Journaling With Nature

Lara is a botanical artist and illustrator from Virginia. Through her work as chief illustrator for the Flora of Virginia Project, and her perpetual nature journal, which she has been keeping for two decades, Lara has developed a deep connection with the native and naturalised plants of her home state.Listen to hear more about:Lara’s botanical illustration work through the Flora of Virginia Project.The concept of the perpetual nature journal and how it began.Ways for beginners to overcome fear of the blank page.Lara’s attraction to the ‘story’ behind a plant and the change and decay that happens as plants age. Lara’s favourite colours and how she uses colour in her perpetual journal.How to listen to nature and be in dialogue with the natural world while you are journaling. How keeping a perpetual nature journal can become a life-long project connecting you with your nearby nature.Find Lara on her website, www.laracallgastinger.com, as well as on Instagram @laragastinger.A wonderful way to continue to learn from Lara and support her work, is through Patreon. You can find Lara on patreon here: www.patreon.com/laragastinger.If you keep a perpetual nature journal, or would like to see other amazing perpetual journals, use the hashtag #lgperpetualjournal on Instagram. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Sabine comes from an artistic family and has many different creative interests, including sewing, embroidery, vintage fashion and especially, growing and painting houseplants. Sabine shares the story of how she began growing houseplants and capturing them in a nature journal.Listen to hear more about:How Sabine started collecting houseplants.The darker side of the houseplant industry.Sabine’s favourite media for capturing houseplants in her sketchbook.Thoughts on painting living, growing, moving subjects.What nature looks like where Sabine lives, in Switzerland.The times when you might need glittery paint as a houseplant artist!Making online connections through plants and art.Livestreaming on the platform Twitch.Find Sabine on Instagram using this link - https://www.instagram.com/houseplant.sketchbookSabine’s sewing blog can be found here - https://petersilieundco.com/Watch Sabine painting on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/sabineplantqueenHere are two books recommended by Sabine, for those interested in plants:Kew Gardens Rare Plants: The Story of 40 of the World's Most Unusual and Endangered PlantsThe Plants Messiahs - Carlos MagdalenaSome interesting articles recommended by Sabine:Ten ways to make your houseplant addiction more sustainable: https://www.janeperrone.com/blog/2021/5/5/ten-ways-to-make-your-houseplant-addiction-more-sustainableMoney grows on trees: Into the world of super rare houseplants: https://thelatch.com.au/money-grows-on-trees-into-the-world-of-super-rare-houseplants/Who’s paying $5,000 for one houseplant? More people than you’d think: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkyw5v/most-rare-and-expensive-houseplants-variegatedThe dark side of the houseplant boom: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/04/dark-side-houseplant-boom-nature-empathy/618638/Rare plants: The impact of seeking the desirable: https://www.janeperrone.com/blog/2020/4/28/6amavoaxaon1paxmiczutsh6haqacoThe case of the purloined orchid: https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2005/03/the-case-of-the-purloined-orchid -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Candace Rose Rardon is a writer, illustrator and visual storyteller. As a travel writer, Candace spent more than a decade living abroad, immersed in the culture of each country she would visit. Candace found her niche when she started using a sketchbook to visually document her travels. Listen to hear more about:How art and creativity were a natural part of Candace’s childhood.How Candace found her way into a career in travel writing.The ‘travel mindset’ and how we can live from a place of wonder, even in our own backyards.The story of how Candace began combining her travel writing with sketchbook art.How sketching on location is a portal to connection with others.How Candace founded the global sketching movement “Moment Sketchers”.How the ‘journey’ of a creative project can bring the same excitement and thrill that travel brings.Find out more about Candace through her website: candaceroserardon.com and on Instagram.Candace talked about writing sleep stories for the app Calm. Find out more about Calm here: www.calm.com.During the interview, Candace mentioned a quote by Flaubert. Here is the quote: “Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”― Gustave Flaubert-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

June has been a very busy month for nature journalers around the world. We have had International Nature Journaling Week as well as the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, among other opportunities. Today's short episode is a chat about June and all that has happened this month.June has been a very busy month for nature journalers around the world. We have had International Nature Journaling Week as well as the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, among other opportunities. Today's short episode is a chat about June and all that has happened this month.Find out more about Tania Marien’s work connecting freelance environmental educators at talaterra.com.To find all the resources and watch the workshop recordings for International Nature Journaling Week, visit www.naturejournalingweek.com.To register for a video pass for the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference go to www.johnmuirlaws.com/wildwonder. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Andy has a long history of connecting with nature, both personally and professionally. He has helped people of all ages find joy in nature through his bushcraft programs. Andy now works with students at the local Steiner school, where nature and art are integrated into everyday learning.Listen to hear more about:Andy’s thoughts on nature mentors.Nature in South East Queensland through the eyes of a native Englishman.Observing and experiencing as the two key tenants of nature awareness.What bushcraft means to Andy.The ‘village’ created through Andy’s Sun and Stars Bushcraft program and how it tapped into our innate way of being together in community.Giving young children the skills and responsibility of mastering ‘risky’ bushcraft activities like knife skills and fire lighting.How art and nature connection are integrated into the daily lives of students at the Steiner school where Andy teaches.You can find Andy on Instagram at Sun and Stars Bushcraft. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

June has been a huge month for nature journaling and it’s not over yet! We still have two very exciting events coming up: The Wild Wonder Teacher’s Conference and the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference. In Today’s episode we will revisit conversations I had with some of the artists and educators who will be teaching at these exciting events. Listen to hear excerpts of conversations with:Liz Clayton FullerFiona GilloglyJohn Muir LawsRobin CarlsonMelinda NakagawaSterre VerbokkemMarley PeiferRoseann HansonEmilie Lygren To find out more about the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Teacher’s Conference, visit: https://johnmuirlaws.com/wild-wonder-nature-journaling-teachers-conference/To learn about the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference visit: https://johnmuirlaws.com/wildwonder/ -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Isabella is a landscape planner and restoration ecologist with a special love for plants. Isabella enjoys exploring details in the world around her. She uses the nature journal as a tool for learning more and deepening her understanding of nature.Listen to hear more about:The most significant memory from Isabella’s childhood that sparked her future connection with nature.Isabella’s work as a landscape planner and restoration ecologist.The Austrian based NGO Books For Trees and what their work involves.How Isabella got started with nature journaling and when she started to use images as well as text.The German language Facebook group for nature journalers.Isabella’s botanical workshops.The contents of Isabella’s pencil case that she takes with her for nature journaling. Isabella’s pet slime mould!The NGO that Isabella is part of is called Books For Trees. You can find out more about their projects here: www.booksfortrees.at/en/home/The German language nature journal Facebook group that Isabella mentioned can be found here: www.facebook.com/groups/dasnaturskizzenbuch-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated.Thanks for listening!

