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Green = 20–30 years ago
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