Reimagining Prison Pt. 1: Acoustic Birding and Sustainability
Bring Birds Back
English - June 21, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MB - ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsNature Science Education natural sciences ornithology environmental justice environment birding birds conservation outdoor outdoors nature Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The American prison system is complex and there are so many reasons as to why and how it could be improved. For nearly two decades, the Sustainability in Prisons Project (a collaboration between Evergreen State College and Washington state’s Department of Corrections) has been doing just that — and with visible results. In this two-part episode, we venture into Cedar Creek and Mission Creek Correctional Centers to learn all about the ways in which they’re impacting the lives of their incarcerated participants, starting with their newest program, the Avian Acoustic Monitoring Program.
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