Hani adalah mahasiswa Konservasi Sumber Daya Hutan yang memiliki hasrat untuk berkarya melalui ilustrasi botani dan nature journaling. Hani menggunakan jurnalnya untuk mendokumentasikan ekosistem tropis yang ada di sekitarnya, dan ia sengaja menulis dengan Aksara Jawa, sebagai cara untuk melestarikan warisan budayanya.Simak untuk mendengar lebih lanjut tentang: Ingatan masa kecil Hani tentang alam.Siklus dua musim dalam iklim tropis dan bagaimana ini mempengaruhi observasi terhadap perubahan musim. Studi Hani di universitas dan kemana masa depan akan menunutunnya. Mengapa Hani tertarik pada tanaman sebagai subyek studi dan nature journal-nya.Apa arti nature journaling bagi Hani dan mengapa itu menjadi penting. Bagaimana Hani mengembangkan kemampuan menggambarnya.Pemahaman Hani tentang menemukan keajaiban dalam hal-hal sederhana, seperti tanaman di halamannya sendiri.Misi Hani untuk melestarikan alam dan kebudayaan secara bersamaan, dan bagaimana keduanya saling terkait.Jumpai Hani lewat Instagram @hani_ristiawan.Anda dapat menyaksikan video yang dibuat Hani untuk International Nature Journaling Week, menjawab pertanyaan “Apa arti nature journaling bagi Anda?” di sini.Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang International Nature Journaling Week, silakan kunjungi www.naturejournalingweek.com. -----------------Daftar untuk berlangganan Journaling With Nature's Newsletter untuk mendapatkan berita dan update, serta Nature Journaling Inspiration List setiap bulannya! Anda dapat memberikan dukungan pada Journaling With Nature Podcast di Patreon, Kami sangat menghargai kontribusi Anda. Terima kasih sudah mendengarkan!

Hani is a student of Forest Resources Conservation with a passion for botanical illustration and nature journaling. Hani uses his nature journal to document the tropical ecosystems around him and intentionally writes in Javanese script, as a way of preserving his cultural heritage.Listen to hear more about:Hani’s childhood memories of nature.The two seasons in a tropical climate and how this influences observation of seasonal change.Hani’s university studies and where they will lead him.Why Hani is drawn to plants as a subject for his studies and his nature journal.What nature journaling means to Hani and why it is important.How Hani has developed his drawing ability.Hani’s insights about finding wonder in the simple things, like the plants in the garden.Hani’s mission to preserve both nature and culture and how the two are interlinked.Find Hani on Instagram @hani_ristiawan. You can see the video that Hani created for International Nature Journaling Week answering the question “What does nature journaling mean to you?” here.For more information about International Nature Journaling Week, visit www.naturejournalingweek.com. Special thanks to Esti Widyasari for making this episode possible through her translation of our conversation.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Yvonne Cuaresma is the founder of The Climate Journal Project, a movement where people are using journaling as a tool to process climate anxiety and ecological grief. Yvonne has created a community where people can process emotions in a supportive space and move from feelings of hopelessness into action.Listen to hear more about:The Climate Journal Project, what it is and how it started.Coping with climate anxiety and environmental grief through journaling.The Climate Journal Project books and the prompts that they contain.The power of journaling together in a group and the benefits that can bring.What Yvonne sees in nature around her in California.How working together as a connected community can further environmental work.The role of intentional gratitude in this work.The power of technology to connect people and create a movement for change.Learn more about The Climate Journal Project at www.theclimatejournalproject.com and on Instagram @climatejournalproject and Facebook. Here are a few extra links relevant to climate change and nature journaling ecological grief:Robin Carlson’s podcast episode Fire Ecology and the Changing Landscape.Patricia Larenas’ podcast Talking With Trees. Coco Brdar’s blog post Nature Journaling When Nature is Wounded. If you would like to listen to an accessible, informative and overall very positive podcast about climate change, I can highly recommend How To Save a Planet with hosts Alex Blumberg and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Kirsten Carlson is an artist and science communicator with a focus on sharing the beauty and wonder of the undersea world. Kirsten's career has given her many opportunities for adventure, including the chance to sketch under the sea ice as an expeditionary artist in Antarctica.Listen to hear more about:The physical challenges of undersea sketching and how Kirsten adapted her process to Antarctic conditions. The three different habitats that Kirsten experienced (sea ice, water column and sea floor) and the animals that she encountered at each of these levels.The current online exhibition inspired by artistic work in the Antarctic - Adequate Earth: Artists and Writers in Antarctica.The reason why a sketchbook is so important in Kirsten’s process.What art and science communication mean for encouraging others to connect with nature. To learn more about Kirsten and her work visit www.kirstencarlson.net. For information, videos, artwork and content specifically related to Kirsten’s Antarctic explorations, visit her Fathom Antarctica website. To see the field-sketches that Kirsten created in Antarctica, click here.Kirsten’s work is currently being shown as part of an online exhibition which you can visit here: Adequate Earth: Artists and Writers in Antarctica. During the interview, Kirsten spoke of a blog post documenting the installation of an observation tube into the sea ice. You can see videos of this process here.Take a look at the gorgeous infographic Kirsten created: 7 Facets of Field Sketching.As part of the Adequate Earth online exhibition, there will be a mini symposium called Exploring the Way Forward, where a panel of Antarctic artists and writers (including Kirsten) will explore the future of creative endeavours in Antarctica. The event will be held on 22nd May, 2021, beginning at 11am PDT. You can register for this event here.