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In this Tedx Talk from 2019, Jon Young delivers a refreshing perspective on how we can expand our awareness of nature to reawaken ancient, hardwired skills to grow our connection with each other and create more harmony in the world.


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Deep Nature Connection

Books by Jon Young

Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature


Activities, stories, songs, and games that help facilitate nature connection.


Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature has been hailed by Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, as "good medicine for nature-deficit disorder."


Learn more: English Edition, German Edition


What The Robin Knows

How birds reveal the secrets of the natural world

A narrative journey to help readers understand the interspecies communication between birds, wildlife and human beings.

Village Building & People Connection

Courses & Videos for connecting people and developing healthy culture.

512 Project Video — Greeting Customs

Watch one of 64 videos that highlight Cultural Elements of Deep Conneciton

Village Building Webinars

Join us each month as we explore practices and principles for building community and connecting people

Upcoming Topics:

Feb 18 - Cultural Elements

Mar 18 - Regenerating Connection Circles

Apr 15 - Peace Principles

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Meet Our Team

Jon Young

Jon Young is a deep nature-people-self connection researcher, mentor, naturalist, wildlife tracker, author, workshop leader, consultant and storyteller. Jon has been mentored in deep nature connection by his own grandmothers, Tom Brown, Jr. and a host of elders and experts. As a leader in the field of nature-based community building over 40 years, Jon’s research into the impact and significance of nature on mentoring, human intelligence, spirituality, well-being and development has influenced tens of thousands of people worldwide. Jon has authored and co-authored several seminal works on nature connection and connection mentoring, including What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World (2013), and Coyote's Guide to Connecting to Nature (2007). Jon has appeared in numerous documentaries including The Animal Communicator (2012). In 2016, he received the Champion of Environmental Education Award for his innovative work, which has inspired positive developments in the field, and fostered the growth of the nature connection movement on a global level.

Sarah Fontaine

Sarah is a Wildlife Tracker, Interspecies Communicator, and Nature Connection Facilitator. For over 25 years, Sarah has been practicing ways of deepening connection with self and nature through psychoeducation, neuroscience, somatics and energy awareness. Her work is informed by over 20 years as a professional Massage Therapist and Bodyworker, with studies and practice include Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Trauma Integration, Emotional Clearing, Craniosacral Therapy, Chakra-work, Traditional Chinese Medicine Meridians and Five Elements theory. She has studied wildlife tracking through Shikari Tracker Mentoring with Jon Young and Josh Lane, and Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School. She is a graduate of the Kamana Naturalist Training Program, and studied Interspecies Communication with Anna Breytenbach and Wynter Worsthorne. Sarah currently offers Wildlife Tracking courses and pathways for applying neuroscience and energy awareness to nature connection practices.

Nate Summers

Nate Summers has been a student of, practitioner of, and teacher of Qigong, Chinese Medicine, Internal Martial Arts and Natural Healing Arts for over two decades. He is the author of Primal: Why We Long to Be Wild and Free and Awakening Fire: The Essential Guide to Flame, Ignition, and Wood. Nate has served as a faculty member at the Wilderness Awareness School, the Desert Institute of Healing Arts, and the Asian Institute of Medical Studies. Nate has taught survival skills, ethnobotany, herbal medicine and natural movement to people all over the country and all over the world. He specializes in helping people move like animals, travel invisibly, and turn themselves into forest ninjas.

Aidan Young

Aidan is a musician, naturalist, and mentor. Over the past 20+ years, he has mentored hundreds of musicians, including over a dozen that went on to top music schools, performed on stage over a thousand times, mentored youth and adults in nature connection, including Kamana services, and guided people on their creative paths as a personal mentor. He is a graduate of the Kamana Program and experienced in the Shikari Tracker Training Program, has served on several Art of Mentoring acorns, helped produce The 512 Project, plays guitar, bass, piano, and mandolin, sings, and writes songs. He currently offers music lessons and personal mentoring and lives in Los Altos, CA with his wife Mystical and their three children.

Root Cuthbertson

Root designs experiential opportunities for learning by creating strong containers for the graceful facilitation of group energy. He holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Education, and certificates in Sustainable Curriculum Design, Participatory Facilitation, and Ecopsychology. He has co-led short courses on regenerative cultures and cultural mentoring for Schumacher College, Findhorn College the ALT program in Thailand, and is a certified trainer in Gaia Education eco-social design. With his wife Deborah Benham, he has delivered trainings on Sociocracy, Positive Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, and Culture Repair. Former Training Coordinator for Transition Network, he is the co-author and curator of Transition resources on Personal Resilience, Conflict Resilience, Group Culture, and Social Justice. He has been part of teams in the UK offering programs introducing the Connection 1st framework, and has co-led the Connection 1st online courses: “Introduction to Regenerative Community Building,” “Designing for Peace,” and "Pathways to Village Building.” With Jon Young and Deborah, he is co-authoring a series of e-books on regenerative community design. With his ear to the ground, Root’s guiding question is: “What is most needed here now?”

Shore Charnoe

Shore has dedicated her life to helping others understand the value of community, of peace-tending, of deep connection to the natural world, and of living in service to the needs of future generations. Homeschooled, Shore holds an extended Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies, ecosystem restoration, anthropology, sociology, the philosophy of education, and developmental psychology from Guelph University. She also holds an Indigenous Social Work degree from First Nations Technical Institute and has, since 1994, run a private counseling practice for special-needs and at-risk populations. Mother of eleven adopted and biological children and grandmother of six, Shore has fostered many special-needs children and been a child welfare consultant. A practicing social worker, Shore founded The Circle for Change to heal damaged relationships and communities. She also co-created Manitoulin Eco Park and Dark Sky Preserve, where people can build relationship with the natural world. Shore serves as a director for Earth Path Forest School, and for WWOOF Canada. She serves as a co-facilitator and sits on several advisory councils for Connection 1st. Visit https://www.thecircleforchange.net/ to learn more about Shore.