Updated Schedule as of April 2nd

Friday the 9th of April

1:00 PM - Tree Walk with George Beri the Land Manager of the Glen.

3:30 PM - Flower Walk in the North Glen.

6:30 PM Pot Luck on the Vale Commons.

Registered Attendees are invited to meet the Vale community Members.

8:00 PM – Hanging Around the Vale Commons Camp Fire telling stories.

Saturday the 10th of April

8:30 Am – Half hour opening ceremony.

9:00 AM – Acceptance of schedule.

9:15 AM - Hat Story

9:20 AM - Lisa Homes - Performance of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

10:00 AM - Eric Wolf Report on Living Theater Education.

10:30 AM - Break

10:45 AM - Hat Story

10:50 AM - Fran Stallings - A Discussion on healing ecology through storytelling

Noon - Lunch Sponsored - with a walk to the Garden.

1:25 PM - Hat Story

1:30 PM - Kevin Cordi - Ensemble Storytelling

2:30 PM -  Break.

2:45 PM - Hat Story

2:50 PM - Janelle Reardon, Jonatha & Harold Wright (Water) and Joyce Geary - 

We break in to 3 separate groups for an hour to create themed programs from scratch then each team has 20 minutes to present a portion and concepts or their program.

5:00 PM - Dinner Break in town or maybe pizza together. 

(Still Looking for a Sponsor.  How about you?)

7 PM Tecumseh Land Trust Fund Raiser.

10 PM Another Fire in front of Brother Wolf's house for the dedicated.

Sunday the 11th of April

9:30 AM - Two Hat Stories

9:45 AM - Sally Crandall - Building a National Park Storytelling Program.

10:30 AM - Hat Story

10:35 AM - Talking Stick Circle - (As time Allows)

11:45 AM Short Ending Ceremony.

This is a draft schedule and may change without notice...

Carpool - List of Current Attendees... As of April 2nd

Eric James Wolf - Yellow Springs, Ohio
Joyce Geary - Worthington, Ohio
Fran Stallings - Bartlesville, OK
Jonathan Swiger - Milford Ohio - No Show - No call.
Janelle Reardon - North Olmsted Ohio
Resa Matlock - Muncie, IN
Sally Crandall - Columbus, Ohio
Jonatha Wright - Yellow Springs, Ohio
Harold Wright - Yellow Springs, Ohio
Lisa Holmes - Springfield, Ohio
Kevin Cordi - Columbus, Ohio
George Hardebeck - Cincinnati, Ohio - Couldn't make it called.
Micheal Kasony-O'Malley - Columbus, Ohio
Ken Oguss - Indianapolis, IN

If your name is not on this list you do not have a spot saved.  Please Register to attend the workshop.

Dr Kevin D. Cordi, with a PHD in Storytelling, joins in...

1) Why do an Eco-tellers retreat?

In this pressing age where the needs of the environment is overshadowed by celebrity, as a storyteller I need to be aware of how I can use narratives to keep people aware of the value and urgency of protecting our land, air, and sea. I also want to learn from the many talented and educated storytellers that have done so much in this field. I have much to learn and an eager to listen.

2) What is your intention for the retreat?

I need to fill my resources and awareness of how narrative addresses environmental awareness and concerns. I believe story is strong advocacy and I want to learn and continue to be an advocate for social causes.  

3) If you have only one hour of the time with the whole group of 15 to 20 people what would you do?

"What if..." Using Process Drama, "Ensemble Storytelling" (Cordi, 2007) and narrative to explore the imaginative possibilities of taking care of the environment Drawing on my recent doctoral work in proces drama and what I refer to as "Ensemble Storytelling," we will engage in a fictional world together using narrative and other tools (Vygotsky, 1978) to see the "What if" worlds that could be created when we are able to actively represent environmental change . This will be achieve by achieving by creating a "living-through" (Heathcote, 1990) experience using our collective imaginations as we walk, talk, contest problems in a fictional world with an environmental concerns.. It is my hope that using our narrative imaginations in the fictional world will help us address real soultions and dialogue for the current world. This highly interactive story world will hopefully help us change our own.

Wild Walks Planned for April 9th.

Meeting Locations to be distributed by email to registered attendees.  Bring your Hiking shoes...

1:30 PM - Tree Walk with George Beri the Land Manager of the Glen.
4:00 PM - Flower Walk with Bill Felker Writer of Poor Will's Almanac.

6:30 PM Pot Luck on the Vale Commons - Registered Attendees are invited to meet the Vale community Members.