Journaling With Nature

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Episode 97: Alma Ramiro Alonzo – A Wild Braid Aug 07, 2022

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Alma is a naturalist, artist, and educator. She creates a joyful and connected life through her love of nature walking, art making and nature journaling. With a simple field kit and an observant eye, Alma is able to sketch on-the-go wherever she finds herself.

Listen to hear more about:

Alma’s early nature experiences growing up on the island of Oahu.
Discovering nature journaling through the books of Clare Walker Leslie.
The experiences of her students when Alma brought the practice of nature journaling to her class.
Alma’s simple kit for nature journaling on-the-go.
Alma’s growth and development as an artist.
The healing benefits of nature and nature journaling.
Finding confidence and talking kindly to our inner critic.
The emotional experience of being in nature.
Moving through ecological grief into action.
Beach Naturalist training through the Seattle Aquarium.

Find out about Alma on her website www.awildbraid.com.

Follow Alma’s creative adventures through A Wild Braid Nature Journal and sign up to receive Alma’s newsletter here.

You can find Alma on Instagram @alma.walks.in.nature.

Alma mentioned the names of several content creators who inspire her on Instagram. You can find their accounts here:

@browngirloutdoorworld

@hood__naturalist

@blackforager

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Episode 96: Ali Foxon – The Green Sketching Handbook Jul 10, 2022

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Ali Foxon, author and founder of the green sketching movement, returns to the podcast to speak about her new book: The Green Sketching Handbook. Ali gently guides others to connect with joy and creativity in the natural world.

Listen to hear more about:

Green sketching and why Ali created this new genre of creativity in nature.
The three guiding principles of green sketching.
Why nature and creativity are such a beneficial combination.
The process of writing her book during a pandemic.
How Ali eases people through their fears about making art.
How sketching in nature can create an embodied connection between you and natural world.
How paying attention to colour can be a way of connecting with place.
Some challenges that you might come across when building a sketching habit and how to overcome them.
How gratitude can be an antidote to anxiety.
The intertwining of joy, gratitude and love which underpins our connection with nature.

Learn more about Ali and her work at www.alifoxon.com.

Purchase a copy of The Green Sketching Handbook:

Australia (pre-order for 23rd July release)

International

German edition

United Kingdom

You can listen to our previous podcast conversation here: Episode 9 – Green sketching and the pursuit of joy.
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Episode 95: Bethan Burton – What do you value? Jul 03, 2022

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Everyone nature journals for different reasons. By taking time to consider what we value most we can begin to notice whether our journal pages reflect what is important to us.
Today’s podcast is a solo show discussing something that came up at Jean Mackay’s workshop during International Nature Journaling Week 2022. Jean’s workshop was called Values Added and prompted us to reflect on what we value and whether we are reflecting these values on our journal pages.

You can watch Jean Mackay’s workshop here: Values Added.

Please leave your thoughts on ideas on this topic under the episode post on the Journaling With Nature website here: What do you value?

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Episode 94: David Lukas – Playing with language in the natural world Jun 26, 2022

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David is an author, adventurer, videographer, and nature guide. He takes ecological and scientific knowledge and weaves it into stories that captivate and connect others with nature. David sees language as a tool we can play with to learn more about the world around us.

Listen to hear more about:

How David knew he wanted to be a naturalist since his early years.
David’s book, Language Making Nature, and the process of inventing meaningful new words.
Storytelling as a tool for communicating about nature.
How new words can help us communicate about current and future ecological challenges.
Creating words that extend beyond the limitations of our language in order to speak about things like the richness of colour or the complexity and subtlety of human emotions.
The importance of a naturalist’s notebook.
How we can sometimes be in nature without the need for words, names or labels.

Find out more about David and his work at https://lukasguides.com. You can learn about the book Language Making Nature at http://www.languagemakingnature.com.

David shares nature inspired photos and videos on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. You can find David’s natural history videos and virtual nature walks on his YouTube channel.

We would love to hear your thoughts on the topics we discussed in this conversation. You can leave your comment below the podcast episode at: https://www.journalingwithnature.com/podcasts/episode-94-david-lukas.

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Episode 93: Marion Ooijevaar – Sensory awareness and a deeper connection Jun 12, 2022

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Marion is a teacher and environmental educator with a passion for fostering nature connection in others. She does this through a variety of sensory awareness and nature immersion activities and experiences.

Listen to hear more about:

The ways that Marion’s parents fostered her love of nature in childhood.
Eco-psychology and nature connection.
Using all of our senses while paying attention to nature.
The difference between connecting with nature through photography and art.
Nature in the Netherlands as well as nature in Marion’s garden.
The magic of making and using wild ink.
The importance of ‘play’ in our nature journals.
Pausing to notice the seasons throughout the year and the Season Sketchers challenge.
Adding Haiku to a nature journal page.
The joy of seasonal firsts.

Find out more about Marion on her website (https://www.connectingwithnature.nl) as well as on Instagram and Facebook.

If you’re interested in learning more about the Season Sketchers Challenge you can visit https://www.angelahennessy.co.uk/seasonsketchers.
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Episode 92: Clare Walker Leslie – Keeping a Nature Journal Jun 06, 2022

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Clare Walker Leslie has brought the practice of nature journaling to the world through her many books and in-person workshops. She speaks about the people, places and things that she has encountered over the four decades since she started keeping a nature journal.

