13. Storytelling as Rootedness on the Earth - Delia Ann Turner of School of the Greenwood
“We’ve lost our hearth, our community gathering place. We’ve lost our stories on how to do this together. Just going off and living in the bush with skills is cool, but thats not going to change anything.” Delia is the founder of The School of the Greenwood, a school that "supports creative empowerment grounded in deep connection to the more-than-human world. [Teaching] ancestral skills for meeting needs sustainably, [facilitating] practices that open creative pathways and [encouraging] intuitive and embodied aliveness." Delia tells us about her pathway to arriving at creating The School of the Greenwood, and how they run their school in a non- hierarchical way that emphasizes the fire as the heart of the community: instead of a hierarchical business system, those who tend the fire, those who help to chop the wood, those who tend the fire, those who stoke the fire each have different roles and ways of supporting the school. Delia tells stories of watching children's eyes light up once they get their bare feet on the earth, and the school aims to reanimate the living world around us-- rekindling that childlike passion to be part of a story line, reaching kids who are attracted to video games and fantasy books and instead bringing those stories to life in the world around them. We hear sweet stories from camp, meeting mystical creatures of the forest who teach children with experience, to respect the residents of this land, both human and more than human kin. Join us! Checkout the School of the Greenwood and their many offerings Follow along on Instagram as Delia shares her wildcrafting journey and updates us on different offerings! Check out my Patreon, where you can support the podcast for as little as $2 a month and have early access to podcast episodes, bibliographies, and video interviews. 20% of the earnings on Patreon go to Mutual Aid funds.Join my mailing list where you'll receive occasional love letters and offerings from me.Follow me on InstagramIntro Music: Nostomo Halvar by Per OG Runberg