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The etymology of the word journal indicates clearly its greatest strength. First appearing in English between 1355-1356, it came into the language through the Anglo-French words jurnal or jurnale, meaning

A track is a readable mark left by a movement, action, or process. Tracking is the observation of these marks and the attempt to imagine the movements, actions, or processes

This Spring, I'm excited to be teaching a nature journaling intensive through the Santa Rosa Junior College! Signing up for this class is a great opportunity to commit to a

The North Bay Nature Journal Club is a way for you to share your passion for sketching, observation, and learning  with other people in nature. Sonoma and Marin counties in

There was once a ceramics teacher who did an experiment with his students. He told half the class to make as many pots as they could over the course of

Journaling is the most powerful toolkit for dynamic human learning. It is affordable, accessible, democratic, and it can be modified and specialized in almost infinite ways. All you need is

I usually don't like dubstep but... An awesome time lapse put together as a side project by photographer Anand Varma for National Geographic: Anand Varma's website

I first heard the term "sketch-notes" at a nature journal club meeting where John Muir Laws was describing this type of visual-note taking and it's power as a learning tool.

  The little feet are a blur of motion as the six year old boy runs down the treacherous, steep, gravel path. "No running down the hill!" calls a camp

If your mind is empty, it is ready for anything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few. Shunryu Suzuki   The zen

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E. O. Wilson Sometimes, after I casually throw the term around, someone will ask me, "What is