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We attracted a capacity crowd last night with all 140 chairs taken! Forty people had to sit on the tables, the only thing left to sit on. There were 180-200 people all together. Athol Compton, traditional Minyunbul custodian of the First Light people (Bunjalung), gave welcome and told a beautiful version of ‘The Three Brothers’.Continue Reading
Written on February 12, 2018 at 9:45 pm, by storytree
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Categories: Aboriginal stories, Australian stories, Byron Bay, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Public Performances, social justice, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, Water stories
Tags: Byron Bay, community, environment, environmental education, environmental storytelling, folk tales, Jenni Cargill-Strong, oral stories, stories, storytelling
Each year I repost this sweet Christmas tale, which has no mention of Santa, but a focus on trees and forests, connection to earth. For five years the recording has been available for free, but this year a little fairy whispered to me, ‘Why don’t you allow people the option of donating for this story?Continue Reading
Written on December 12, 2016 at 8:12 am, by storytree
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Categories: environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Resources, Storytelling
Tags: Alternative Christmas stories, Anthroposophy, Christmas stories, Christmas tales, environment, environmental education, environmental storytelling, folk tales, for children, for kids, Jenni Cargill-Strong, nature, nature loving stories, oral stories, Steiner, stories, storytelling, Tales for kids
For many years, my friend, Jacquelina Wills and I have dreamed of building a public, local labyrinth in Byron Shire. We recently scored a small grant from the Byron Shire Council’s Placemaking Seed Fund, as one of seven catalyst events for the Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan to create a temporary labyrinth on the grassyContinue Reading
Written on October 14, 2016 at 8:51 am, by storytree
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Categories: Byron Bay, environmental storytelling, Feminism, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Labyrinths, Public Performances, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, Water stories
Tags: Byron Bay, Byron Shire, environment, environmental storytelling, Jenni Cargill-Strong, labyrinths, oral stories, storytelling, water
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, why stories are such a powerful way to communicate. We are hard-wired to process information in the formContinue Reading
Written on March 13, 2016 at 1:48 pm, by storytree
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Categories: environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, social justice, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
Tags: Climate Change, environment, environmental education, environmental storytelling, folk tales, Jenni Cargill-Strong, oral stories, stories, 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 story do for our world environment thatContinue Reading
Written on May 27, 2015 at 2:09 pm, by storytree
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Categories: Australian stories, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
Tags: advocacy, community gardens, David Whyte, environment, environmental education, environmental storytelling, folk tales, green storytelling, Jenni Cargill-Strong, new mythology, oral stories, Paul Bishop, persuasion, stories, storytelling, why stories are so powerful