encouraging empathy for other life

We work with communities who have a rich tradition of storytelling and passing on wisdom from one generation to the next. These are oral cultures, and as such, in our modern world their traditional stories and knowledge are in danger of being lost with the elder generation. We will interview elders and capture their stories in video and written form. These may be folktales once told around the fire or perspectives that the elders can tell us about their own lives in earlier times, their pathways, their practices. Students will participate in the interviews, which will strengthen their connection to their own heritage, and we will publish the stories in English and the native language. The books will go in our libraries, with ebooks widely available. 

 

Our goal is to preserve, celebrate, and share these stories and traditional knowledge. We also believe that cultures who have lived close to nature have much to teach the rest of the world.