Nature Journaling Strategies with Verena Hillgärtner

Join John Muir Laws and Verena Hillgärtner for a lively discussion and demonstration of nature journaling!
Nature Journaling is a wonderful tool to pay attention to the otherwise often overlooked and unloved beings of this world like weeds, pigeons, bugs, spiders and ticks. We’ll practice how a nature journal can help you overcome those fears with empathy and curiosity. We conquer prejudices with knowledge, an open mind, a pen and some paper. We will learn how you can spread appreciation and respect for every being in the web of life and become an advocate for all the Crawlers, Wigglers, Nibblers and Flutterers by “just” keeping a nature journal.”
Class session on 1 February 2024.
A short message from Verena:
“Hi, I am Verena Hillgärtner from Berlin, Germany. As an artist, educator and naturalist, I love to observe nature and to document it in my Journal. After studying art education (BA) and working as a forest kindergarten teacher, I started my own business as a wilderness educator. I now give online and offline Nature Journaling and Wilderness Workshops where I help people to rewild and find their path of creative nature connection, curiosity and empathy with just a pen and some paper.”
Verena's website: www.wiederwilderwerden.de
Her Instagram: @wiederwilderwerden
Her book: "Nature Journaling" by Verena Hillgärtner [German language]
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[@Jipphei]

Nature Journaling is one of my deepest loves in life...and these two inspiring persons ...i can watch them for hours...and learn so much...
Join us in the clubs...it's so much fun journaling together with others!

[@joyfreeman9962]

“Squirrel basket!”, love, love, love that idea! Especially for grown ups.

[@katjabozarth4654]

Ooh, the squirrel basket! I love that! ❤

[@katerrumpel5118]

How cool. I recently joined a one year-class at a wilderness school here in Germany and brought some NJ experience with me. And all of a sudden it all fell into place and both activities just complement each other in such a powerful way for me. And on top, I just watched a recorded online class from Wildniswissen hosted by Verena and now it's full circle somehow seeing her talking to you, John. Good things like company, I guess :)

[@manona2845]

I totally got inspired! I have to overcome still the typical beginners fears: I can not draw, where to start, oh no the fear of the blank page, to much to soon,... But this video gave me some peace of mind, start small, start! do something. I live in Belgium, a small country with most of the time rainy wheather. I was wondering what to do when its to bad wheather outside... I did not think of just taking any picture of the internet en start drawing from there! So easy. PS how do you zoom in and out? Just by researching?
I notice that there are no nature journal clubs in Belgium... unfortunally... I would love to join a nearby communicty!

[@barbr8220]

This is awesome! what is the green dragon? a light? I need to start my squirrel basket

[@WiederWilderWerden]

Thank you so much! and yes, start a squirrel basket! It's sooo much fun! and "The green Dragon" is the name of my Overhead /Journal camera :D