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 | Jan 11, 2025 | Folk Tales, Learning to tell stories, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
Last year I was very honoured to be interviewed by my storytelling colleague, Alyssa Curtayne, who is also President of the Australian Fairy Tale Society and host of ‘The Heart of Storytelling’ podcast. I just listened back after several months had passed...
by storytree | Aug 28, 2024 | Folk Tales, Japanese storytelling, Public Performances, Storytelling
When my colleagues and I told stories at GOMA’s Fairytales exhibit, we got another delightful invitation. Jenny Stubbs, the hard working organiser of the Story Arts Festival in nearby Ipswich, asked us to tell on Saturday, 17 August. Anne E Stewart, Sue Robin...
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 | Apr 28, 2024 | Fairy Tales, Feminism, Folk Tales, Japanese storytelling, Storytelling
Late last year and early this year, I had the great pleasure of performing at the Queensland Gallery Art Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane, along with several colleagues. It was Fairy Tale Heaven for me. I tend to prefer folk tales over fairytales generally,...