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Kirsten Carlson is an artist and science communicator with a focus on sharing the beauty and wonder of the undersea world. Kirsten's career has given her many opportunities for adventure, including the chance to sketch under the sea ice as an expeditionary artist in Antarctica.Listen to hear more about:How a young girl from Missouri, growing up far from the ocean, fell in love with the undersea world and became a marine scientist.How Kirsten switched to follow a career in scientific illustration after a lifechanging trip to Antarctica.The details of Kirsten’s first Antarctic trip, in 1992, and the inspiring artists who showed her you can combine science and art as a career.Conveying the stories of science and sea life through art. Kirsten’s second expedition to Antarctica as part of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers program.The feelings that arise when Kirsten is diving under the sea ice in Antarctica. The drawing tools that Kirsten used for undersea drawing. To learn more about Kirsten and her work visit www.kirstencarlson.net. For information, videos, artwork and content specifically related to Kirsten’s Antarctic explorations, visit her Fathom Antarctica website. To see the field-sketches that Kirsten created in Antarctica, click here.Kirsten’s work is currently being shown as part of an online exhibition which you can visit here: Adequate Earth: Artists and Writers in Antarctica. During the interview, Kirsten spoke of a blog post documenting the installation of an observation tube into the sea ice. You can see videos of this process here.Take a look at the gorgeous infographic Kirsten created: 7 Facets of Field Sketching.As part of the Adequate Earth online exhibition, there will be a mini symposium called Exploring the Way Forward, where a panel of Antarctic artists and writers (including Kirsten) will explore the future of creative endeavours in Antarctica. The event will be held on 22nd May, 2021, beginning at 11am PDT. You can register for this event here.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Tim Pond is an educator, author, illustrator and naturalist with a passion for drawing wildlife. He has a unique way of quickly capturing a subject with dynamic lines and shading. Tim’s book, The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals, brings science and art together to give the reader the knowledge and skills needed to create animal drawings full of life and movement. Listen to hear more about:Tim’s development as a professional artist and how he came to be doing this work.Tim's adventures sketching in Alaska.The story behind how Tim came to create his amazing book The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals.How Tim manages to achieve freedom and drama in his drawings while still maintaining technical accuracy in scale and perspective.How knowing a little about the anatomy of your animal subject can help make your drawings come to life. What Tim means when he talks about Widgets and Gizmos, and how to use them in your drawings. Tim’s favourite tools and materials.Find more about Tim on his website www.timpond.co.uk, as well as on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.You can find Tim’s book, The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals, here.Tim will be giving a workshop for International Nature Journaling Week entitled 'Fill your nature journal with hand drawn lettering'. The workshop will be on 1st June, 2021, at 9 am PST. Click here for more details and to read the class description. International Nature Journaling Week will be 1-7th June, 2021. In the lead-up to the event, people are sharing their responses to the question 'What does nature journaling mean to you?' To view the videos being shared, click here.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Emilie is an educator, facilitator and poet, whose work reflects a deep commitment to creating a more connected world. She finds joy in exploring the interplay between scientific thinking and poetry and values how each of these ways of thinking can inform the other.Listen to hear more about:Emilie’s work with the BEETLES project and how she has developed as an environmental educator.How the BEETLES team connects with community partners to help make their programming more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.How Emilie began nature journaling and how she always finds her way back to poetry.Social-emotional learning, what it is and how it can be fostered in learners.Emilie’s collaboration with John Muir Laws, first writing their outdoor learning curriculum and then their book “How to Teach Nature Journaling”.The power of using words, pictures and numbers, in tandem, on a nature journal page.The transformative power of connection to the self, community and land.The easy co-existence of science and poetry in Emilie’s work.Find more about Emilie through her website emilielygren.com. You can order her poetry book ‘What We Were Born For’ using this link.Emilie is co-author of the book ‘How to Teach Nature Journaling’. You can order the book from her website here.You can learn more about the BEETLES project through their website beetlesproject.org.Click on the names below to discover more about some of Emilie’s favourite poets:Naomi Shihab NyeJericho BrownKim StaffordRobin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, is a work that talks about the interweaving of science, indigenous wisdom and the heart. Find out more about the book and its author at robinwallkimmerer.com.Emilie will be giving a poetry workshop at International Nature Journaling Week on June 1st, and teaching a class at the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference. You can learn more about the conference and register by going to johnmuirlaws.com/wildwonder. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Danny is an artist, author and co-founder of Sketchbook Skool, an online creative hub filled with courses, workshops and a thriving creative community. Danny's work involves helping people establish a creative habit and calm their inner critic. Danny is the author of more than a dozen books on art and creativity, including Shut Your Monkey, Art Before Breakfast and The Creative Licence. Listen to hear more about:Sketchbook Skool, what it is and what you will experience through the workshops, courses and SBS membership program, Spark.What Danny means when he refers to ‘the monkey’.How to manage the inner critic and turn down the volume on the voice in your head.Understanding the world around you through art.How art can help get us out of our heads and into the present moment, during difficult times in life.How to free up and let go of fears about art.Finding connection with others across the world, with the help of technology.Find out more about Danny on his website www.dannygregory.com.Danny writes a weekly essays about art and creativity. You can sign up to receive the essays directly to your inbox using this link.You can watch episodes of Draw With Me, live on YouTube, Thursdays at noon (Eastern Time), or watch previously recorded episodes here.Danny has a podcast called Art For All. You can find it by clicking this link, or searching for ‘Art For All’ wherever you find podcasts. You can find the book by Frederik Frank, that Danny referred to, here: The Zen of Seeing.Danny has generously offered listeners of this podcast the chance to try out his Sketchbook Skool membership program Spark for a week, for free! Find out more about Spark using the link: sketchbookskool.com/spark/naturepodcast.You will notice that Spark has three membership levels, Discovery, Breakthrough and Danny’s Circle. The free trial will allow you to access either the Discovery or the Breakthrough level of Spark, for one week. Click the Buy Now button and you will see that you can sign up and access Spark for free. