Story for Climate and Nature Recovery

Story is a simple device common to every human culture. It has some 50,000 years of history, yet has often come to be both misunderstood and misused in the modern era.

Put simply, the patterns of good story match the shapes of our lives. When stories are told, we learn something true about the world, about our inner selves too. Through story, we can practice for life itself.

Today, ice turns to water, summers to fire, gentle rain to storm, the healed to broken. How about too, passivity to hope, bitter to sweet, fear to courage?

Story tells us all about these things. It contains instruction and moral guidance, it sets out the differences between right and wrong. 

Climate and nature recovery starts to happen when we're able to turn anxiety to agency. Story can be a spell, a magic charm, a finding place. Story changes everything.

My new book (publ Mar 2027) is called "Bamboo and Butterfly: Transformative Stories for Climate and Nature Recovery." 


Prodn & Tech Advice: Luke Fitch