Episode 65: Rafa Benjumea – Diarios de Naturaleza

‘You have to forget your final drawing…
the product…forget it! Focus on the process.
Enjoy. Have fun and learn about nature’
- Rafa Benjumea 

Rafa is a biologist, ornithologist and illustrator. He has concentrated his career on birds and worked extensively studying bird migration and conservation in the Strait of Gibraltar. Rafa is the founder of Diarios de Naturaleza, where he helps others tap into their curiosity and creativity through nature journaling.

Listen to hear more about:

• Rafa’s connection to nature and art since his early life.

• Rafa’s work on bird migration in the Strait of Gibraltar.

• How bird migration can connect people and places.

• Educaves - a program focused on educating teachers on how birds can be used as an educational tool in the classroom.

• Diaros de Naturaleza and Rafa’s work teaching others about nature journaling.

• Rafa’s simple field sketching materials.

• Rafa’s experience of connecting with other nature journalers around the world.

• The importance to adding feelings to our nature journal pages.

• Natural discoveries Rafa has been exploring lately.
  

Find more about Rafa and Diarios de Naturaleza: http://diariosdenaturaleza.com/. 

You can also find Rafa on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

In this video that Rafa created for International Nature Journaling Week you can hear him answer the question “What does nature journaling mean to you?”

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