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Roseann is a naturalist, artist, and explorer who has been keeping science-based nature journals for 40 years. She teaches nature writing and nature journaling, both online and in the field, and is the author of the book 'Nature Journaling for a Wild Life'. Roseann is also one of the organisers of the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference.Listen to hear more about:Roseann’s early nature experiences and how they taught her to love nature.The Grinnell Method of keeping field notebooks.What she's referring to when Roseann talks about 'jumping off cliffs'.Roseann’s connection with desert environments of Arizona and deserts around the world.How Roseann overcame a perfectionist tendency, let go of art fears and started ‘drawing to learn instead of learning to draw’.Roseann’s minimalist nature journaling field kit.'Feral watercolour' and how Roseann creates her own watercolour pigments for truly place-based nature journaling.Roseann’s book ‘Nature Journaling For a Wild Life’.Find Roseann online through her website www.exploringoverland.com as well as on Facebook and Instagram.You can purchase Roseann’s book ‘Nature Journaling For A Wild Life’ here.If you would like to be part of Roseann’s class ‘Feral Watercolor: Making paint from your own found pigments’ which is happening on Saturday, April 24, 2021, 9:30 am – 12 pm PST. You can find the link here.To learn more about the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference that Roseann helps organise, follow this link. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon. Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Laura has a passion for houseplants and has created a small jungle inside her home. She now combines her interest in plants with a love of drawing and painting, a combination which provides a calm sanctuary among the stressors of life. During the interview, Laura opens up about anxiety and depression and how nature and art help her find strength, and care for herself, during stressful times. Listen to hear more about:How and why Laura surrounds herself with houseplants.How nature and art can be a ‘mental shelter’ in times of anxiety.The deep connection that can be developed with plants.How finding time to draw can sometimes be hard when overwhelmed by the needs of those we care for.How Laura gives focused attention to her plants to discover their individual needs.Colour mixing and how achieving a good colour match is part theory and part intuition.How Laura’s life has changed since the pandemic and how she has adapted to these changes. How we can tune into our innate connection with nature.Discover more about Laura through her website as well as on Instagram @myprivategarden_ and Twitter @myprivategarde1.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Christiane is an artist, writer and adult educator. She uses a range of artistic forms to explore nature in different ways, finding beauty in simplicity and poetry in the everyday things she experiences in nature. During our conversation, Christiane explains her creative process and the ways that each of these different art forms can be used to capture a different aspect of nature.Listen to hear more about:How Christiane’s family fostered her love and connection with nature in childhood.Simple ways to bring writing into our nature journal.The way nature writing can capture memories.Constructing a haiku poem to capture a moment in nature.The way nature journaling connects with a desire to protect nature.How art is a way to touch people’s feelings and help them become nature stewards.Find Christiane’s art, photography and nature writing on her website www.weismueller-photography.com. Christiane writes a blog about nature journaling which you can read here. You can also see pages from Christiane’s nature journal on her Instagram page @christianeweismueller.nature.Christiane wrote a blog post for International Nature Journaling Week called Nature Journaling as a Source of Creativity. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Rebecca Roberts is the founder of EnviroVisuals. Her work in the field of graphic recording helps make sustainability information understandable and accessible to everyone. Graphic recording is all about distilling key information from a presentation or event, showing links between various concepts and capturing the essence of all this on paper, using art and language. Rebecca describes her process and much more in this interview.Listen to hear more about:How and when Rebecca’s environmental awareness started. What graphic recording involves and how it is similar to, and different from, sketchnoting.The process of creating a graphic during a conference.Creating a ‘visual library’ that you can use during sketchnoting or graphic recording.How visual communication can facilitate understanding between people, regardless of language barriers or literacy levels.Ways to process environmental grief and anxiety.How we can be a positive influence on those around us by taking small steps towards sustainability each day.How to get started with graphic recording and sketchnoting for yourself.Find Rebecca’s work on her website enviro-visuals.co.uk, as well as on Instagram @envirovisuals and Twitter @envirovisuals. You can purchase Rebecca’s ‘Sustainabili-Tea Towels’ from her Etsy store. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Marina Cerra is an engineerby day and botanical artist by night, fitting art and nature connection into spare moments wherever she can find them, among the busyness of family life. Listen to hear more about:How Marina reconnected with nature and art. Reflections on how the simple moments in childhood can become significant in later life.How Marina manages to continue creating art while raising two young children.Adjusting our mindset to understand what is achievable during busy times.Marina’s thoughts on the benefits and drawbacks of art challenges.How paying attention to individual plant species is a form of respect for nature.The idea of a perpetual nature journal and how to create one.Marina’s thoughts on colour and the changing seasons.Find Marina’s work on her website marinacerra.com and Instagram @marina_cerra. -----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Isaiah Scott is a nature journaler, birder and wildlife photographer with a passion for nature and a mission to research the historical connections between birds and the people of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.Listen to hear more about:How Isaiah started birding. Nature and birds of the Lowcountry.Isaiah’s favourite place to go birding and nature journaling.Bird Names for Birds and why Isaiah is working to change honorific bird names.Isaiah’s field kit and favourite nature journaling tools.The Eckelberry Fellowship and how it sparked Isaiah’s inspirational research project.The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor and Isaiah’s research into the birds that interacted with enslaved people in this area.Follow Isaiah on Instagram where you will find his work as a birding guide and wildlife photographer @ikesbirdinghikes and his bird art @therookerycollection. To purchase prints of Isaiah’s art you can visit his online store through the Charleston Art Market.To learn more about the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor please visit gullahgeecheecorridor.org and for information on Gullah Geechee culture, cuisine, art and music, visit www.hiltonheadisland.org/gullah/.To learn more about Bird Names for Birds and why it is important to get rid of honorific bird names, visit birdnamesforbirds.wordpress.com.