Emilie Lygren

Emilie is a professional developer and curriculum specialist with BEETLES (and our resident poet). She developed a diverse set of naturalist and teaching skills as a leader in a variety of outdoor science programs and a student in many field science courses. For four years, Emilie worked as a field instructor in the Pescadero Valley and explored the central coast with students from all over the Bay Area. With artist, naturalist, and educator John Muir Laws, Emilie co-authored the field journaling curriculum, Opening the World through Nature Journaling, and collaborated and the book The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling. The Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education named her the 2014 Northern California Environmental Educator of the Year.