Why Stanley? What’s in a name? The name Stanley fitted our image and character of a water vole perfectly, and so the story was written with his name fixed and in place right from the start. In fact every character name chosen for our storybooks is crucially important to me, and sometimes I conduct a […]
Children’s Storybooks on Conservation of Nature – within 4 short years Tales from Mother Earth has now produced 5 audio/picture storybooks – including 2 commissions covering this exact subject that are all available at https://talesfrommotherearth.co.uk/shop/ Phoebe the Bee – teaching children how important bees are and what we can do to help them Spike the […]
Last month we had a lovely interview with the wonderful Karen Black at HubFizz. Thank you so much – what a joy it was to share our story/mission with your audience, about reconnecting children with nature and helping them feel better about their future by conserving the wildlife of today. We can all do something to help and […]
We recently chatted to the Wise Woman Show about all things conservation. Catch the interview here.
It’s Friday; late frosts nip the buds of emerging shoots and coat the lawns with a carpet of sugar frosting. The sun in April skies, spreads dappled shade under budding trees, with greens and yellows especially bright in the spring sunshine. I’ve joined Mark Douglas of Bee 1 on his land, just outside Neath in […]
It was wonderful chatting with Paul Wilson recently when Jenny joined his Happy Head Podcast. They discussed many subjects from bees, hedgehogs, sustainability to mindfulness and planting – in all honesty there wasn’t many topics they didn’t touch on. Grab yourself a cuppa and join us to listen in. Thank you Paul for the invitation […]
Thanks to Paul Webb, Energy Expert for his wonderful podcast Energy Speaks Back. It was lovely chatting with Paul and being part of it – No.24! If you missed our discussion on how Tales from Mother Earth is making a difference, our journey and what this means to us, you can catch it here.
We thank Helen Rogers of Highgate Honey for bringing you today’s guest blog on Feeding the Bees. Feeding the Bees. In the UK we have about 270 different types of bee. Most of these are solitary bees, 27 are bumble bees and we have 1 type of honeybee. The different types of bee are all […]
Little Wild Tales – On the Importance of Re-Wilding Childhood by Jenny Bailey It was a pleasure to write on this subject and be a guest blogger for Little Wild Tales. Here’s a sneak preview for you on the importance of storytelling and why its so vital to re-wild childhood – something we hold dear […]
