
Jon Young
Nature-people-self connection researcher, mentor, tracker, and author focused on nature-based community building and mentoring methods (including the 8 Shields and Art of Mentoring), with decades of influence in the nature connection movement and numerous publications and awards.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 1h 17min
Tracking the Wild Things, Inside and Out - with Jon Young of Living Connection 1st
Jon Young, a tracker, mentor, and author who has shaped nature-people-self connection for decades. He discusses mentorship lineages and sensory practices that orient life purpose. He shares stories about tracking, errands as pedagogy, expanding senses to hear the earth, and how small successes scale into transformative, intergenerational community work.