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates each month. You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon. Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome! I am so happy to be back after taking February off the podcast. While I took a break from releasing episodes, I didn't stop recording them. So, I have many wonderful new interviews to share with you in the coming weeks. This episode is in response to a question from a podcast listener called Dan. Dan asked me if I had any tips to avoid overwhelm when starting out with nature journaling. There are so many resources, blog posts, videos and workshops on nature journaling these days and it is hard to know where to start. I have felt this same overwhelm myself! In answer to Dan's question, I have created a list of '10 Things to Help Avoid Nature Journal Overwhelm'. Here are some resources that I mention during the podcast:The Nature Journal Connection is a weekly video series by John Muir Laws. This series is the most concise and simple introduction to nature journaling that I've seen and I recommend it for kids as well as adults. If you're feeling nervous to sketch in your journal, take a look at the For The Reluctant Artist page on the International Nature Journaling Week website. There are lots of ideas there for calming your inner-critic. If you want to join an online nature journal club, here are a couple that might match your time zone:Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club (Pacific Time)Melbourne Nature Journal Club (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) John Muir Laws has information to support you if you want to start your own nature journal club. You can find this here. If you're interested in weekly nature journal prompts you can find them on my blog or on Instagram and Facebook. Sign up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates as well as the Nature Journaling Inspiration List each month! To help make this podcast sustainable you can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon, Your contribution is deeply appreciated. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Bill is an artist and nature journaler living in Tucson, Arizona. He blends traditional and digital art techniques to create a unique process and style that utilises the best of both forms of art. In this interview Bill speaks in detail about his art practice - the tools, techniques and also the technology that he uses to create his work. Listen to hear more about:How Bill came to nature journaling. How setting a one-hour limitation helps Bill focus on his journal pages and capture the essence of his subject without getting too lost in detail.Toned paper and why Bill loves to use it.The benefits of gouache vs acrylic vs acrylic-gouache.Using warm and cool highlights and shadows to increase realism and three-dimensionality of a piece.The benefits of a limited palette for creating colour harmony.How Bill switches between digital and traditional painting to make the best of each of these tools.Bill’s latest nature journal discoveries. Find out more about Bill on his website billsingleton.com and on Instagram and YouTube.You can learn directly from Bill on SkillShare by following this link. To find Bill’s blog post for International Nature Journaling Week click here. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Kristin Link is a fine artist and science illustrator with a focus on the natural world. Currently living off-grid in Alaska, she has nature journaled in some very remote and beautiful places, including on glaciers, in deserts and even on a scientific research vessel. Kristin’s work reflects her desire to connect with place, wherever she is in the world. Listen to hear more about:Kristin’s early influences and experiences with art and science. The importance of ‘place’ in Kristin’s work.How living off-grid connects her with the land.Her experiences as artist-in-residence at various locations, including on a scientific research vessel.Cyanotype printing, what it is and how Kristin uses it in her work. The spirituality of interacting with nature that is beyond words or explanation. How Kristin celebrates ‘place’ through her school workshops, helping young people discover what is beautiful and unique about their own part of the world.Find out more about Kristin on her website kristinillustration.com and Instagram.Purchase Kristin’s artwork through her Etsy store.You can connect with the Boreal Nature Journal Club here. The book that the Boreal Nature Journal Club have been working through together is by Roseann Hanson and it is called Nature Journaling for a Wild Life. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Marley Peifer is a nature journal educator and mentor who is also the creator of The Nature Journal show, a weekly YouTube show specifically about nature journaling. In his videos Marley takes us along with him on his adventures, nature journaling outdoors, or in extreme places. He also shares information on his process, techniques, gear and favourite art tools, as well as interviews with other nature journalers. Marley has a lot of experience mentoring others on how to create a good mindset, how to start and keep going, stay motivated, bust barriers and journal more! Listen to hear more about:Marley’s childhood experiences in nature.Fearless Friday and how Marley is working to combat the trap of creating ‘pretty pictures’.Growth mindset vs fixed mindset and how this relates to nature journaling.The importance of appropriate feedback around effort, for reinforcing a growth mindset. Marley’s adventures creating The Nature Journal Show.Nature journaling generalists vs specialists.Marley’s vocabulary of ‘Bread and butter’, ‘Juice’ and ‘Growth Edge’ and what these terms mean.Find out more about Marley and on his website marleypeifer.com, as well as on Facebook and Instagram.Marley has a new distance learning program called The Nature Journal Family, which is a month-long nature journaling adventure aimed to deepen your connection with nature and community. You can find out all the details here.Marley’s video on the Nature Journaling Mindset can be found here.If you enjoy Marley’s work, you can support him on Patreon. