What is nature journaling?

Nature journaling is the practice of sketching and writing outside with the goal of learning about nature. Nature journaling is a powerful tool for learning about plants and animals, a great way to document your discoveries in nature, a mindful practice for connecting to nature, and just a great way to spend time outside. We incorporate nature journaling as much as we can into our education programs, from using it as a reflection tool at the end of field trips to introducing to our high school Nature Club to ending every day of summer camp with some nature journaling time.

Co-Director Eleanor Harris is a passionate nature journaler and she runs quarterly nature journaling meetups here at the Clifton Institute to help people develop their nature journaling skills and meet other nature journalers in the area. These meetups are meant for everyone, whether you have been nature journaling for years or have never nature journaled before but want to try it out. You can find upcoming nature journaling meetups on our calendar here. You can also use the filter on our website calendar to search for nature journaling events.