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  • From: paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture in prisons
  • Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:56:06 -0700

Skeeter,

Who was the permie on the res? Or, was there more than one? I would
very much like to visit with them!

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Michael Pilarski
<friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gavin,
>
> Your project sounds great.  I will forward the info on to the person who
> requested info as well as to the Montana tribal project people.  Thanks so
> much for the response.
>
> Michael
>
>
> --- On Tue, 3/2/10, gavinraders@gmail.com <gavinraders@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: gavinraders@gmail.com <gavinraders@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture in prisons
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 10:24 AM
>
> One important thing I left out! We are also raising funds to start a
> post-release jobs placement program for the guys who graduate from Insight
> Garden Program and return to the outside. We plan on traning and hiring a
> few as nursery specialists, edible landscapers, in construction, and in
> value added processing. If you have any desire to collaborate, let me know!
> Thanks,
> Gavin
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone, powered by CREDO Mobile.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gavinraders@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:10:41
> To: permaculture<permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture in prisons
>
> Hi Michael,
>    As part of our food justice/permaculture work at Planting Justice, we
> teach urban permaculture at San Quentin State Prison to 35 medium security
> inmates in collaboration with the Insight Garden Program. Currently we have
> a 1000 sq foot native plant medicinal and flower garden that the guys have
> built and tend to, and we have submitted a proposal to build a permaculture
> inspired raised bed veggie/herb garden behind their dorms. Unfortunately,
> prison rules will prohibit the guys from eating any of the food they grow,
> so it will be donated to low-income families in Oakland, and we will
> attempt to donate it specifically to the families of the guys we work with
> who live in the area as a way to connect the guys inside with their loved
> ones on the outside. It has been a tremendous experience, transformative
> for ourselves, and especially transformative for the guys, who cultivate
> patience and nurturance for themselves and those around them through their
>  work in the garden. Some of their reflections about their experience
> gardening in prison are on our website at www.plantingjustice.org
>
> And we have another incredible prison permaculture project in the making!
> We are in conversation with the sherrifs office at Santa Rita jail in
> Dublin to embark upon a much larger permaculture garden/green jobs training
> program on multiple acres adjacent to the prison, and thus far the
> officials are very supportive. We are working with the sherrifs office to
> collaboratively raise funding to make it happen.  Everything happens VERY
> SLOWLY at prisons in our experience, so stick with it, don't accept no the
> first or fifth time, and find/build your allies on the inside!  We'll post
> on the Santa Rita project when we have movement.
> All the best,
> Gavin
> Co-founder, Planting Justice
> ------Original Message------
> From: Michael Pilarski
> Sender: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> To: permaculture
> ReplyTo: permaculture
> Subject: [permaculture] permaculture in prisons
> Sent: Mar 2, 2010 9:48 AM
>
>
>
> I just received a request from someone seeking leads on anyone doing work
> around applying
> permaculture design to prison environments?
>
> Can anyone send me info on this?
>
> On a personal note, Yesterday I met with the police chief and
> jailer at the Flathead Indian Reservation (Montana) along with some other
> tribal
> staff and 2 other permaculturists to talk about setting up a food
> garden which the inmates could work at.  I really liked the police chief,
> as well as the other folks.  It sounds
> like they will go ahead with the project.
>
> The project is being initiated by a tribal member who is a permaculturist.
>
>
> Michael Pilarski
>
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