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Patricia Larenas is an artist and gardener with a passion for nature, and especially for trees. Her tree portraits capture the iconic trees around her in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also investigates alternative art materials through creating her own natural inks and hand-made journals. When choosing art materials, Patricia’s concern for nature is always in her mind. She prefers to use recycled paper wherever she can, uses high quality 100% cotton paper for finished pieces, and explores alternatives like xuan paper (rice paper) and bamboo.Patricia loves gardening, seed saving and how seeds can be the ‘carriers of culture’, connecting people to their cultural roots and to each other. Listen to hear more about:The importance of nature connection through books, during Patricia’s childhood.The deep connection Patricia has had with trees throughout her life.The process of tackling complex tree shapes in a drawing.How she makes her own inks from natural materials she has foraged or found herself.The process of book binding hand-made sketchbooks.Seed saving and ethnography of foods, and how seeds have moved around the world through patterns of migration and colonisation. To see Patricia’s artwork, follow this link to her Instagram page @plarenas_onpaper. You can find her gardening and seed saving blog at www.urbanartichoke.com. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Emeritus Professor Roger Kitching AM is a rainforest ecologist with a focus on biology, conservation and management of invertebrate biodiversity. Roger has conducted research studies in places all over the world including Panama, China, France, Réunion, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Having kept field journals for most of his adult life, Roger has unique insights into the importance of journals for capturing details of field expeditions, both for scientific purposes and for personal memories. Listen to hear more about:Roger’s early experiences as a young naturalist in north Yorkshire.Roger’s first expeditions during his university days and how he started keeping field journals.How he uses his field journals to gather details for longer pieces of writing intended for publication.The experience of leading students from Griffith University on field trips to the rainforest of Borneo for 13 years.How keeping a field journal connects Roger with field naturalists in history. During the interview we talked about the book Field Notes on Science and Nature (Edited by Michael Canfield). You can find it here.Professor Kitching has authored or co-authored five books including: The Butterflies of Australia (Albert Orr and Roger Kitching).Professor Kitching received the Gregor Johann Mendel Medal for the Advancement of Biological Sciences. Read about it here.You can find his professional profile on Linkedin. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Sterre Verbokkem works under the name ‘Illustrator of Wild Things’. She lives off-grid on a mountain in Spain, with her husband and son, surrounded by nature and wildlife. She uses both digital and traditional art techniques to create magical illustrations of the things around her. Listen to hear more about:The important significance of crows in Sterre’s childhood.How Sterre started keeping a nature journal.The process of creating both digital and hand drawn nature art.How limiting materials or colours helps Sterre focus more closely on her subject and create a unified body of work.Sterre’s ‘trail camera’…what it is and how she uses it to get a glimpse into the life of the animals around her home.How living off-grid allows Sterre and her family to be connected to nature and natural cycles.The mindfulness apps created by Sterre and her husband Mark, designed to connect listeners with nature and the relaxation that it can bring. You can find Sterre online through her website illustratorofwildthings.com and on Instagram @illustratorofwildthings.Learn more about Sterre’s mindfulness apps at https://wildventures.nl and https://yourwildjourney.com. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Lee Angold is a botanical and natural science illustrator with an interest in representing nature in a way that encourages others to see the detail and beauty in even simple, everyday subjects. A self-taught artist with an impressive depth of knowledge on colour and watercolour paints, Lee offers many insights into nature art and nature journaling during our conversation. Listen to hear more about:How Lee found her way back to natural science illustration via Engineering school.Experimenting with watercolour and how Lee has come to ‘know’ her paints.Her different palettes and how she developed her colour choices.The one colour that Lee could not live without!The Daily Leaf project and how Lee painted every day for an entire year.Lee’s conference trip to Australia and the realisations she had on her return. You can connect with Lee online through her website www.leeangold.com, Instagram @leeangold and Facebook. Lee also has an active Youtube channel where she uploads videos on her painting process, colour explorations, sketchbook tours and live painting sessions. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Tom is an ecologist, photographer and nature advocate with a particular passion for ornithology. Tom's work takes him to remote and beautiful locations around Australia. Listen to hear more about:Tom’s PhD research looking at bird communities along the floodplains of the Murray River.Extinction debt and how land clearing is affecting bird populations in Australia.How Tom manages hope and despair as an ecologist who sees the best and the worst aspects of nature and land management.The Threatened Species Bake-off and Tom’s culinary creations!How nature journaling has brought Tom back to art and creativity in 2020. Connect with Tom on Instagram @moth_nut (be sure to watch some of his nature walks) and on Twitter @moth_nut.Learn more about the Threatened Species Bake off here. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Melinda Nakagawa is a scientist, nature connection mentor and nature journal teacher. Melinda has a background in marine biology and brings a scientist’s eye to her nature journal observations. Her work is all about gently guiding others to connect with the natural world by tapping into curiosity and wonder. In this way, Melinda is able to bridge nature, science, art and heart in her work. Listen to hear more about:Melinda’s early nature experiences on her family flower farm.Melina’s ‘spark bird’ and how she came to ornithology.How sharing our joy of nature with others can be a gift that just might change a person’s life.The international community of nature journalers that is growing due to the changes that have happened globally in 2020.The benefits of an online format for nature journaling communities.How nature journaling in community can be fun and encouraging. How to give feedback that encourages and guides others, without focusing on pretty pictures. Leaning into the ‘heart’ while nature journaling and how we can begin to go at nature’s pace. Find Melinda’s work on her website sparkinnature.com. For more information about Melinda’s nature journaling classes visit this page. Join in the virtual meetings of the Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Alex Boon is a nature artist and writer from East Devon, UK. His work centres around the wildlife and landscapes of Britain and embodies a deep sense of place. From his first nature experiences as a child, through his development as an artist, to his current projects, this conversation explores Alex’s practice and process as a nature journaler and writer.Listen to hear more about:How journal keeping can preserve detailed memories of place and time.The four different types of journal Alex keeps, and why.The power of nature writing.How Alex brings his meditation practice to nature.Lapine Botanica, an art project inspired by the book Watership Down.Find out more about Alex and his work at alexboonart.com as well as on Instagram @alexboonart. The artworks in the series Lapine Botanica can be purchased as cards, postcards, stickers and art prints from Alex’s Etsy store. Some of the artists and nature writers that Alex mentioned:Lara Gastinger.Edith Holden. Robert Macfarlane. