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Who is the big bad wolf?
There is an old story, one that many cultures have told (although not all) and which, arguably, the West has adopted as central. The story of a human protagonist, ultimately…
30 November 2021 -
Five Lessons For Imagining the Future
How to imagine a better world in the midst of uncertainty and suffering.
3 August 2021 -
Stories and Art Draw Attention to the Colonial Roots of the Fossil Fuel Industry
An exhibition titled “People Powered Movement vs Shell” uses storytelling tools to uncover the colonial legacy of the Dutch fossil fuel giant. We talked to one of the artists, Chihiro…
25 November 2020 -
Lessons from Brazil: People are at the Center of the Story
A conversation with Luana Lila of Greenpeace Brazil about storytelling in restricted spaces and why stories are crucial for achieving campaign goals.
30 October 2020 -
Anti-racism at Greenpeace: What story will we write next?
Ibram X. Kendi posed “History is calling the future from the streets of protest. What choice will we make? What world will we create? What will we be?” This is…
9 July 2020 -
Milking a Goat, Building a Mud Hut
We are in a homestead. Specifically, we are in a typical round kraal fenced with what looks like dry candle pod acacia tree branches. The air around us is thick…
8 April 2020 -
Climate Stories
Towards the end of July 2019 the Greenpeace International Story Website went live. It seems an abiding experience of creating almost anything – that sense of gratitude and humility when…
25 February 2020 -
Storytelling in the work of ‘justice’
There is a story that strikes me as an important one this week, as we slip into the season of reflection, celebrate International Human Rights Day, and observe the unfolding…
12 December 2019 -
The Stories a Super Typhoon Made
The art of survival and healing on the fourth anniversary of typhoon Yolanda Before we enter into her tale, “The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never…
11 November 2019 -
The Art of Change
I recently found myself contemplating a rather overwhelming question about change. How exactly does it happen. I’d been given the opportunity by Greenpeace South Africa and the Climate Justice Programme…
14 October 2019