This is the recording of a live event at The Foster Museum from September 2022. Authors of ‘The Paradise Notebooks’, Richard Nevle and Steven Nightingale, shared readings and stories of their experiences in the Sierra Nevada in conversation with John Muir Laws. There was a special accompaniment by singer-songwriter Deborah Levoy who translated some of Read More
Category: Interviews
In discussion; Anna Mason and John Muir Laws
Join me and Anna Mason of Nature Studio TV for a discussion of nature journaling practice and theory. Do you want to live a more creative, nature-connected life? Well to help you do that, it turns out there are just 8 words you need to remember. In this video, Nature Journaling legend John Muir Laws Read More
The Cold Canyon Fire Journals
Join Robin Lee Carlson and John Muir Laws in a discussion of nature journaling in the aftermath of a wildfire. When the nature reserve at Cold Canyon went up in flames—a casualty of California’s raging fire seasons—Robin Lee Carlson embarked on a five-year journey to learn the legacy of the burn. What she saw challenged Read More
The Starter’s Club
Have you wanted to dive into Nature Journaling but have had a hard time getting started? You need a team and support group! Join Annette Kockelmann and John Muir Laws for the inaugural meeting of the Starter’s Club. Please note that due to the ongoing war in the Ukraine, Annette has temporarily placed the Starter’s Read More
NJEF Noticing Nature with Sue Slotterback
Join naturalist educator Sue Slotterback and John Muir Laws for a discussion of how she developed and grew the Noticing Nature program. This is a program for seniors in New Jersey to get outdoors and nature journal together. Learn how she connected with existing programs and needs in the community and progressively built resources as Read More
Watercolor Hour with Rosalie Haizlett
In this special Nature Journal Club workshop, our guest Rosalie Haizlett shares some of her favorite methods and tricks in watercolor and more, as well as a few of the major roadblocks that beginners face when it comes to watercolor, and how to move beyond them with confidence. Rosalie Haizlett is a recent author who Read More
Interview on the Night Sky Tourist Podcast
Join me for a lively conversation with Vicky Derkson of the Night Sky Tourist Podcast. Listen here. Read More
John Muir Laws in discussion with Mike Rhode- Sketchnote Army Podcast
Join Mike Rohde and me as we discuss how I entered into nature journaling, the importance of parents encouraging kids to explore their interests, ways sketchnoters and visual thinking can enter into nature journaling, and more. Listen to the Podcast Read More
Wildfire Journaling
Our nature journals are an important tool to help us understand the wildfires growing ever larger and more intense across the world these past few years. Learn how to develop a deeper understanding of fire’s place in the natural world in this discussion with Nature Journaler and fire ecologist Robin Carlson and John Muir Laws. Read More
40 Years Painting Wilderness: Artist-Explorer Tony Foster in Conversation with John Muir Laws
John Muir Laws and Artist-Explorer Tony Foster share insights about their passions for art and nature in a live, online format. This conversation offered an opportunity for these two artists to reflect on the similarities and differences in their philosophies, approaches to painting, and perspectives on environmental threats in the world. The session begins with Read More