John Muir Laws shares his recent underwater adventures in the Sea of Cortez with the Nature Journal Educators Forum. Kate Righter shares her experiences snorkeling in Hawai’i and important takeaways to keep your participants safe. (Class recording from 30 Apr. 2025) June 9th is Coral Triangle Day! Ask your friends who snorkel about the importance Read More
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NJEF: How to be a better listener as an educator (2025)
Are you truly hearing what the world is telling you? Join John Muir Laws, with a broad range of educators, as he reflects on, how to make yourself a better listener. Co-hosted with Star. Date of origional video: 2025 In this session, we explore: ✅ Practical techniques to improve your listening skills. ✅ How deep Read More
NJEF: Insect Investigations with Stephanie Dole (Jul. 3, 2024)
(Class recording from 3 July 2024) This week, the Nature Journal Educator’s Forum welcomes Dr. Stephanie Dole, the Beetle Lady, for a conversation about leading insect investigations as educators. When we’re doing insect investigations with kids, how do we ensure the safety of both the insects and the participants? What are some good beginning investigations Read More
NJEF: Forest Bathing and Nature Journaling (Feb. 19, 2025)
Join Jack and Dan as we explore Forest Bathing and Nature Journaling. (Class recording from 19 Feb. 2025) We have co-led a program in Yosemite National Park and are particularly excited by how synergistic Forest Bathing and Nature Journaling are! Both offer pathways to mindfulness and connection to place and self. Both practices invite us Read More
NJEF: Journal Resources Page Insert (Apr. 30, 2021)
A class from the past! On 30 April 2021, John Muir Laws asked the Nature Journal Educators Forum for feedback on the resources inserts that later went into his blank sketchbooks, which hundreds of nature journalers now use and enjoy. You can find John Muir Laws’s blank sketchbooks for sale here: https://johnmuirlaws.com/product/the-laws-sketchbook-for-nature-journaling/ Read More
NJEF: Holiday Nature Journaling (Dec. 4, 2024)
Can we nature journal the holidays? You bet we can! Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Educators Forum as we brainstorm ways to make our journaling game a little merrier this season. Read More
NJEF: Students in Crisis (Mar. 6, 2024)
The Nature Journal Educators Forum has a conversation about signs of crisis in students and how we might help and support them, as educators and concerned adults. ***Content warning: this conversation includes heavy topics such as students in crisis, harm, self-harm, neglect, signs of abuse, suicide, and others.*** Disclaimer: We are not health care professionals, Read More
NJEF: Student Vulnerabilities (Feb. 28, 2024)
What vulnerabilities might our students have about their nature journaling? How can we spot these and help support them? The Nature Journal Educator’s Forum discusses. Session from 28 Feb 2024. To join the Educator’s Forum live, please check John Muir Laws’s calendar https://johnmuirlaws.com/events/ or the Wild Wonder community calendar https://www.wildwonder.org/community-calendar. Forum meets every week on Read More
NJEF: Make Your Own Field Guide (Nov. 1, 2023)
The Nature Journal Educator’s Forum welcomes guests Rachael Robbins and two of her students as we learn about a special project they did with their class: creating a local ecosystem field guide! Rachael Robbins is a fifth grade teacher at Bay View Elementary in Burlington, Washington. She uses nature journaling with her students to connect Read More
NJEF: Book Sharing (Jul. 31, 2024)
The Nature Journal Educator’s Forum shares book titles with each other about nature, nature education, and more! These will be added to various book list resources for other nature journalers. See Wild Wonder’s official book recommendations here: https://www.wildwonder.org/books To see the unofficial Nature Journalers’ Book Share Joy List, please go here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sfKsTOtkpU5lQcSsVyv-EXO4l112jpmuMQmqEVuoyls/edit?usp=sharing Forum session of Read More