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Episode 48: Paula Peeters – Facts and Feelings

‘Giving people the opportunity to make a personal connection with nature is, perhaps, one of the things that will save our natural world.’
-Paula Peeters

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Paula is an Australian ecologist, artist, author and educator. Her work brings together her background in science and her love of art, connecting people with place, through nature journaling. For Paula, nature journaling encompasses the whole spectrum of experience - body, mind and heart.

 

Listen to hear more about:

  • How Paula’s studies in zoology and ecology laid the foundation for nature journaling.

  • How Paula transitioned from her office job into her career as a nature journal teacher.

  • Paula’s books on the subject of nature journaling.

  • How she connects people with place through her workshops.

  • The importance of highlighting our emotional response to nature.

  • How drawing directly with a pen can enhance our ability to focus on the moment and let go of art fears. 

  • Paula’s thoughts on the link between nature journaling and stewardship.

     

Find Paula on her website www.paperbarkwriter.com, as well as on InstagramFacebook and Twitter

You can purchase Paula’s books, Make a Date With Nature and Take This Book for a Walk, as well as many other products, in her online shop

If you would like to join the Facebook group Paula started visit: Nature Journaling Australia.

 

Pages from Paula’s nature journal.

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