Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Meet the woman who coined the term "nature journaling" and went on to become one of the most influential and inspiring nature journaling leaders - Clare Walker Leslie!!!
(This conversation took place on 22 February 2024.)
One of John Muir Laws' most important mentors and influences, Clare Walker Leslie’s book "Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning" started him on his path to nature journaling when he was a kid. Clare has been teaching nature journaling for more than 40 years, writing 13 books in the process. She is a wise and inspiring teacher with lessons for our journals and lives.
Clare Walker Leslie’s website: clarewalkerleslie.com
Clare's books shown during her and Jack's conversation (in order of appearance):
- Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning (originally published in 1980)
- How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds (2024)
- Nature Journaling: Learning to Observe and Connect with the World Around You (1998)
- Nature All Year Long (2002)
- The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms (2010)
More books by Clare Walker Leslie:
- A Naturalist’s Sketchbook: Pages from the Seasons of a Year (1987)
- The Art of Field Sketching (1995)
- Keeping a Nature Journal: Deepen Your Connection with the Natural World All Around You (originally published in 2000)
- Nature Journal: A Guided Journal for Illustrating and Recording Your Observations of the Natural World (2003)
- Drawn to Nature: Through the Journals of Clare Walker Leslie (2005)
- The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders Around You (2015)
- A Year in Nature: A Memoir of Solace (2020)
Some of the artists, writers, and philosophers mentioned during this conversation:
Jane Goodall, EO Wilson, Roger Tory Peterson, Robert Bateman, John Busby, Eric Ennion, Gunnar Brusewitz, Charles Darwin, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, John Fitzpatrick, Beatrix Potter, Andy Wyeth, Rembrandt, Lars Jonsson, Yo-Yo Ma, and others!
Meet the woman who coined the term "nature journaling" and went on to become one of the most influential and inspiring nature journaling leaders - Clare Walker Leslie!!!
(This conversation took place on 22 February 2024.)
One of John Muir Laws' most important mentors and influences, Clare Walker Leslie’s book "Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning" started him on his path to nature journaling when he was a kid. Clare has been teaching nature journaling for more than 40 years, writing 13 books in the process. She is a wise and inspiring teacher with lessons for our journals and lives.
Clare Walker Leslie’s website: clarewalkerleslie.com
Clare's books shown during her and Jack's conversation (in order of appearance):
- Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning (originally published in 1980)
- How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds (2024)
- Nature Journaling: Learning to Observe and Connect with the World Around You (1998)
- Nature All Year Long (2002)
- The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms (2010)
More books by Clare Walker Leslie:
- A Naturalist’s Sketchbook: Pages from the Seasons of a Year (1987)
- The Art of Field Sketching (1995)
- Keeping a Nature Journal: Deepen Your Connection with the Natural World All Around You (originally published in 2000)
- Nature Journal: A Guided Journal for Illustrating and Recording Your Observations of the Natural World (2003)
- Drawn to Nature: Through the Journals of Clare Walker Leslie (2005)
- The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders Around You (2015)
- A Year in Nature: A Memoir of Solace (2020)
Some of the artists, writers, and philosophers mentioned during this conversation:
Jane Goodall, EO Wilson, Roger Tory Peterson, Robert Bateman, John Busby, Eric Ennion, Gunnar Brusewitz, Charles Darwin, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, John Fitzpatrick, Beatrix Potter, Andy Wyeth, Rembrandt, Lars Jonsson, Yo-Yo Ma, and others!
