I caught up with Allison Galbraith when she hosted the Scottish Storytelling Centre’s March Storytelling Café. She had recently facilitated a workshop on storytelling with park rangers at a conference on climate change hosted by Scottish Natural Heritage. In this podcast, I ask her about the conference and about the role storytelling can play inContinue reading “Storylistening Podcast Added: Allison Galbraith on Storytelling and Climate Change”
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Environmentally-Friendly Story Sticks
Story sticks are tangible reminders of the outline of a story. I first learned about them at a workshop on storytelling and Eco-schools led by Donald Smith and Claire McNichol at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. I made this story stick out of a small windfall branch, fabric scraps, ends of yarn and a few pipeContinue reading “Environmentally-Friendly Story Sticks”
The Scottish Seabird Centre Takes Environmental Storytelling On-line
The Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick has been experimenting with delivering environmentally-themed stories to schools over the internet. The stories, aimed at early years classes, focus on puffins and seals and other creatures that can be found in the Firth of Forth, especially on the islands that the Centre has webcams on. The storiesContinue reading “The Scottish Seabird Centre Takes Environmental Storytelling On-line”