Be sure to check out the new Hawaii Nature Journal Club website! I am moving all my learning resources over to this page. Hawaii Nature Journal Club
Going to the beach or lakeshore? Here is a way to focus your attention on all the different things you can see, notice, and record. Which one was most interesting to you?
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While working with Hawaii Audubon Society, I helped teach over one thousand Hawai’i students about our native birds and how to draw them. However, I sometimes left classrooms wondering how much was actually learned, and what will be remembered a week, month, or year from now. I’ve had students fall asleep during a presentation, spend…
Be sure to check out the new Hawaii Nature Journal Club website! I am moving all my learning resources over to this page. Hawaii Nature Journal Club Need a lesson to do with a group new to nature journaling? Look no further, this one covers all the main topics and ideas! Send me some photos…
As a nature journaling teacher, I am frequently asked, “How do I get my child/students interested in nature journaling?“ The first step is to do it yourself. It’s very hard to convince someone that nature journaling is important if you don’t do it! Author Oliver Burkeman wrote about this topic in his recent newsletter: “…in…
Be sure to check out the new Hawaii Nature Journal Club website! I am moving all my learning resources over to this page. Hawaii Nature Journal Club Print out the page below. It’s double sided and designed to be easy to use on a clipboard. Be sure to send me a photo of your finished…
These images are part of my art-based activism work – creating digital images speaking to urgent environmental concerns. They are intended for educational and personal use only. Aloha ʻāina means love of the land. But it also speaks to the responsibilities of a loving relationship, the need to tend and respect, and to ensure that…
Before starting a nature journal page, illustration, or design project, I always begin with a simple question: “Why am I doing this?” This helps me with all the infinite decisions of all different sizes that must be made, and helps me push through and continue even when it gets frustrating or challenging. I have discovered…