Jon’s Team

Jon was mentored by Tom Brown Jr. (tracker, survivalist and author) over a period of about a decade in the same manner that Tom himself was mentored by Stalking Wolf, an inspirational Apache scout. He is the only individual to have been mentored by Tom Brown Jr. in this way.

Since then, Jon instructed at the Tracker School, developed a program for children, founded the Wilderness Awareness School and developed many unique teachings along the way.

He is well known for his articulations of ‘bird language’ as well as these teachings of Cultural Mentoring.

Although the Art of Mentoring may focus on applying his model to teaching, it is very versatile and has been used in many contexts. At its core it is a model for building sustainable communities.

More about Jon can be found at his personal website: http://www.JonYoung.org

Mark Morey
Mark is a creative artist, a visionary educator, a cultural engineer and consultant who designs regenerative holistic communities with timeless native principles. Since 1993 he has founded three transformational organizations: Deep Wilds Summer Camps, Vermont Wilderness School (.org) and currently, the Institute for Natural Learning (.com).

His history includes sparking a nature and community awareness movement in the Northeast impacting 7000 adults and children today. He has facilitated over 35 weeklong transformational passages for adults initiating them into the Art of Mentoring. He has conducted the Sacred Fire rites of passages for boys for the last 6 years in collaboration with three wilderness schools in the northeast network and Paul Raphael Odawa Peacemaker, (Michigan).

Mark is inspired by the heroes journey model and the oral history of his ancestors and native people around the world.

“Our work at this time in history is to be extremely innovative and bold. Manifesting this kind of change will demand risk-taking of all kinds from people of all ages. It’s a great time to be alive.”
– Mark Morey

More about Mark and his work can be found on his website: http://www.ifnaturallearning.com

Evan McGown
Evan is from Athens, GA, USA. He is co-author of Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature and has worked for years with both Wilderness Awareness School and the Power of Hope, an international arts-based empowerment organization. Evan’s contribution to this England AoM will focus on dynamic group facilitation skills that includes music, metaphor, diversity-based dialogue, and collaborative creativity. Evan wishes to support every participant in stepping into his or her own authentic power and creative leadership.