About Susan Strauss

New Book: When Woman Became the Sea: A Costa Rican Creation Myth
(With scientific introduction to images of the water cycle in the myth.)

New CDs:
* Birds of Fortune: Blessing Stories from the Book of Nature
* Wolf Stories: Myths & True Life Tales
(companion recording to book)
* Coyote Stories for Children (companion recording to book)

Performances:

* Secrets from the Dark Forest: World Tree Myths
International Scottish Heritage Storytelling Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2003
* Visible Distance: Landscape in the American Mind
National Forest Service Conf. of Landscape Architects and Planners, 2001.
* Animal Tales, National Conservation Training Center
Shepardstown, WVA, 2001
* Return of the Salmon Festival
U.S.F.S. & U.S. Fish & Wildlife, Leavenworth, WA - 2000,'97,'93,'92 & '91.
* Water Festival
Teton Science School, Jackson Hole, WY - 2000.
* Creation Myths 2000 & Tales of Fortune 2001
Portland Waldorf School's Storytelling Festival
* Water Myths
NW Marine Education Conference - '99
* Creation with Hear"
International Youth Peace Conference, Honolulu, HI -'99
* Water Myths
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - '99
* Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
-"Riding the Dark Horse of Hades: The Pre-Hellenic Creation Myth & Labors of Heracles" - '98.
- Native American Myths in collaboration with Blue Horizons (Native Dancer mix ballet & modern with traditional dance) - '97.
- "Tales of the Animal People" ('87, with Robert Bateman exhibit)
- "Coyote Tales". ('85 Bodmer Paintings "Vanishing Frontier")
* Song Bird Festival
Mt, Hood National Forest, Oregon '99 and '97
* National Gallery of Art
- "Greek Myths" ('86)
- "Eastern Woodland Indian Myths" ('85)
* The Language of the Birds: Bird Myths from Around the Worl"
New Jersey Audubon Migration Conference, Cape May, NJ - '97

Performances with the Oregon Symphony:
* Telling about Beethoven's life, illustrated with the 5th Symphony - '98.
* Telling Steinbeck's, The Red Pony, in five two-minute vignettes with The Red Pony Suite by Aaron Coplin - '97.
* Peter & the Wolf, narration - '96.
* Stravinsky's Firebird Suite interwoven with Russian Fairy Tale, Prince Ivan, The Wolf and the Firebird '94.
* Animals in Tales and Music '93.

Passionate Fact: Storytelling Science Workshops:

* Royal Botanic Garden, 2-day workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland 2003
* Scottish Natural Heritage Conference on Diversity, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2003
* NAI National Conference, Reno, NV. 2003
* UK Conference of Botanical Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland. 2003
* International Congress Of Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia 2002
* Teton Science School, Jackson, WY - 2000, 2001 & 2002
* Oregon St. Parks, 3 day intensive & Tryon St. Park 1 day workshop, 2001 & 2002
* Annual 5 Day Intensive, Bend, OR & Yosemite N.P. '92-2002
* California Assoc. of Environmental Ed. Conf. - 2000
* National Forest Service, Juneau, AK- '99
* Tour Cruise Boat Leaders, Juneau, AK - '99
* U.S.F.S. - Water Conf., Klamath, OR - '99
* Discovery Park, Seattle, WA - '99
* N.J. Audubon Society, Ringwood, NJ - '99
* U.S.F.S. & Hewlett/Packard - LIT Conf., Sacramento, CA - '98

Keynotes:

* Image, Story, Movement: How the Brain is Happiest Learning
Mid-West Talented & Gifted Teacher's Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. 2003
* Scottish Natural Heritage Conference on Diversity,
Edinburgh, Scotland. 2003
* Tree of a Thousand Whispers: Telling the Plant's Stories, International Congress of Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia, 2002
* The Singing Voice: Using Storytelling to Inspire Reading,
Reading Tutors Luncheon, Appleton, WI. 2001
*Comprehension Before Decoding: Using Storytelling for Reading Skills,
SMART Reading Tutors Conf., Coos Bay, OR. 2001
* Birds of Fortune: The Art of Listening in a Techno-frantic World,
Mosquito Hill Nature Center Speakers Series, Appleton, WI - 2000.
* Celebrating Diversity,
National Forest Service Conf., McCall, ID - '99.
* Children of Cyclops: The Effects of Television on Brain Development & Its Implications for Interpretation, SW Regional NAI Conf., Albuquerque, NM- '99
* Storytelling As An Environmental Educational Tool,
New Jersey Environmental Ed. Conf., Princeton, NJ -'99.
* Storytelling: A Powerful Communications Tool,
LIT Conf. (U.S.F.S. & Hewlett/Packard), Sacramento, CA - '98.
* Distractions and the Divine: Creating Stories for a Sustainable Future,
Mid-West Environmental Ed. Conf., Des Moine, IA - '96

National Park Service Trainings:

* Glacier Bay - '99
* Yellowstone - '90
* Tetons - '88
* Denali - '95 & '98
* Mt. Ranier, St Helens, Mt. Lassen, National Capitol R
* Yosemite - '93, '95 & '97
* Region, Rocy Mt. Region, Shenandoah - '86-'89