Susan Strauss
Susan Strauss is a storyteller, visiting children's author, natural history author, keynote speaker, creator of The Passionate Fact Interpretive Training Workshop™ on Storytelling Science, Natural History & Cultural Information, an environmental educator, natural history interpreter and studying eurythmist.
She is recognized internationally as a storyteller of natural history performances combining mythic/traditional story with personal anecdote and scientific information to provoke an experience of natural archetypes including: water, wolves, weather, coyotes, plants, marine life, landscapes, trees, bears, birds and other creatures as well as telling fool stories, hero myths and traditional stories of feminine and masculine archetypes. She gives storytelling performances and storytelling training workshops at cultural centers, museums, aquariums, botanical gardens, National Parks & Forests, interpretive centers and for conferences of interpreters, soil scientists, sylvaculture scientists, wolf biologists, birds lovers, environmental educators, fine art museum docents, zoo & botanical garden curators, reading and literacy teachers, educators and visiting author school assemblies throughout the U.S., Europe and Australia. Including:
- Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
- Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington, D.C. Special exhibits of Robert Bateman, Karl Bodmer and Discovery Theater
- World Conferences on Heritage Preservation in England, Hawaii & Scotland
- International Congress of Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia
- Columbia University, New York City
- Oregon Symphony, Portland, Oregon
- The original Waldorf School, Stuttgart, Germany
- Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California