If prisons and punishment deterred crime, the United States would be the safest country in the world. It is not. Let’s get curious about what can be built in their place! Abolition is not just about getting rid of the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC), it asks us to imagine what else we can build, grow, create and offer.Abolition is committed to ending cycles of harm. The natural world deeply informs the tenants of abolition. From the gardens we learn profound lessons in patience, Beauty, interdependence, care and mutual aid. We learn to imagine different relationships and boundaries. Plants teach us to be better people. The current criminal punishment system has failed humans and the planet. By committing  to an abolitionist lens, lifestyle, and pedagogy, we fortify our commitment to defining justice on behalf of a more sustainable world for all.