Journaling With Nature

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Episode 107: Mark Newton – The Artful Ranger Nov 13, 2022

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Having followed a winding professional path all the way around the world and back to his original dream of working in conservation, Mark knows the value of community and connection. He hopes to share the beauty of nature with others through his art and his work as a countryside ranger.
Listen to hear more about:

The different iterations of Mark’s career that have led him to his current work in the conservation sector.
Mark’s traineeship with the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
Recording the nature experiences of his traineeship through a nature journal.
Mark’s process for building the layers of his nature journal pages.
The ways that Mark’s parents have inspired and influenced his love of nature and art.
Nature journal as a learning aid.
Including storytelling and folklore in a nature journal.

To find out more about Mark and his work visit www.markjnewton.com. You can also find him on social media using these links:

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You can read more about Mark’s ranger traineeship in this interview with the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

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Episode 106: Sarah Reid – Teaching and learning in nature Nov 06, 2022

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Sarah has a deep connection with nature in her local area. As a lifelong learner and natural-born teacher, Sarah enjoys exchanging with others in her community and online, sharing knowledge, curiosity and enthusiasm for the natural world.

Listen to hear more about:

Making creativity simple and accessible to everyone.
The California Naturalist Program.
Actively contributing to citizen science through iNaturalist.
What it is to be a naturalist.
The significance of horses in Sarah’s life and family history.
Nature journaling alongside others who are not journaling.
Sarah’s favourite paint colours and the colours of her landscape.
Learning from other artists and developing a style.
Accessing nature while managing chronic pain.
The benefit of online presentations, workshops, and conferences.

Sarah mentioned that she finds community and connection with people online through The Nature Journal Club Facebook group.

The online nature journaling events that Sarah talked about were the Wild Won d er Nature Journaling Conference and International Nature Journaling Week.

In this video you can see Sarah Reid discussing regrowth after wildfire in the Trione-Annandel State Park.
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Episode 105: Deborah Conn – Discovering nature at every age Oct 30, 2022

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Deborah is a nature journaler from California, USA. In her work she taught ways to combine science and art in early childhood education. Now she aims to foster a connection with nature in her family and community through nature journaling.

Listen to hear more about:

The importance of mentors.
Combining science and art in early childhood education.
Nature journaling as a tool for processing grief.
The nature journaling community and the richness of shared experiences.
Taking the role of the ‘novice’ as a way to encourage and support others in a group.
Deborah’s favourite nature related non-fiction books.
The buzz of making nature discoveries.
Nature journaling with physical limitations.
The different ways that Deborah hopes to engage her community in nature journaling.
Nature journaling with young children.

Deborah mentioned Melinda Nakagawa from Spark in Nature as the teacher who opened the doors to nature journaling for her.

The Skyscapito Appreciation Society is the group that Deborah mentioned that meets to share ideas for painting and drawing skies in our journals

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey is the book Deborah mentioned during our conversation about finding wonder in nature during illness.

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Episode 104: Sonja Rosas – Never done learning Oct 23, 2022

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Sonja is a nature journaler from the Pacific Northwest, USA. Nature and art have been part of Sonja's life from since childhood. Nature journaling has helped her embrace a growth mindset and learn lessons about life and art.

Listen to hear more about:

Falling in love with nature close to home.
Perfectionism and how it can hold us back.
Sonja’s favourite field sketching supplies.
Combining nature journaling with other hobbies.
Allowing nature to nourish our soul.
Drawing inspiration from other artists.
Tips for field sketching birds and other moving animals.
Celebrating our innate creativity.
The value of breaks in the creative process.

Read Sonja’s blog posts for International Nature Journaling Week: Confessions of a (Recovering) Neurotic Naturalist.

Follow their adventures over on Instagram @sawnch93.

Sonja was inspired by Marley Peifer’s video: Unlock Your Potential.

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Episode 103: Brooke Morales – Life Noticed Oct 10, 2022

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Brooke is a designer, writer and photographer who uses her creative skills to tell engaging stories. Through her blog, Life Noticed, Brooke shares inspiration and encouragement on the themes of mindset, creative habits, nature and art.

Listen to hear more about:

Brooke’s career as a creative designer and how she uses many different tools to tell her clients’ stories.
The power of noticing nature around us.
The brain/body connection.
What it means to live an intentional life.
Ways that Brooke stays consistent with her creative habits.
Honouring a person, or species, by taking the time to draw them.
Starting a YouTube channel as an introvert.
The Wild Wonder Challenge and how it has stretched Brooke’s thinking.

Brooke shares thoughtful articles about mindset, and building creative habits, on her blog Life Noticed.

You can find out more about Brooke’s professional work on her website: www.goforbrooke.com.

To watch Brooke’s videos on mindset, habits, nature and art, subscribe to her YouTube channe l.

