Episode 112: Mirja Brandorff – Sensing the seasons
Mirja is an illustrator, nature guide and author from the Netherlands. In her nature journal, Mirja enjoys paying close attention to the rhythm of the seasons, tuning into her senses and noticing the subtle changes that can be observed in nature throughout the year.
Episode 111: Kelly C. Ballantyne – A birding life
Kelly is a Chicago-based bird artist and photographer. Using a variety of digital and analogue techniques, Kelly is creating a series of 100 bird paintings as a way of documenting the wide variety of birds in her local forest preserve.
Episode 110: Dion Dior – Untethered curiosity
Dion is an artist, naturalist and nature journal teacher. Her in-depth classes explore art and natural sciences in a diverse range of habitats. Dion collaborates with citizen science and community groups and believes in finding a middle ground in her nature journal where science and personal stories can co-exist.
Episode 109: Melissa Gonzalez – Sacred gardening for pollinators and people
Melissa is a landscape contractor with a passion for desert plants and pollinators. Melissa is always alert to 'breadcrumbs from the universe'; signs showing the way, reminding her to pay attention to nature and teaching her how to be a better designer for pollinators and people.
Episode 108: Sarah Lucas – From Perth suburbs to Irish countryside
Sarah moved from her home in Western Australia to the Irish countryside where she raised her family. After finding nature journaling and creative inspiration online, Sarah has started her own virtual community, Spark of Nature, as a way to engage with other like-minded nature lovers from around the world.
Episode 107: Mark Newton – The Artful Ranger
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.
Episode 106: Sarah Reid – Teaching and learning in nature
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.
Episode 105: Deborah Conn – Discovering nature at every age
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.
Episode 104: Sonja Rosas – Never done learning
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.
Episode 103: Brooke Morales – Life Noticed
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.
Episode 102: Craig Williams – Finding your niche
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.
Episode 101: Robin Lee Carlson – The Cold Canyon Fire Journals
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.
Episode 100: Bethan Burton – The story so far
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.
Episode 99: Sandy McDermott - Purposeful play
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.
Episode 98: Agnes Becker – We Are Stardust
Agnes is an artist, science communicator and creator of We 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.
Episode 97: Alma Ramiro Alonzo – A Wild Braid
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.
Episode 96: Ali Foxon – The Green Sketching Handbook
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 nature.
Episode 95: Bethan Burton – What do you value?
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.
Episode 94: David Lukas – Playing with language in the natural world
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.
Episode 93: Marion Ooijevaar – Sensory awareness and a deeper connection
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.