S3E7: Success Starts at the Root

S3E7: Success Starts at the Root

In this episode we will learn more about the Roots of Success program from Grady Mitchell, a former participant and current Corrections & Reentry Program Director at Roots of Success.

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S3E5, Why did the Caterpillar Cross the Road? To get to the Artillery Range

S3E5, Why did the Caterpillar Cross the Road? To get to the Artillery Range

In this episode we learn more about the Sustainability in Prisons Project work with the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly rearing and conservation programs includes special guests Mary Linders and Liz Louie.

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S3E4 - Plugging Away at the South Salish Lowland Prairies

S3E4 - Plugging Away at the South Salish Lowland Prairies

In this episode we talk to Kelli Bush, SPP Co-Director and Carl Elliot, SPP Conservation Programs Manager about the Conservation Programs and the Conservation Nursery at the Sustainability in Prisons Project.

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S3E2: Reducing Recidivism Through Education, Science and Nature

S3E2: Reducing Recidivism Through Education, Science and Nature

In this episode we interviewed James Jackson, who serves as an education re-entry navigator at The Evergreen State College. He shares some of his experiences with the prison system and the importance of education in breaking the cycle of incarceration. We will also hear again from Kelli Bush, Co-Director of the Sustainability in Prisons Project, who will share more about what SPP is all about.

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S3E1: From the Tree Canopy to the Prison Grounds

S3E1: From the Tree Canopy to the Prison Grounds

Season 3 is all about the Sustainability in Prisons Project. In this episode we are honored to interview Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, whose curiosity and out of the box thinking led to the formation of SPP. We will also hear from Kelli Bush, current Co-Director of SPP.

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S2E5: A shady way to use your skills for good!

S2E5: A shady way to use your skills for good!

For our final episode this season, we interviewed GIS (and all around) superstar Tonya Kauhi. We learned about how she volunteered to help her community with her GIS Skills at the Hilltop Urban Gardens. While on the surface, this episode appears to be pretty GIS focused, it’s also about thinking outside the volunteer box to identify unique projects where your skill set can help make your community a better place.

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S2E4: Bartering With Slugs

S2E4: Bartering With Slugs

In this episode we learn more about community gardens with a twist. We speak with Holli Prohaska from the Urban Farm Collective in Portland, where you don’t have to own land or even rent a community garden spot in order to participate in growing your own food, and where you may have been excited to see slugs in the past. We say, bring back the slugs!

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S2E1: What the heckin heck is up with our Food System?

S2E1: What the heckin heck is up with our Food System?

This episode we’re introducing the topic of food systems and food sovereignty and defining some of the main concepts. We are then joined by Nichole Garden, with the Washington State Department of Agriculture, to talk more about food access and different programs the State offers to help people access food resources.

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Episode 22: Just Say No (To Plastic)

Episode 22: Just Say No (To Plastic)

In this episode we will learn more about Moledemort, AKA he who must not be maimed, and how you can ditch plastic this July. It’s going to be a short episode this month, but we wanted to get this information to you so you can prepare for Plastic Free July! Also, we are taking a break for the summer, we hope to be back in September!

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Episode 21: Trashing Plastic Recycling!

Episode 21: Trashing Plastic Recycling!

In this episode we will learn more about the the human and environmental health impacts of plastics, the history and future of plastics, the great recycling myth, a little bit about the zero waste lifestyle, and how to use Cartography to better display information on your maps, which will include my critique on a map that the Magical Mapper is designing. Most importantly, we talk about how You Are Loved!

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Episode 20: Surviving the Sound, and the Pandemic

Episode 20: Surviving the Sound, and the Pandemic

In this episode we’re bringing you the second part of an interview we conducted last fall with Joy Waltermire from Long Live the Kings, where will learn more about the organization Long Live the Kings and their mission, and how to survive the sound.

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Episode 19: Surfriding to a Cleaner Environment

Episode 19: Surfriding to a Cleaner Environment

We share more about impacts of plastics seen in remote places 20 or so years ago and then we meet up with Liz, the Volunteer Coordinator of the Olympia Surfrider Chapter, discuss Surfrider and their programs, the impacts of plastic bans on plastics in environment, and opportunities for you to connect and volunteer!

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Episode 16: Why Did the Salmon Swim Upstream?

Episode 16: Why Did the Salmon Swim Upstream?

We interview Joy Waltermire of Long Live the Kings about the salmon lifecycle, why salmon are important to the Salish Sea ecosystem, and what challenges they face.

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