Nature Journaling: Learning to Observe and Connect With the World Around You - Hardcover

Leslie, Clare Walter; Roth, Charles Edmund

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580170889 ISBN 13: 9781580170888

Publisher: Storey Books, 1998

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Review:

Get back in touch with the world around you by keeping a nature journal--it's not as hard as you might think, and you may find hidden reservoirs of peaceful creativity lurking beneath your busy, harried life. Nature Journaling is an excellent resource to get you started, with tips on how to really see weather, animals, plants, and seasons. Even if you live in the city, there's plenty to watch, sketch, and write about. As renowned naturalist E.O. Wilson writes in his foreword: "What is natural history? It is virtually the whole world around you. It is the vista of a great forest from a mountaintop, and a swath of weeds growing along a city sidewalk."

Nature Journaling is filled with words and pictures from the diaries of the authors' students. Some are polished and professional, others honestly amateur--no artistic talent is required to keep a beautiful record of your surroundings. Nature isn't somewhere else, it's all around you, and a scrapbook of ideas, maps, drawings, and clippings can help you appreciate it year round.

From the Back Cover:

Experience the natural world with fresh eyes!

Using the simple techniques in this book, anyone can learn how to start and keep and ongoing nature journal. Along the way you'll develop skills in observing, sketching, appreciating, and writing about life's beauty and mysteries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1580170889
• ISBN 13: 9781580170888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 181