For nature journal pages as well as beautiful nature photography and inspiration, find Brooke on Instagram @brookenoticed.

To learn about the Wild Wonder Foundation, you can click here.

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Episode 102: Craig Williams – Finding your niche Oct 02, 2022

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Craig is an artist and scientific illustrator from Tasmania. After a career with positions ranging from feeding Tasmanian devils in a wildlife park, illustrating spider anatomy, and identifying fossil specimens of Australian megafauna, Craig has found his niche painting birds on vintage book pages.

Listen to hear more about:

What nature looks like where Craig lives in Launceston, Tasmania.
The many and varied jobs that Craig has had during his career.
Encounters with Tasmanian wildlife.
How Craig started working in the field of scientific illustration, and specifically, using a microscope to document the minute details of spider anatomy.
Art as solace during difficult times.
Building community online.
Fining a niche.
Painting birds on vintage book pages.
Why bird art resonates with so many people.

To learn more about Craig, and to see his detailed bird art on vintage book pages, visit https://www.cswilliamsart.com. You can also find his work on Instagram @cswilliamsart.

Have you ever painted on book pages or another unique surface? Leave a comment on the Journaling With Nature Podcast page.

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Episode 101: Robin Lee Carlson – The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Sep 25, 2022

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Robin is a biologist, natural science illustrator and author with a special interest in studying ecological change over time. Her new book,The Cold Canyon Fire Journals, tells the story of a changing landscape after fire.

Listen to hear more about:

Robin’s relationship with Cold Canyon, past and present.
How her project has shaped the way she thinks about fire.
The incredible natural history stories that Robin uncovered through her research.
The role colour plays in the landscape after fire.
How Robin’s nature journal pages helped her craft the narrative for the book.
The co-existence of mind and heart in science.

Discover more about Robin on her website and Instagram page. You can also find a copy of Robin’s book, The Cold Canyon Fire Journals, on her website.

If you would like to purchase a video pass to watch classes from the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, you can do so here.

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Episode 100: Bethan Burton – The story so far Sep 11, 2022

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We are celebrating 100 episodes of the Journaling With Nature podcast! For this milestone episode Beth Kelley Gillogly turns the microphone around and interviews Bethan about her history, nature journaling with her son and the story behind starting the podcast.

Listen to hear more about:

Pivotal nature experiences in my early life.
How I came to nature journaling.
My experience and love of colour.
How my nature journaling has changed over time.
The joy of journaling close to home.
Lessons I’ve learned from nature journaling with my child.
Growth vs fixed mindset.
The story behind the Journaling With Nature podcast.

If you would like to support the podcast through Patreon and access the bonus recording you can click this link: Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon.

To learn more about the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference and register click this link: Wild Wonder 2022.

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Episode 99: Sandy McDermott - Purposeful play Aug 28, 2022

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Sandy is an artist, instructor and writer exploring the world through her sketchbook. Sandy uses field sketching to learn about her environment, coming to know the landscape and its inhabitants more deeply through creativity and mindful observation.

Listen to hear more about:

Sandy’s first memories of nature and art.
The process of ‘bushwhacking’ a path to find her professional career.
Sandy’s difficulty in owning the label of “artist” and the beautiful story of how she came to see herself as she truly is.
Exploring anxieties through a sketchbook.
Sandy’s favourite art tools.
How Sandy brings ‘purposeful play’ into her personal practice and her classes.
Field Sketching: A Year of Mindfulness.
The importance of birds in Sandy’s work and the summer-long ‘spark experience’ that got her hooked on birding.

Find out more about Sandy and her work at https://www.sandymcdermott.com. You can also find Sandy on Instagram and Facebook.

To learn more about Sandy’s year-long course, Field Sketching: A Year of Mindfulness, you can email her at sandy@sandymcdermott.com or put your name on the priority list here.

The Hand Book Paper Co. Travelogue watercolor journal that Sandy talked about can be found here.

You can find the book Living On the Wind by Scott Weidensaul here.

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Episode 98: Agnes Becker – We Are Stardust Aug 21, 2022

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Agnes is an artist, science communicator and creator ofWe Are Stardust. Her artwork inspires a connection with the more-than-human world and her guided online adventures help others tune into nature by exploring both the outer and inner landscapes.

Listen to hear more about:

The winding professional path that has led Agnes to her freelance career.
How Agnes started We Are Stardust.
How nature journaling has deepened her relationship with birds.
Listening to the body and the heart when they remind us to take time in nature.
Ways to create a full and nourished life.
Rewild Your Soul: A year of seasonal adventures.
Opening ourselves to joy and also to vulnerability when we love nature.
Creating boundaries and habits to protect and prioritise our time in nature.

Explore Agnes’ website https://www.wearestardust.uk and Instagram page @wearestardust. You can learn more about the program Rewild Your Soul: A year of seasonal adventures by clicking this link: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/adventures

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