Rediscovery & In Touch With Nature Education Programs

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Thom Henley sees himself as a citizen of the world. Though he holds citizenship as an American and Canadian, his travels to more than 114 countries, overseas work and adventures, and his adoption into half a dozen indigenous tribes world-wide, seems to support his case.

The Haida people of Canada’s remote Queen Charlotte Archipelago have formally adopted him. The Haida name bestowed upon Thom is: “Yaahl Hlaagaay Gwii Kaas” – “Raven Walks Around the World.” To the Interior British Columbia Thompson people he is known as: “Qualum” – “Original Path.” The Penan of the rainforests of Borneo have honored him with the name: “Pepejek Urip” – “Lifting Life Upright”, and the Mentawai tribes people of Siberut Island, Indonesia call him: “Utut Kunan” – “Everything Good Comes to Him” Thom’s Newari name, bestowed in ceremony in Nepal’s Katmandu Valley, is: “Tahari Ara” – “Big Brother”; and his most recent adoption into a Tibetan family carries an honorary name given by the Dalai Lama himself: “Tenzin Chdrk” – “Strong in Spirit.”

Internationally know as an environmentalist, human-rights advocate, and educator, Mr. Henley has been the recipient of seven national and international human rights and conservation awards.

He championed the largest conservation campaign in Canadian history, the 13.5 year effort to save the southern portion of the Queen Charlotte Archipelago as a national park reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2005, the National Geographic Society judged the “Gwaii” Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site” the best national park in North America.

Together with Haida elders in 1978 Thom founded the Rediscovery program to put youth in crisis back in touch with themselves, their culture and the natural world. Today there are more than
50 Rediscovery programs operating in Canada, the USA, Europe and Asia.

Thom is the author and co-author of ten books:

• As if the Earth Matters – Recommitting to
  Environmental Education;

• Krabi – Caught in the Spell A Guide to
  Thailand’s Enchanted Province;

• Islands at the Edge – Preserving the
  Queen Charlotte Archipelago;

• Rediscovery, Ancient Pathways – New
  Directions;

• Penan – Voice for the Borneo
  Rainforest;

• Waterfalls & Gibbon Calls –
  Exploring Khao Sok National Park;

• Reefs to Rainforests/Mangroves to
  Mountains – A Guide to South Thailand’s Natural Wonders;
  

• A Seed of Hope;
  

• Living Legend of the
  Mentawai

Thom is a founders of following programs:

Thom Henley has formally
lectured and conducted workshops in 26 countries and is in demand as a keynote
speaker at international conferences. He regularly conducts teachers workshops
throughout Asia, Europe and North America, and continues to work directly with
youth and indigenous peoples through the Rediscovery program and other
projects.