by storytree | Jan 16, 2020 | environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, Local stories, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
Last year for a long time after our so-called ‘climate election’ was lost here in Australia to a coal-loving party, I felt extremely deflated. I couldn’t find much motivation or desire to shine my storytelling light, when ordinarily that is the very...
by storytree | Jun 29, 2017 | Aboriginal stories, Australian stories, Byron Bay, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, Local stories, Public Performances, Storytelling
I am excited to announce that I am launching a new community storytelling concert series, beginning the afternoon of Sunday, August 13, with the support from Ngara Institute and Creative Mullumbimby. Good stories can be road maps for a life well lived. In these times...
by storytree | Mar 13, 2016 | environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, social justice, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
As the power of story has been increasingly recognised, the quote ‘the best story wins’ (1) has enjoyed high circulation. Organisational storyteller, Annette Simmons used it in the title of a book and subsequent workshops. So let’s unpack for a bit,...
by storytree | Jul 13, 2015 | Australian stories, Learning to tell stories, Local stories, Public Performances, Storytelling
Last June, ‘The Byron Circle of Tellers’ at my prompting, held an evening of community storytelling called “The Golden Tale Local Stories Concert”. People were asked to submit 5- 8 mins stories set in our local Shire, but they could be fact, fiction or faction (a mix...
by storytree | Jun 17, 2015 | Australian stories, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, social justice, Storytelling
Last week I wrote a blog in answer to the first of three questions Paul Bishop asked me about Green Storytelling. Before I got around to answering the rest of the questions, Paul came along to the workshop and filmed an interview me and I covered all the questions and...
by storytree | May 27, 2015 | Australian stories, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
I just got asked three great questions about storytelling and my upcoming Green Storytelling workshop in Indigiscapes, Capalaba. 1. Why tell stories? (in an age of mass distraction) 2. How can stories help ME? (ie: in this ‘i-generation) 3. What can...
