Mountain Coaching - Bear Advocacy - Rural Ambassador | Cory McGowan

Cory McGowan is a coach based in the beautiful mountain area of Minakami in Gunma working as a coach as well as a destination ambassador for the area helping anyone interested in relocating get information and tours. This Minakami area is only an hour outside of Tokyo, has a great infrastructure of hotels, access to pristine nature, sports and leisure facilities, yet is still struggling with population decline like so many rural area in Japan. Cory McGowan is the founder of Adventure Partner: https://www.adventure-partner.net/ (https://www.adventure-partner.net/) Cory talks about having a bear encounter and then becoming an advocate for bear protection in the region supporting the work of a Japanese advocacy group that does education, tree planting and talks with the government to stop the excessive hunting and trapping of bears. KUMAMORI org: https://www.kumamoriweb.org/ (https://www.kumamoriweb.org/) Cory also talked about his upcoming project with Tokyo Weekender to raise money for the TELL Tokyo English Lifeline online counseling and support service in Japan- a great multilingual resource for international residents in Japan. https://telljp.com/ (https://telljp.com/) Article about Cory on Tokyo Weekender: https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2021/09/adventure-partner-founder-cory-mcgowan/ (https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2021/09/adventure-partner-founder-cory-mcgowan/) * JOIN the Seeking Sustainability Live Supporters ** ~HAPPS~ https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmoydEVVSWhIWWt2OWwwT29IazVlRmVPVEdHUXxBQ3Jtc0tudi0yRDJtVTNhZkdDWTZIdFFHUnVGRlI1VUJnVVhIb0ljVlBmMi15aWRRTjdxRkNxRzZFcm9nc3o1dUV4RHk0V3g0YlVfTkp3UFQwSmZ6V29mdXluT1FURVpHVFplUnE0WGNxb1ZROEdJSkY2eEUzTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fhapps.tv%2Finvite%2F%40JJWalsh%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B (https://happs.tv/invite/@JJWalsh​​)​ ~BuyMeACoffee~ https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbldMazlyZjZlN0M3OFh6cDJKeVBvZXZVLVk0UXxBQ3Jtc0tuZWRoUFFQdVJUdU9TZDZ6TUNEbHU3azJNak0yNTlfbWFURlExTk9zRENKO