Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Beds for Violets at Washington Corrections Center: Building SPP’s newest conservation nursery!
By Conrad Ely SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator, Shotwell’s Landing Tuesday March 24, a Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) nursery crew—Carl Elliott, Ricky Johnson & I—set out for Shelton to…
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Sustainability… in Prison? SPP Coordinator and MES Graduate Candidate, Tiffany Webb, shares her experience of working in prisons
By Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Coordinator Cross posted from the Evergreen State College, Master of Environmental Studies Program blog. I don’t think I have ever encountered anyone with dreams…
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Each One, Teach One
by Christina Stalnaker, SPP Roots of Success Coordinator and Graduate Research Assistant I’ve had the privilege of working with and visiting several prison classrooms delivering the Roots of Success environmental…
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Sustainable Practices Lab at WA State Penitentiary – Part 2
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager This blog is the second photo gallery from my visit to the Sustainable Practices Lab (SPL) at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla…
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CRCC Roots Course Leads to Inmate Interest in Sustainability
by Christina Stalnaker, SPP Roots of Success Coordinator Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) graduated 16 Roots of Success students November 25th, 2014. Empowered by what they’ve learned in the course, these…
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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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