Sustainability research and practices in enforced residential institutions: Collaborations of ecologists and prisoners

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 815-832

  Ulrich, Craig ^a,b   Nadkarni, Nalini M ^c  

^a Cedar Creek Corrections Center   (United States)

^b Evergreen State College ^*  (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Composting; Corrections center; Enforced residential facility; Prisons; Science literacy; Sustainability; Vermiculture

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; HARVESTING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LANDFILL; LITERACY; LIVING STANDARD; MOSS; RESEARCH WORK; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; VERMICULTURE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

BRYOPHYTA; ERIS;

EID: 67651233948     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-008-9145-4     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. L. Craig S. Ankers 2006 Vermiculture produces EQ class A biosolids at wastewater plant BioCycle 42 42 46
2. Cunningham, W. P., Cunningham, M. A., & Saigo, B. W. (2007). Environmental science: A global concern (9th ed.). New York: Mcgraw-Hill.
3. Davis, M. L., & Masten, S. J. (2004). Principles of environmental engineering and science (1st ed.). New York: Mcgraw-Hill.
4. B. R. Eastman P. N. Kane C. A. Edwards L. Trytek B. Gunadi A. L. Stermer J. R. Mobley 2001 The effectiveness of vermiculture in human pathogen reduction for USEPA biosolids stabilization Compost Science & Utilization 9 38 49 (Pubitemid 32235644)
5. Edwards, C. A., & Bohlen, P. J. (1996). Biology and ecology of earthworms (3rd ed.). New York: Chapman and Hall.
6. Falk, J., & Dierking, L. D. (2002). Lessons without limit: how free-choice learning is transforming education. Oxford: AltaMira.
7. R. Kristiana J. Nair M. Anda K. Matthew 2005 Monitoring of the process of composting of kitchen waste in an institutional scale worm farm Water Science and Technology 51 171 177 (Pubitemid 41102977)
8. J. D. Miller 2004 Public understanding of, and attitudes toward, scientific research: What we know and what we need to know Public Understanding of Science 31 273 294 (Pubitemid 39080576)
9. Muir, P. (2004). An assessment of commercial "moss" harvesting from forested lands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Final Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
10. P. S. Muir K. N. Norman K. G. Sikes 2006 Quantity and value of commercial moss harvest from forests of the Pacific Northwest and Appalachian regions of the US The Bryologist 109 197 214 (Pubitemid 43749022)
11. P. S. Muir T. R. Rambo R. W. Kimmerer D. B. Keon 2006 Influence of overstory removal on growth of epiphytic mosses and lichens in western Oregon Ecological Applications 16 1207 1221 (Pubitemid 44066079)
12. N. M. Nadkarni 2002 In the treetops: life in the rainforest canopy World Book Science Year Book 2003 54 67
13. N. M. Nadkarni 2002 When preaching to the choir isn't preaching to the choir: churches, trees, and environmental perspectives Environmental Practitioner 4 188 190
14. N. M. Nadkarni 2004 Not preaching to the choir: communicating the importance of forest conservation to nontraditional audiences Conservation Biology 18 602 606 (Pubitemid 38689077)
15. N. M. Nadkarni 2006 The moss-in-prison project: disseminating science beyond academia Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4 442 443 (Pubitemid 44520742)
16. National Science Board. (2002). Science and engineering indicators 2002. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
17. Nelkin, D. (1995). Selling science: how the press covers science and technology. New York, New York: W. H. Freeman.
18. J. E. Peck B. McCune 1998 Commercial moss harvest in northwestern Oregon: biomass and accumulation of epiphytes Biological Conservation 86 299 305 (Pubitemid 28539933)
19. Robbins, N. (2006). Not only plants growing in this garden. San Francisco Chronicle. January 14, 2006.
20. A. L. Rosso P. S. Muir T. R. Rambo 2001 Using transplants to measure accumulation rates of epiphytic bryophytes in forests of western Oregon The Bryologist 104 430 439 (Pubitemid 32943891)
21. Sherman, et al. (2003). Preventing crime: what works, what doesn't, what's promising. Research in Brief; National Institute of Justice, U. S. Department of Justice, 1998-2003.
22. H.-S. Tai W.-H. He 2007 A novel model of organic waste composting in Taiwan military community Waste Management 27 664 674 (Pubitemid 46329361)
23. Technical Memorandum between HDR and Washington Department of Corrections. (2006). Littlerock, WA.
24. C. Tognetti F. Laos M. J. Mazzarino M. T. Hernández 2005 Composting vs. vermicomposting: A comparison of end product quality Compost Science & Utilization 13 6 13 (Pubitemid 40549473)
25. Tracey, E. A. (1994). Review of various outcome studies relating prison education to reduced recidivism. Windham School System, State of Texas.
26. U.S. Department of Justice. (2007). Prisoners in 2006. In W. J. Sabol, H. Couture & P. M. Harrison (Eds.), http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p06. pdf