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...
by storytree | Oct 7, 2022 | Australian stories, environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Ocean Stories, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
ABOVE: Selkie seal and woman, Painting by Jessica Shirley On Monday I came back from a fantastical weekend in Brisbane, having attended the Australian Fairytale Conference in Brisbane, run by the Australian Fairytale Society. On Sunday, I delighted in presenting a...
by storytree | Jul 20, 2022 | Australian stories, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Storytelling
This is an original story told in the form of a folk tale. Below the story I explain background to the folktale motifs and story structure I incorporated. It is written to be told orally because I am a storyteller. In the oral tradition, a tale is honed and enriched,...
by storytree | Feb 22, 2022 | environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Ocean Stories, Storytelling
IMAGE CREDIT : Diver in Water ~ John Cahil Rom ~ Pexels This video, ‘The Sea Sprite and the Kelp Gardens: Upwelling and Marine Permaculture’ is my attempt to use story to explain the natural phenomenon of Upwelling, which is key to understanding how...
by storytree | Nov 16, 2021 | Australian stories, environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Storytelling
Lately, as I go to my strawberry bed each morning and gather a little bowl of strawberries, I have been feeling like Lily, the protagonist of my story, ‘Lily and the Fig Tree’. This is the first season in years that I’ve managed to grow plump, tasty...
by storytree | Apr 3, 2021 | environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Public Performances, Storytelling
Both the farmers were curious now. ‘What on earth are you doing?’ they said. ‘Well,’ said the little old lady, getting up and wiping the mud off her hands, ‘I’ve asked the land for its opinion. And the land says that you belong to it.’ From ‘The Field’, from...
