Emily Dodd: Inspiring Children to Care about Wildlife

Emily Dodd, the education officer for the Scottish Seabird Centre, talks about the role of storytelling in communicating science to children and in inspiring them to care about the maritime environment and its birds.  She also discusses her experiences using GLOW, a digital learning network, to share the story of Percy the Puffin with classesContinue reading “Emily Dodd: Inspiring Children to Care about Wildlife”

Allison Galbraith: Storytelling and Climate Change

Allison Galbraith is a professional storyteller from Lanark, Scotland.  In this podcast I talk to her about a workshop she recently gave at a conference on climate change hosted by Scottish Natural Heritage.  Allison shares some insights on why storytelling and other art forms are an important part of any response to climate change, givesContinue reading “Allison Galbraith: Storytelling and Climate Change”

Fiona MacLeod: Trees, Stones and Water

This is the second part of the two-part interview I did with Bretagne storyteller, Fiona MacLeod.  Here she talks about re-storying trees, stones, and water; her annual week-long storytelling in nature workshop; and some resources for environmentally-friendly tales.  She leaves us with the question of who will save water today?