by storytree | Mar 10, 2016 | Aboriginal stories, Australian stories, Byron Bay, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Public Performances, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling, Tourist attraction, Water stories
This year (2016), I have begun a new business called “Stories on Foot: Tales of Byron Bay and the Rainbow Region”. Here I make a start on the story of why I started it and what I want to offer people through these tours. When my kids were still quite young...
by storytree | Dec 19, 2015 | Byron Bay, Storytelling
Updraft by Jenni Cargill-Strong There are little nubs growing where my shoulder blades should be Little nubs and upon them hang wings: translucent, tremulous, wet, wrinkled, folded. As I walk here, the crunch of gravel beneath my boots the...
by storytree | Dec 13, 2015 | Australian stories, Ethical shopping, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Gifts, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Resources, Storytelling
Here is an updated version of this post I wrote last year. Do you need ideas for a last minute, low stuff, low impact Christmas? As we transition not all our choices may be 100% green but with some awareness we can still minimize our Xmas impact! It is a bit late but...
by storytree | Dec 10, 2015 | Ethical shopping, Folk Tales, Gifts, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Public Performances, social justice, Storytelling
Last weekend, the world saw the largest global rally on climate change in history. I was at the Byron gathering and had the great honour of telling the folktale of “Elephant and Hummingbird” to the 800 gathered. We live in interesting times. So I am...
by storytree | Sep 22, 2015 | Storytelling
This Friday 25 September, after the 10 am turtle tour with biologist Kathrina Southwell, I will be telling green stories at Australian Seabird Rescue Inc in Ballina. I’ll tell the tale of “Shelley and Rustle” which ASR helped me write back in 2009...
