Storied Grounds

GaiaHub Naturalist
for Notion

your private hub for all things naturalist

Key Features

End the madness of juggling a million notebooks and calendars with a dynamic digital field guide that grows and evolves as you do
Illustrate relationships between particular land bases, forms of life, habitats, geological deposits, and human stories
Free your ecological knowledge from silos to deepen your grasp of the bigger ecological picture
Capture the timing of phenological events by season and pinpoint those you would like to witness
Plan your activities in the field using your own historical and phenological data

Easily attribute notes to relevant teachers and then retrieve them for effortless assembly of presentations, writings, classes, and more
Display all of your photos from the field in one central location that also links to relevant species, lands, habitats, people, organizations, and more
Manage all of the details surrounding your ongoing studies and leadership activities in one place
Monitor your degree of alignment with your values and goals through your actions on the landscape
Operates within Notion—a free, cloud-based software with a large user community and robust user support

Peek inside the product...

Field Guide

Dynamic, flexible, and infinitely expandable repository of life forms pre-loaded with 200+ plants, fungi, and animals commonly seen in North America
Slice and dice your data to quickly pinpoint plants, fungi, and animals that meet specific criteria
Taxonomic Data— catalog common names, Latin names, family names for all species, genera, and groups of life forms
Ecological Data— link individual species and genera to specific companion species, habitats, geological deposits, substrates, predators and prey
Phenological Data— indicate the timing of key phenological events in the life cycle of a given life form
Field Data— capture notes on field identification, wildcrafting, bushcraft, cultivation, and more

Field Activities

Plan and capture field activities ranging from hikes to field surveys to land stewardship using an innovative interface that allows you to view species harvestable by season, the lands near you from which you can harvest, relevant habitats found within those landscapes, and your own historical harvest data
Chart phenological events unfolding in your bioregion by season, visualize them by season, and prioritize the ones you’d like to witness in the field
Ensure that your activities on the landscape align with your values with the help of special features that are activated when you complete the BONUS Define Values and Goals Workbook

Connect to Place

Catalog all of the land bases you visit and chart the connections between key habitats, geology, and forms of life in that place
Pinpoint the organizations managing particular land bases, their land stewardship practices, and indigenous leadership in the immediate area
Story the landscape with the help of features that connect history, tradition, and lore to the life forms and lands you interact with

Ideas + Images

Catalog all of the books and other resources that are relevant to your studies and practice
Capture your field notes + research notes and link them dynamically to species, lands, teachers, and resources—forming your own private Wiki that can grow and evolve as you do
Display all of your images from the field, classes, and events in a beautiful gallery searchable by species, location, habitat, person, date, and more
Instantly retrieve images, notes, studies, and citations for presentations, classes, and assignments

Bonuses

Define Values and Goals Workbook

This two-part workbook offers an area to think deliberately about who and how you want to be on the landscape, some frameworks to jumpstart reflection, and resources on targeted subjects that you may wish to explore
Values and goals that you define within this workbook are automatically drawn into other parts of the GaiaHub system to deepen self-awareness, and encourage alignment and accountability when planning activities

Mini Portals

Learner— Manage assignments, coursework, and notes for school or self-directed study
Educator— Plan and visualize upcoming and past events, collaborating organizations, and notes

Onboarding

Get up to speed fast with access to 4 hours of instructional video breaking down how to use all of the features included in GaiaHub Naturalist Edition
View Hacks for Accessibility + Ease for a curated list of tools and strategies designed to make Notion more accessible and joyful for all