Written by guest blogger Denise Deby, a Canadian who has worked on international issues, and is discovering the power of stories in shaping perspectives and prompting actions. The stories we in North America hear about Africa are usually bleak. My recent scans of news headlines have told me about “violence,” “starvation,” and “political crisis,” butContinue reading “Telling Stories of Africa in Film”
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Edinburgh Transition Tales in Reforesting Scotland
The Autumn/Winter issue of Reforesting Scotland’s magazine (of the same name) focussed on the Transition movement in Scotland. The article “Deep into soul soil” written by Transition Edinburgh member Jude Dunn discusses the importance of addressing heart and soul matters in our attempts to bring about positive changes in our selves and our communities inContinue reading “Edinburgh Transition Tales in Reforesting Scotland”
Painting Edinburgh Green With Stories
Transition Edinburgh hosted its first (hopefully annual) fair of environmentally-friendly options for re-localizing life in Scotland’s capital. As I have argued (probably ad nauseum) when it comes to environmentally-friendly ways to entertain and inform people (especially the younger ones) storytelling is probably as low-carbon as it gets (though I have to own up to theContinue reading “Painting Edinburgh Green With Stories”
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