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 | Jan 12, 2020 | environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Storytelling
Earlier last year, confronted by the news, I regularly struggled with the temptation to go hide under the bed covers. Sometimes I confess I gave in. As I write, the world watches in horror as walls of flame engulf vast tracts of Australia, while our government...
by storytree | Dec 24, 2019 | Christmas story, environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Resources
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, which 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 | Dec 9, 2019 | Storytelling
Have you ever felt like giving up? With so much dire news coming at us at the moment, it’s easy to want to, even though we know it’ll do us no good! Below is VIDEO 5 in the GIFT OF STORY series, I briefly explain ‘Never Give Up’, a sweet...
by storytree | Dec 8, 2019 | Storytelling
Here I explain ‘The Monkey’s Heart’, an ancient Indian folktale from the Panchatantra collection. This delightfully funny, yet suspenseful story explores friendship, trust, betrayal, staying safe, following one’s own moral compass and also...
by storytree | Dec 7, 2019 | Storytelling
What is your super-power and what are your quirks and short-comings? Don’t we all have BOTH and isn’t it perfectly natural and OK to have BOTH? That is one of the underlying messages in this wonderfully funny and adventurous Ananse tale. Ananse is a...