Listen to hear more about:

The story of how Clare came to nature as an adult.
Clare’s experience studying under her mentors in England, Scotland, and Sweden.
Writing her first book Nature Drawing, A Tool for Learning in 1978.
The tools Clare takes with her into the field.
How nature can be a solace during difficult times.
Using colour to understand and celebrate the changes in nature throughout the year.
The concept of Daily Exceptional Images.
The way Clare facilitates nature connection through her workshops.

Find out about Clare and all her inspirational books on her website http://clarewalkerleslie.com.

Watch the video of this interview on the International Nature Journaling Week website.

Two books that Clare mentioned were The Zen of Seeing by Frederick Franck and The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey.

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Episode 91: Henrietta Mooney – Deep ecology and the nature of the heart May 29, 2022

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Henrietta is a natural history illustrator, ecologist, and founder of the Hunter Region Field Naturalists and Nature Journaling Club. Through her work, Henrietta shows how nature journaling can be used as a tool for conservation.

Listen to hear more about:

Studying deep ecology at university.
The differences between an ecologist’s field journal and a personal nature journal.
Listening to the landscape.
What nature looks like in the Hunter Region where Henrietta lives.
Starting the Hunter Region Field Naturalists and Nature Journaling Club.
Creating a nature journaling retreat.
What Henrietta keeps in her journal kit.
Creating a colour library in your nature journal.
Nature journaling on holiday.
The Art of Nature Journaling exhibition.
Nature journaling for conservation.

Find out more about Henrietta on her website https://www.henriettamooney.com and on Instagram @henrietta_mooney.
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Episode 90: Kim Lapere – Australian nature journaling adventures May 22, 2022

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Kim is an artist, scientist and educator living in Western Australia. Through the pages of her nature journals and the videos on her YouTube channel, Kim aims to encourage others to keep a nature journal and connect with the wonders of our planet.

Listen to hear more about:

How Kim came to nature journaling.
Kim’s experience starting a YouTube channel.
Why it is important for Kim to have a strong focus on the Australian natural environment.
What nature looks like in Western Australia.
Starting the Perth Nature Journal Club.
What it is like nature journaling in front of the camera.
The benefits of nature journaling for physical and mental health.
The things that Kim takes with her on nature journaling adventures.
Art challenges and why they help Kim commit to a daily art habit.
Kim’s favourite aspect of nature journaling.
Kim’s hopes and plans for the future of her YouTube channel and her nature journaling adventures.

Find out more about Kim on her website https://www.kims-njadventures.com and see her journal pages on Instagram.

Watch Kim’s videos on her YouTube channel: Kim’s Nature Journaling Adventures.

Kim mentioned the open online short course she took through the University of Newcastle. You can find more about this course here: Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration.

Kim talked about the John Muir Laws book that influenced her nature journaling. You can find this book here: Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling.

Click here to see the Venn diagram that Kim created showing nature journaling at the intersection of science, art and nature.

Purchase one of Kim’s Plein Airpril postcards in her Ko-fi shop.

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Episode 89: Bethan Burton – International Nature Journaling Week 2022 May 15, 2022

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The theme for International Nature Journaling Week 2022 is Back to Basics. This theme has been chosen to remind us that nature journaling can be done close to home and with very simple materials. INJW will be 1-7th June and we will have a special theme for each day to focus our attention on one particular topic.

The daily themes will be:

Appreciation
Sharing
Creativity
Inspiration
Confidence
Care
Celebration

Visit the website for International Nature Journaling Week to learn more.

Visit the INJW Blog to read the stories of other nature journalers from around the world.

Be sure to explore the resources and workshops from previous years, which are still up on the INJW website.

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Episode 88: Alex Boon – The Daily Nature Journal May 08, 2022

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Alex Boon is a nature artist and writer from East Devon, UK. He creates regular nature journal vlogs and tutorials through his YouTube channel The Daily Nature Journal. Alex also shares about British nature, botanical ink making, and flower and leaf pressing and preservation.

Listen to hear more about:

What nature looks like where Alex lives in East Devon, UK.
How Alex’s workspace has changed since we last spoke on the podcast.
Life as a ‘professional noticer of nature’.
Alex’s new project The Daily Nature Journal.
Learning to make and use natural botanical inks.
Alex’s collaboration with Louise from Bohemian Raspberry Art in creating the Botanical Ink Challenge.
Tracking the weather and mood to see how closely these two variables are correlated.
Alex’s Patreon community and the extra content and benefits reserved for Patrons.
How online nature journaling and YouTube can make nature accessible to more people.
Alex’s plans for the future.

Find out more about Alex and his work on his website (alexboonart.com) and on Instagram (@alexboonart and @the_daily_nature_journal).

For regular videos on nature journaling and creating botanical ink, visit The Daily Nature Journal on YouTube.

To support Alex’s work consider joining his community on Patreon.

To learn more about Bohemian Raspberry Art, visit Louise on Instagram (@bohemianraspberryart).

You can listen to my previous interview with Alex by clicking this link: Epsiode 16: Alex Boon – ‘What else is here?’

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