The Festival

EarthStory hosted our first festival of story and song this past September in Mountain View, California.

We celebrated our relationship with the Earth through storytelling, singing, craft demonstrations, teaching about local ecology, and sharing a meal.

Open House on the Plaza

The afternoon began with a gathering of local environmental organizations and artists who shared their work and their purpose with the gathered community.

Trail demonstrations from Midpeninsula Open Space Preserve
Vicente Moreno teaching corn husk doll making
Jenny Purushotma shares about regenerative gardening
Nicky, from Hidden Villa, shares about how they teach ecology to children
The Foundation for Climate Restoration calls us to strive for a carbon neutral atmosphere
Sharing stories and crafts with children and families walking through the open house

The Venue

The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

The Plaza hosted the community as they joined us on a warm September Saturday afternoon.

ParkStage hosted the storytelling performance surrounded by a grove of old growth Redwood trees.

Music @ 2 on ParkStage

Featured Artists: Lydia Violet Harutoonian and Kele Nitoto

Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo
Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo
Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo
Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo

Storytelling @ 2:30 on ParkStage

Zoë García singing her poem “That I Was Awake”
Youssef Ismail shares a story of a miraculous photo he captured.
Lahari Indraganti offers an ecological meditation on old growth forests.
Jenny Purushotma teaches about the wisdom of urban forestry and regenerative agriculture.
Vicente Moreno tells stories about how critical it is to love our Earth.
Mark Bachelder champions the cause of climate restoration by 2050.

We tell stories that bring the community together.

We invite storytellers that are sharing a new story of a more connected world.

Everyone has a story to share. Our stories make us most fully human.

We can start to build a better world, together, when we come together to share our humanity