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Tania Marien is an independent educator who aims to facilitate connection with nature through her projects. Tania is the host of Talaterra podcast, a show where she investigates the contribution that freelance environmental educators make to lifelong learning in communities. In this episode Tania talks about her days creating opportunities for people to connect with plants through art and creativity.Listen to hear more about:Tania’s first memories of being in nature.How Tania started ArtPlantae, a project aimed at helping others understand and connect with plants.Using art activities to investigate plants during community events.Tania’s favourite art media and drawing techniques.The Freelance Condition and Lifelong Learning in Communities project.Find out more about Tania and her work at www.talaterra.com and www.taniamarien.com as well as on Twitter. Read about ArtPlantae here.Listen to Talaterra podcast to hear stories of freelance environmental professionals from around the world. To connect with other freelance environmental professionals, visit The Trailhead, an open forum for independent environmental educators.Tania has a page on bookshop.org where you can browse her curated list of books on environmental education for adults and children.Here are several plant books for children (some are reviewed by Tania on ArtPlantae):Understanding Photosynthesis with Max Axiom, Super ScientistWhy would anyone cut a tree down? - Roberta MurzyńskiA Log’s Life - Wendy Pfeffer and Robin BrinkmanWho will plant a tree? - Jerry Pallotta and Tom LeonardFrom Seed to Plant - Gail GibbonsA Seed is Sleepy - Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Julia Bausenhardt is an illustrator and nature enthusiast who teaches art techniques through connection with nature. She uses her sketchbook as a tool for exploration, experimentation and discovery.Living in the small city of Kassel, Germany, Julia uses her nature journal to explore the magical landscape that was the setting for the stories of The Brothers Grimm. As a nature journaling teacher, Julia's gentle style and enthusiasm for nature shines through and you will have the feeling that you are learning from a friend. Listen to hear more about:How nature experiences in Julia’s childhood and encouragement from her parents helped foster her love of nature.How Julia uses her sketchbook as a tool for exploration, experimentation and discovery.How Julia came to love birds and sketching birds.The fairy tale landscape where Julia lives, in Kassel, Germany.The experience of quitting social media and Julia’s reasons for taking this step.For more information and to see Julia’s work, take a look at her website juliabausenhardt.com and Youtube channel. Julia’s blog post Q & A one year after quitting social media:One year after I quit social media Q & A Part 1.One year after I quit social media Q & A Part 2.Julia mentioned Bernd Heinrich, nature writer and biologist who influenced her in her early years. You can find out more here.The book Bethan mentioned was The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy by Michael McCarthy. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Robin Carlson is a biologist and natural science illustrator who has a deep interest in documenting how landscapes and ecological communities change over time. In particular, her work focuses on fire ecology and how habitats regenerate after fire. She comes from California, where fire is a part of life and a part of natural systems. Listen to hear more about:How Robin uses 'ecoreportage’ to closely observe her landscape and its changes over time.Art and nature journaling as a method of scientific communication.Fire ecology and the changing landscape in California.Ecological succession after disturbance.The difference between a prescribed burn and cultural burn. Ways to document change after disturbance in your own nature journal. For more information and to see Robin’s work, take a look at her website robinleecarlson.com and her blog Wildfire to Wildflowers. Robin is also on Instagram @anthroposcenesketchbook.Listen to the podcast that was mentioned: How to Save a Planet: Fighting Fire with Fire. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

John Muir Laws (aka Jack) is an artist, naturalist and nature journaling mentor. He has been journaling for decades, has written many books on nature journaling and is working tirelessly to bring nature into the minds and hearts of people across the world. Jack talks about how paying sustained compassionate attention to nature and to the people in our lives, profoundly changes the way we relate to each other and interact in the world. Listen to hear more about:The power of sustained compassionate attention to connect you to others and to the world around you.The importance of mentors.How your nature journal can be used as a tool for looking inward.How wonder and beauty represent the head and the heart of nature journaling for Jack.How nature journaling with a posture of gratitude can bring positive changes into your life.How the connection and community, found through nature journaling, can act as the antidote to separation and isolation of the modern world. How falling in love with the nature through journaling will change the way you interact with the world. Jack’s website: www.johnmuirlaws.com.Podcast Episode with Tania Marian from Talaterra describing Jack's history and how he came to nature journaling: John Muir Laws - Community Building Through Nature Journaling. Video from the educators forum: Gratitude, Nature, Depression, Healing, and Growth. Link to the book ‘How to Teach Nature Journaling’ by John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren: How to Teach Nature Journaling.Nature Journal Club Facebook group: The Nature Journal Club. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Fiona Gillogly is an inspiring 17-year-old nature journaler who has taken the art of questioning to a new level. Fiona has been described by John Muir Laws as having 'insatiable curiosity' and she uses this to dive into the mysteries of nature around her.Listen to hear more about:How school and family life gave Fiona plenty of experiences in nature as a child.How a chance encounter with John Muir Laws sparked a profound friendship and began Fiona’s journey into nature journaling.How nature journaling supports and informs Fiona’s other passion: birding.How nature journaling has changed the way Fiona interacts at school. How young people can be supported to find their voice and make change in the world. Find out more about Fiona on her website www.fionasongbird.com. