Advocate. Rebuild. Reclaim.
The connections between mass incarceration, pollution, and poverty, are often left unacknowledged. We’re here to change that.
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GIVE A DONATION
Through the generous donations of our Advocates, the Green Life Project can continue its fantastic work and programs. The Green Life Project is fiscally sponsored by 501(c)3 Earth Island Institute.
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BECOME AN ADVOCATE
Join the fight in local reforms in California to provide better police practices, unbias sentencing, and human-central solutions for formerly incarcerated individuals and their families.
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BECOME A PARTNER
We partner with other organizations such as Homies Empowerment, Higher Ground, and Common Vision to create a landscape where all individuals, no matter their age or life experiences, are thriving, not just surviving.
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BECOME A LEADER
We believe in paying it forward. Join our family as a leader! Our formerly incarcerated leaders participate in the program as peer educators, advisory members, and Green Life Leaders.
We Are Committed To Environmental And Social Justice Intersections
Through our local restorative and regenerative activities and policy advocacy, we provide healing and intergenerational solutions to issues that impact formerly incarcerated individuals and their families.
OUR PROGRAMS
GREEN LIFE AT SAN QUENTIN
We walk with the Earth, not just on it!
Imagine a lively and passionate class of 25 students tackling some of the most challenging issues humanity faces today. People are asking questions, sharing dynamic examples from their own stories, strategizing ways to integrate sustainable practices into their own lives and the lives of their loved ones, and organizing action plans to green the very institution where all this is taking place.
Well, this is all happening in one of the most unexpected yet appropriate settings in Marin County…San Quentin State Prison.
REENTRY LEADERSHIP
The Green Life Reentry Leadership group addresses disenfranchisement due to the mass incarceration system’s punitive nature and complex and bureaucratic reentry services for previously incarcerated individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area. We believe that “Healed people, heal people.”
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WORKSHOPS
In the principles of healthy living in culturally relevant programs we provide hands-on and employable environmental skills training through workshops and mentoring. Through our workshops, we educate the community about the potential of ecological and holistic design as a healing tool for reentry.
INTERGENERATIONAL YOUTH PROGRAM
Led by Green Life Leaders and Youth, our intergenerational youth program focuses on community and healing with monthly group meetings, environmental learning, and learning sharing events, and community service projects in partnership with CURY J (Communities United for Restorative Justice).