Jon Young(XVIII)
Jon is a master storyteller, mentor & consultant
For over 40 years, Jon Young has been a leader in the field of nature-based education, implementing vital advancements in the understanding and benefits of effective nature connection modeling. Jon is a deep nature connection mentor, wildlife tracker, peacemaker, author, workshop leader, consultant, inspiring public speaker and storyteller.
Jon Young has appeared as an expert in numerous documentaries concerning nature and ecology and travels to teach widely throughout North America, Europe, Australia and southern Africa. He has authored and co-authored several seminal works on deep 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).
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. Jon appeared as a presenter at Notre Dame University's Center for Social Concerns Sustainable Wisdom Conference (2016). He contributed a chapter to the text from the proceedings entitled Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing (2019).
As co-founder of the 8 Shields model, Jon Young has established a best-practices process for nature connection mentoring. He is a leader in an international network of consultants and trainers working to cultivate effective nature- and people-connection mentoring programs in communities and organizations, and is dedicated to aiding and promoting nature-based cultural regeneration for the benefit of current and future generations. In 2017 Jon joined a global design team founding an innovative enterprise to scale self-, people-, and nature-connection modeling through a collaboration of digital platforms, media, a global network of practitioners and a team including original San Bushman cultural elders.
For over 40 years, Jon Young has been a leader in the field of nature-based education, implementing vital advancements in the understanding and benefits of effective nature connection modeling. Jon is a deep nature connection mentor, wildlife tracker, peacemaker, author, workshop leader, consultant, inspiring public speaker and storyteller.
Jon Young has appeared as an expert in numerous documentaries concerning nature and ecology and travels to teach widely throughout North America, Europe, Australia and southern Africa. He has authored and co-authored several seminal works on deep 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).
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. Jon appeared as a presenter at Notre Dame University's Center for Social Concerns Sustainable Wisdom Conference (2016). He contributed a chapter to the text from the proceedings entitled Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing (2019).
As co-founder of the 8 Shields model, Jon Young has established a best-practices process for nature connection mentoring. He is a leader in an international network of consultants and trainers working to cultivate effective nature- and people-connection mentoring programs in communities and organizations, and is dedicated to aiding and promoting nature-based cultural regeneration for the benefit of current and future generations. In 2017 Jon joined a global design team founding an innovative enterprise to scale self-, people-, and nature-connection modeling through a collaboration of digital platforms, media, a global network of practitioners and a team including original San Bushman cultural elders.
