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Help The Future of FutureNature

Starting a business can be tough, especially when the unexpected happens.

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Help The Future of FutureNature

Help The Future of FutureNature

Help The Future of FutureNature

Help The Future of FutureNature

Help The Future of FutureNature

Starting a business can be tough, especially when the unexpected happens.

Starting a business can be tough, especially when the unexpected happens.

Starting a business can be tough, especially when the unexpected happens.

Starting a business can be tough, especially when the unexpected happens.

Tom Brown III
Tom Brown III
Tom Brown III
Tom Brown III
1 Campaign |
Sandy, United States
$4,565 USD 30 backers
38% of $12,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Empty Box Robot

An 11x14" Photo print

$50 USD $75 USD (33% off)
4 out of 500 of claimed
Empty Box Robot

A 2-hour private online class

$100 USD $200 USD (50% off)
8 out of 10 of claimed
A Hand-Made Tool made By Me!

A Hand-Made Tool made By Me!

$500 USD $750 USD (33% off)
0 out of 10 of claimed
A 3-day Private Class

A 3-day Private Class

$2,000 USD $4,500 USD (55% off)
1 out of 3 of claimed

A Future for FutureNature And T3Photography
Hi all! I am Tom Brown III, also known as "T3." I am a Professional Photographer, lifelong student, practitioner, and teacher of Ancestral Living Skills, Wilderness Survival, Animal Tracking, Nature Connection, and Nature Photography.
I was born in New Jersey in 1978, where I grew up learning the skills of our ancestors from my father, Tom Brown Jr, founder of the world-renowned Tracker School, one of the oldest and most respected wilderness survival and nature awareness schools in the world.
Growing up at the Tracker School, I observed firsthand the profound effects of reconnecting people to Nature. After spending a few years wandering across America, I have spent the last 22 years passing on the skills I learned as a child. Currently, I live in Oregon and recently started FutureNature and T3Photography. My website blends my primary modalities to reconnect people to the natural world through education and photography.
My driving force is leading people back to Nature and helping them learn about the beings we share the planet with. I don't take days off or vacations. I spend my days trying to build a legacy leading to a new age where we exist in the modern world but lead a nature-based lifestyle.
To take a line from the recently destroyed Georgia Guidstones, "Be not a Cancer on the Earth. Leave room for Nature- Leave Room for Nature."
For most of human history, we lived in harmony with Nature, and in a blink of an eye, we have wrought incredible damage to the Earth. I aim to dispel the myth that humans and Nature are bound in an adversarial relationship with one another, and return to a time when we talked to all beings and treated them with love and respect.
What's my long-term goal? Free classes for anyone who wants them. It has been scientifically proven that a person connected to Nature is happier and healthier mentally and physically.
What I Need
I decided to leave behind the security of my full-time teaching position and "look small." My plan is to go back to running classes for small groups here in Oregon for part of the year while traveling the country teaching classes and developing long-term online learning programs.  This past year April Vokey From Anchored Outdoors produced my Wilderness Survival Masterclass, and I am also in the process of recording a series of "Mini Masterclasses" on specific skills that will compliment the Masterclass.

