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 | Mar 7, 2020 | Folk Tales, social justice, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
Bizarre hoarding behaviour over toilet paper has developed in Australia, the US, Singapore and possibly other countries in response to the rise of COVID-19, the most serious strain of the novel coronavirus. People are not just buying enough for a few weeks of...
by storytree | Jan 27, 2020 | environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
How can a simple old folktale be useful for activists and changemakers in complex modern crises? In tabloid papers, Chicken Little has at times been used by cartoonists in extremely dismissive and sometimes savage ways to imply that environmentalists warning of...
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 | Jul 30, 2017 | Aboriginal stories, Australian stories, Byron Bay, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Public Performances, social justice, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
It is getting very exciting as the first ‘Stories in the Club’ Concert date draws closer, enthusiasm in the community is building and people are coming forward to offer wonderful tales of place and hope. August and September concerts are now full! August...
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,...
