Guest essay by Eric Worrall

h/t Willie Soon – anyone else worried about where this government funded programme could lead?

These inmates are learning about climate change

It can help prisoners feel connected to something larger than themselves.

In 2017, nearly a hundred inmates at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Washington state learned about climate change threats and disaster resilience.

Bush: “We feel that incarcerated people have been overlooked as participants in the environmental movement. We need to engage all people.”

Kelli Bush of Evergreen State College codirects the Sustainability in Prisons Project. The initiative runs environmental education programs at Washington’s 12 state prisons.

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