I don't know about you, but for me the garden grounds me, at the same time that it liberates me. Being out in nature - in the garden or on the trail - opens my mind and heart, settles me down while simultaneously teaching me about and connecting me to nature, science and humanity. For some, the combination of grounding, expansion and liberation that can be gleaned from a greater understanding and connection to the natural world is crucial and valuable in even more immediate ways.
This week on Cultivating Place, Kelli Bush and Carl Elliott of the Sustainability in Prisons Project in Washington State join us from the studios of KOAS Community Radio on the Evergreen State College campus. Kelli is the Program Manager for the Sustainability in Prisons Project, Carl is the project’s Conservation Nursery Manager.
Educational and ecological programs of the SPP include native lowland prairie restoration, rearing and restoring populations of the endangered checkerspot butterfly and a interstate initiative to restore sagebrush steppe habitat across the intermountain west.
The SPP is a partnership between the Evergreen State College & the Washington State Department of Corrections. Hope you listen.
