Resources - NewStories

Report From the National Listening Tour on a Culture of Health

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation partnered with us at NewStories to utilize the power of story —to conduct a National Listening Tour on health across the U.S.

Thomas Berry: The New Story

This powerful essay from 1978 by Thomas Berry was part of the inspiration for founding NewStories in 2000.

Ashes to Resilience: A Guide to Wildlife Recovery

When fires hit Lahaina, Hawaii, NewStories and our friends at Regenerating Paradise shared tips from our experiences. What needs to happen is shaped by local culture and geography, but “Ashes to Resilience: A Guide to Wildfire Recovery” may offer some starting points. Below is a guide that we hope will support you in your own journey of […]

Two Loops

This simple model is a map for thinking about what is important to each of us now and where our work lands in a larger system.

TEDxTokyo, 2010 Bob and Annie

Bob Stilger and his daughter Annie Stilger Virnig talked about what they each had learned through their work with communities in the global south at the second TEDxTokyo in 2010.

Disaster as A Springboard

In this video, Bob Stilger describes his learning and experience from the first three years of work after the triple disasters in Japan on March 11, 2011.

Learning Resilience

Bob Stilger had a chance to talk about learning resilience at the 2014 TEDxTokyo Teachers event. It was a delightful evening when he had a chance to practice some of what he described!

The Way It Is

There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer […]

Basic Guidelines for Calling a Circle

This handout is a gift from PeerSpirit, Inc. an educational company devoted to life and leadership through Circle, Quest and Story. Download the PDF from PeerSprit.net For more information see: http://www.peerspirit.com