Nature Journaling
6-12 January 2024
at La Selva Research Station in Costa Rica

Nature Journaling is a course for advanced students, researchers, and anyone who wants to learn how to record nature observations through careful study, illustration, and written annotations. Through the process of nature journaling, participants in this 7-day course will develop skills and techniques to improve their observation abilities in the stunning environment of the La Selva Research Station in Costa Rica.

You will be exploring nature journaling as a way to study nature, guided by five professional instructors: scientific botanical illustrator Bobbi Angell (Vermont), art teacher and illustrator Barbara DiLorenzo (Princeton, New Jersey), professional nature journaler and teacher Marley Peifer (California), science communicator Mary Nucci (professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey), and botanist and naturalist Lena Struwe (professor at Rutgers University).

Application deadline is now 5 November, 2023.

For more information and to apply online, go to course page on the OTS website (https://tropicalstudies.org/course/nature-journaling-course/ ).

Please direct questions to graduate@tropicalstudies.org.
(This course is open to all, with preference for graduate and undergraduate students.)

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