Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
New Program Offered by SPP: Bee Certification
By Emily Passarelli, SPP Green Track Program Coordinator It is with great excitement that I announce: SPP is adding beekeeping certification to our lovely list of programs. Our goal is to…
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Planning action for Clallam Bay
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager After months of pre-meetings and scheduling, Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) hosted two days of Action Planning: deciding next steps to expand SPP…
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Honeybee love
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager I am dangerously allergic to yellowjacket stings. I have been stung by yellowjackets many times, and I fear and avoid them. As a…
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First Beekeeping Certification in-prison for SPP-WA
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager Master Beekeeper Renzy Davenport of the Olympia Beekeepers Association and the Pierce County Beekeepers spent six Thursday evenings with a class of inmates…
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Sustainable Prisons Project on YouTube
Blog post by Project Manager Jeff Muse: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ3Mt-8IjYE[/youtube]
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Beekeeping prisoners: Science inside the fence
Blog post written by Michael Nelson, an inmate at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center (posted by Project Manager Jeff Muse as Washington State offenders do not have Internet access): In…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.