Journaling With Nature

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

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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.

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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. 

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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 Fuller
• Fiona Gillogly
• John Muir Laws
• Robin Carlson
• Melinda Nakagawa
• Sterre Verbokkem
• Marley Peifer
• Roseann Hanson
• Emilie 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/

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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

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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