by storytree | Sep 22, 2025 | Australian stories, climate justice, environmental storytelling, Green Storytelling, Local stories, social justice, Storytelling
Recently I was invited by the National Storytelling Network in the US, to tell a Solar story. They said they had lots of tellers planning to tell folk tales and myths about the sun, so needed more true stories about solar power. Gosh, I thought- a solar story with a...
by storytree | Jul 18, 2025 | environmental storytelling, Green Storytelling, Storytelling
A story from the Mahayana Buddhist tradition which illustrates the concept articulated by Thich Nath Hanh of Interbeing. Charles Eisenstein has explored the need for stories of Interbeing in ‘Climate The New Story.’ In ancient times, Indra was King of all...
by storytree | Jul 28, 2024 | environmental storytelling, Feminism, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling
‘The Rebirth of the Sun’ was published ‘CIRCLE ROUND’ by Starhawk and Diane Baker and Anne Hill, copyright (C) 2000 by Miriam Simas, Anne Hill and Diane Baker. * I adapted Starhawk’s story for the Winter Solstice celebration of Northey...
by storytree | Mar 3, 2023 | Australian stories, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Learning to tell stories, Local stories, social justice, Storytelling
ABOVE: Anandan McEwen up a pole at Bentley Blockade, Pic Gasfield-free Our upcoming Brisbane ‘World Storytelling Day’ Concert on March 20, has the global theme, ‘Together We Can’. I will tell an Indian folktale that insistently called me to...
by storytree | Feb 28, 2023 | Aboriginal stories, Australian stories, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Local stories, social justice, Storytelling
Join us, for an evening of soul food for adults as six, experienced tellers share short, polished tales on the theme ‘Together We Can’. Each year, World Storytelling Day is celebrated by tellers all over the world. I am excited to announce that my...
by storytree | Dec 13, 2022 | Christmas story, environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Preschool stories, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling
A story is a gift that lasts a lifetime. The story your child will remember the most, will probably be the one you tell them. That is why, each year I repost this sweet Solstice tale and encourage story lovers to have a go at telling it themselves in their own way. It...