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Jean Mackay is an artist, educator and naturalist. She uses her art practice as a way of capturing and appreciating the small moments in everyday life and teaches that we can all become explorers of the world around us.Listen to hear more about:Jean’s unique educational experience during her university years.How she tackles the task of depicting complex subjects in her journal.Using simple design principles to put together a page. How the experience of listening to the dawn chorus changed her view of birding.How keeping a nature journal connects her with the naturalists and explorers from history.About her new book ‘The Nature Explorer’s Sketchbok’. Find out more about Jean on her website www.jeanmackayart.com and on Instagram. You can purchase The Nature Explorer’s Sketchbook from Tumblehome Books and from Amazon. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Ali Foxon is a geographer and artist living in England. In our conversation, Ali shares how she went from being a climate change researcher and advisor, to being an artist and ‘joy spotter’ when she founded Boggy Doodles. She has created ‘green sketching’, a new way to bring together art and nature in the pursuit of joy. Listen to hear more about:Ali’s history in academic research.How sleep deprivation in her son’s first year led her to an epiphany.How nature connection can become part of your ‘Mental First Aid Kit’ during times of stress and turmoil. Three little known facts about Ali’s life that will make you smile.How sensitivity can be a super-power in life and work.Find out more about Ali and green sketching on her website www.boggydoodles.com and through Instagram. You can also find Ali’s TEDx talk here. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Elizabeth Mills is a marine biologist, science communicator and creator of the amazing YouTube channel Marine Mumbles. She is passionate about marine life and the wonders that can be found in the ocean. In our conversation she shares many stories of bizarre and beautiful creatures that she has encountered through her work and study. Listen to hear more about:Why there are so many bizarre creatures in marine environments.How Elizabeth uses nature journaling to understand marine life.World records held by limpets and barnacles.How Elizabeth uses science communication skills in her work.Ocean optimism and how it can help us protect nature.Find Elizabeth’s work on her website marinemumbles.com, YouTube channel Marine Mumbles and on Instagram and Twitter. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Liz Clayton Fuller is a scientific illustrator and nature journaler from Nashville, Tennessee. She has taught field sketching in the Galapagos, created a nature journaling course in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and has had her illustration work published in scientific journals and bird ID guides. Listen to hear more about:How Liz came to love nature through her art.The opportunities Liz found through her collaborations with the Bird Academy at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.Liz's adventures teaching field sketching on the Galapagos.Birds and wildlife in Nashville.The funny celebrity encounter Liz had at her first solo art exhibition!To find out more about Liz and her work, go to www.lizclaytonfuller.com. To read more and enrol in Liz's online course, click here: Nature Journaling and Field Sketching. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Tessina De Lille is a biologist and nature artist raising a family in Berlin, Germany. Listen to hear more about:How to juggle family life with a creative career.How to 'know' a species before you paint it.Finding your personal style as a self-taught artist. How to encourage children to connect with nature.Tools Tessina uses to create her nature art.Find Tessina's work on Instagram @speckledhandsart and at Speckled Hands Art on Etsy. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Amaya Shreeve is a 15-year-old nature journaler who is using her love of nature to inspire others to journal alongside her. Listen to this episode to find out:The story of how home schooling led Amaya and her family to nature journaling.How Amaya encourages her siblings and other young children to begin nature journaling.About the experience of being in a strong nature journal community and attending the first Wild Wonder nature journaling conference.Amaya's plans to continue nature journaling for life. Follow Amaya's nature journal adventures on Instagram using the handle @no.end.to.the.wonder. Thank you for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Amy Kirkbright is an artist from Melbourne, Australia. In this episode, Amy speaks openly about her struggles with anxiety, depression and physical illness and how these challenging times have become a driver for her creativity. Listen to this episode to find out:How creativity can help with anxiety and depression.How Amy started the Melbourne Nature Journal Club.How to nature journal with an online group.About Amy's lifelong project 'The Postcode Diaries'.Find Amy's work on her website amydiana.co and on Instagram and Facebook. Thank you for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

In this episode we get to know the Smith family - Bronwyn Smith and her four nature loving girls - who live in the remote Scottish archipelago of Shetland. Listen if you want to know more about:Nature journaling with childrenHomeschooling on the roadLife and nature in this remote and beautiful placeNature journaling with your school classIf your family or school is interested in being part of a nature journal exchange, email me at [email protected]. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

Jules Woolford (Drawn Into Nature) spent her professional career in the environmental sector, working on projects that connected people with nature. Now she continues with this work with a focus on nature journaling, helping others see the beauty in the everyday things we see around us.Listen to hear more about how:Everyone can create art (even if you think you can't!).Nature journaling is about the journey, not the destination.Beauty can be found everywhere when we start to look at the world in a different way.Find more from Jules on her website www.drawnintonature.com, on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.You can find out more about International Nature Journaling Week on the website www.naturejournalingweek.com. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.com

This episode is an introduction to the podcast and what we will cover in future episodes. It is also a little introduction to nature journaling and how to get started, for people who are new to journaling. Thanks for listening!www.journalingwithnature.comInstagram: @journalingwithnatureTwitter: @bewithnatureFacebook: Journaling With Nature

Journaling With Nature is a podcast for those who want to turn curiosity into wonder, a pencil sketch into a rabbit hole of discovery, a moment of stillness into a life full of joy.