Long ago, a tiny bird flew through an enormous forest. The little bird’s name was Tasoo. As he flew his bright eyes saw monkeys jumping in the trees and his little ears heard butterflies on…
The Story of Tasoo
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The Insecurity Trap – Paul Rogers in conversation with Owen Jones
Owen Jones is a columnist, commentator, writer and political activist. At the beginning of March this year, he spoke to Paul Rogers about his new book, The Insecurity Trap.
Earthward Education – Katherine Burke in conversation with Daniel Wahl
Daniel Christian Wahl is the author of Designing Regenerative Cultures, a ‘Whole Earth Catalogue’ for the 21st century – already translated into seven languages. He works as a consultant, educator and activist with NGOs, businesses,…
Interview with Sally Goddard Blythe on the announcement of SEN reforms in Northern Ireland
The interview is in response to last week’s announcement by Paul Givan, Northern Ireland’s Education Minister, of his programme to reform the provision of support for children with special educational needs.
Danyah Miller’s 7-Day Creativity Challenge
At the end of last year, storyteller Danyah Miller invited some friends to join her for a 28-day Creativity Challenge… each day she shared a task with them. They had so much fun that she…
Banana cake – no sugar, no eggs
Beat the January blues with this recipe from Julie Gritten’s book My Family and other Allergies.
Norwegian launch of Earthwards
We had a really nice book launch at the Litteraturhuset in Oslo – it was a full house and there was wonderful interaction among the participants. Geir Harald Hagberg, one of the attendees, wrote a…
Earthwards Book Talk
The Stroud-based charity SEEd recently hosted Katherine Burke to talk about her new book Earthwards: Transformative Ecological Education, proudly published by Hawthorn Press. When Katharine Burke’s pupil asked her, ‘Miss, do you think we are…
Bill Sutherland’s Conservation Concepts: Regenerative agriculture
Bill Sutherland is a conservation scientist who has a YouTube channel where he posts short videos, each explaining an ecological concept and why it is important for conservation. He recently visited Huxhams Cross Farm in…
Autumn songs by Children’s Forest
Hear songs from the autumn chapter of The Children’s Forest by Dawn Casey, Anna Richardson and Helen d’Ascoli. The songs are: Apple Star Bramble Elder have you got a cure Here’s to thee old Apple…
The Magic Football: A story by Georgiana Keable
Georgiana Keable writes: In 2004 I started a group of storytellers called ‘The Storytelling House’. One of our projects was to go to schools and offer to tell the children a story about anything they…
Danyah Miller in The Observer
Danyah Miller writes in the Observer Magazine about how the stories we tell ourselves, and those that are imposed on us by others, affect how we define ourselves and live our lives. Finding out recently…
Nurturing Young Minds: The Magic of Fairytales and Nature Stories
In the hustle and bustle of today’s fast-paced world, it is crucial to carve out moments for meaningful connections with our little ones.
Ice Lantern
Coming to our Senses
Danyah Miller writes: I love spontaneous stories and have explored this form of storytelling, making up stories with people of all ages and from various backgrounds, over many years. It’s a wonderful feeling to be…
Magic ball of wool
This is a most original present, especially loved by children who enjoy knitting. The idea is that as the child knits, little presents appear and fall out of the ball of wool.
Autumn Lanterns
When the nights are drawing in and the sun loses its strength, it is time to make our own little sun – a lantern.
Hairy Halloween spider
Enjoy making this hairy spider with your kids this Halloween, courtesy of Making Simple Needle Felts by Steffi Stern.