I started FutureNature to have the ability to develop my classes and curriculum and to have full rein in how I present skills to my students. I also aim to provide other instructors, who have specialized skill sets, with a place to run classes. I had a great plan, but things didn't work out quite as planned due to unforeseen circumstances. So I headed "back to the drawing board" and have spent the last few months rebuilding; I have revamped my website and class schedule and established relationships with organizations from California, Oregon, and Washington state to run "collaboration classes." One of the most important aspects of group learning, often overlooked at my father's school, is the magic that happens when people from all over the world and from all walks of life come together in a beautiful outdoor setting for a week. The sense of community is more than palpable! I want to "bottle that feeling" and release it at all my classes. I love watching people come together in their shared love of the wilderness.
Since it's still winter, and I no longer have the security of a full-time teaching job, I have invested all my savings into realizing my Vision. I am calling upon anyone who has experienced a deep connection to Nature or has had a life-changing experience while learning traditional skills to donate whatever they can. These funds will go to everything from targeted marketing to miscellaneous business costs until the weather warms and people want to learn! 
How Much do I Need?
$12000... Firstly, I will tell you that I am Incredibly uncomfortable asking for help. I typically use the "I ain't askin' no one for nothin' if I can't get it on my own" ethos. I did not want to ask for too much because I'm not trying to buy land or anything like that. I went and sat in the woods and meditated on it, and $12000 was the number that kept coming to me. It's enough to give me some breathing room. My last day off was this past week when I was sick (flu+ chronic Lymes disease= NO fun!). I desperately need a tiny break to step back, look at "the frame" of my model, and acquire some new skills. Some of the aspects of my business that are first on my list are to travel to meet folks willing to host me for classes, hire a professional to update my website, and work on my books and video projects. 

Most importantly, your donations will supplement my small income from online photo sales, private mentor sessions, and public classes. It will also ease the pressure and allow me to learn the business skills I need to build a sustainable and healthy business. It will allow me to pay off one large debt, thus making saving much easier.

I am currently in the Oregon state unemployment SEA program for people just launching small businesses. As of May 16, I will have exhausted my unemployment, so the clock is ticking. I can tell you that my only boss from here out is Nature and my students. 
This money will keep me running while I focus on the bigger picture, allow me to do some paid marketing, and take classes on the skills I need to bring my Vision to fruition. Also, to take a few days off here and there. The money currently coming in from unemployment is insufficient to pay for my basic living expenses. This is why I need your help to invest in growing my business. In the last few months, I have had to sell so many things that were special to me, but were not critical to the operation of my business'. 
Why should I give you money?
If you have read this far, then you are someone who has been touched by Nature and believes in her healing powers as much as I do. It's time to stop the violence, greed, racism, and wholesale slaughter of the Earth, and come together as one species, no more or less important than any other species. We have the tools to repair the damage, and now we must stop the division from being sewn by unseen forces that profit from us coming together as one human family. You will get the satisfaction of helping me lead our species back to our roots of living Naturally while still existing in the modern world and helping me lead even more people to the temples of creation. It has been scientifically proven that being outside improves your health and well-being. Depending on your contribution level, you could receive anything from a photo print of your choosing, a handmade tool, or even a one-on-one private class with me! So, while you are contemplating whether to donate, think of the first time you got a Bow drill fire. That feeling of sheer joy and amazement comes from making tools that are a unique piece of functional art. What I offer is freedom. Freedom from a system that encourages us to be mindless drones. The ability to go out onto the landscape and provide yourself and your friends and family with Shelter, Water, Fire, and Food. That is true freedom.
Other Ways You Can Help
Anyone who practices the ancient arts will be the first to tell you that solo wilderness living, even under ideal conditions, is challenging. You have to do all of the jobs to maintain your life force. Our ancestors lived in the exact opposite way.  The reason that both you and I are here on Earth today is because our ancestor's worked in a close-knit group. It was through the division of labor and open sharing of gathered resources that your ancestors survived. 
I am a lone survivor right now. It's just me doing all of the jobs. Albeit, I do have some occasional help and guidance from friends and mentors. However, right now, I must fulfill every role in my business, from founder to janitor.
I'm seeking help in website design, SEO, and other "back end" work. I am meant to teach, write, create, design, and run classes, film, and take photos. I am slowly learning all the other jobs, but I am only one person, and there are only so many hours in a day. I need help! I can't pay you right away, but if I had some help with the things that I currently don't understand, it would be of immense help!
I will be eternally grateful even if you share my social media posts! Losing my original Facebook page to hackers severely impacted my ability for targeted marketing.  And hurt me financially for a short period of time until the bank refunded the money they stole.
Spread the word! I am here to help fix the rudderless boat that humanity finds itself in, but I need someone to hand me tools and provide differing opinions on how to "refit the ship."

Much Love, Thanks, and Praises,

 

T3

 

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