Tracking Connections
by 512 Natural Pathways, LLC
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Summer Break 2025
Summer Break 2025
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We feature voices from around the world, sharing stories of working intentionally with deep nature connection in ways that transform lives, families, projects, and communities. We are excited and honored to lift up the voices of people working toward the best for all beings and the future generations.
Tracking Connections is a production of Connection 1st, using principles based on the life work of Jon Young who, inspired by his own nature connected life from a very young age, has developed these clear pathways to support everyone to experience deep connection with nature, other people and oneself, and to pass it forward into the future generations.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 48 episodes
- Summer Break 2025 · 1 min · Episode 47We're going to take a little break this summer and we plan to resume episodes in September. We've got exciting stuff planned and we look forward to coming back and sharing all…
- 46. Backyard Bird Language & Expanding Awareness with Jon, Sarah, and Aidan · 48 min · Episode 46What if the birds outside your window were telling a story—and you could understand it? In this rich and deeply practical episode, we explore the timeless practice of bird…
- 45. Brush Your Teeth with a Plant: Alexis Burnett on Core Routines, Mentoring, and Nature Connection · 51 min · Episode 45"Nature doesn’t judge. It just invites you to show up and be yourself." In this wide-ranging conversation, we’re joined by Alexis Burnett—naturalist, tracker, herbalist, and…
- 44. Slow Living, Reciprocity, and Wild Homesteading with Julie Stonefelt · 43 min · Episode 44In this heartfelt and inspiring conversation, we reconnect with Julie Stonefelt of Wild Homestead Living—park ranger, nature mentor, cancer survivor, and long-time member of the…
- 43. Motivation in Mentoring with Jack Durtnall · 56 min · Episode 43This episode is all about motivation. How do we motivate our students, and ourselves, to practice our skills, be more consistent in our routines, and deepen our connection to the…
- 42. Leaving a Conscious Legacy with Peter W Johnson · 51 min · Episode 42Today’s episode is all about relationships, and how putting people first and valuing connection helps us build a conscious legacy in our families and in our work. Our guest…
- 41. Nature Immersion for Deep Connection with Richie Rivera Booth · 44 min · Episode 41Since he was a child, Richie Rivera Booth has dreamed of being a protector of the natural world. In 2007, he embarked on a journey that would lead him to becoming just that, when…
- 40. Survival Skills & Mentoring with Jason Knight · 47 min · Episode 40"I love that survival mentality; the will to solve problems…It gives you the confidence to tackle so many things…You believe in your resourcefulness and those around you." Jason…
- 39. Ecological Homecoming with Maria Buitenhuis · 47 min · Episode 39"It doesn’t matter how long it's been since I've had an experience with nature. As soon as I show up, nature is there for me." Maria Buitenhuis is a host and facilitator of the…
- 38. Design Adventures with Looby Macnamara · 44 min · Episode 38"Someone said to me, ‘We have all the tools and techniques we need for widespread earth repair at the moment.’ Ok, so why is that not happening then? And the answer is always…
- 37. The Paradox of Healing Our Culture Together with Dr. Bill Sutherland · 1 h 2 min · Episode 37"The message of healing you bring to attend to individual and cultural wounding is paradoxically undermined or attacked by the very same wounding you would seek to heal.” What…
- 36. Renewal Routines for Connection · 45 min · Episode 36"The vision is the journey, and the journey is now.” -Tom Brown Jr. In today's episode, we take a look at the power of renewal routines as a tool for deepening connection with…
- 35. What is the 512 Project? Includes Bonus Audio · 50 min · Episode 35"My life’s work is connecting people deeply to nature, each other and themselves. Through over 50 years of mentoring, I’ve seen that deep nature connection changes us on a…
- 34. Tracking Our Roots in Nature Preview · 22 min · Episode 34We have a special episode today, sharing two excerpts from Tracking Our Roots In Nature, the 40th anniversary edition of Jon's seminal audio series on connecting to nature, each…
- 33. Foxwalking & Owl Eyes —Core Routines · 34 min · Episode 33"The stories we were hearing were of animals coming out onto the trail in front of people and knowing they were there, but not minding that they were there." What if you could…
- 32. Eavesdropping on Animals —George Bumann · 48 min · Episode 32“Mimicry has been my life. It was the easiest channel to my best teacher. For me, it wasn’t people; it was the animals themselves, and the most accessible route to that was…
- 31 - Bird Language & Mentoring —Dan Gardoqui · 42 min · Episode 31“I define tracking as paying attention to the movement of energy.” What are the birds telling us and how can we learn to notice more of what they have to say? In this episode…
- 30 - The 10 Foundation Stones of Connective Culture · 46 min · Episode 30“These are the core routines of people connection.” What happens when we slow down, get present, and put connection first? In this episode, Jon and Sarah give an overview of the…
- 29. Fast-Tracking Connection to Place & People · 44 min · Episode 29“When we talk about tracking, it's a very holistic definition. It means paying attention, not just with your eyes, but with all your senses.” In this episode we explore the…
- 28. The Magic of Emergence & Allowance —Susu Marley, Martha Meacham & Patrick Monroney · 41 min · Episode 28“There’s an intelligence that emerges out of being together in a connective way, that we can call The Keeper, or we can call it The Emergent Mind in interpersonal neurobiology.”…
