Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Inmates’ Zeal is the Key to Roots of Success in Ohio
by Christina Stalnaker, SPP Graduate Research Assistant “Roots of Success was the core component that tied together our cultural change in environmental awareness. We had begun recycling and composting. We…
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Environmental Justice and Hope for the Commons
by Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Coordinator Working with SPP as a graduate student has provided more opportunity and professional experience than I could have imagined when I started as…
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The Butterflies Get Their Own Computer
By SPP Taylor’s checkerspot program coordinator Lindsey Hamilton At Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) four inmate technicians raise Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies as a contribution to the recovery of…
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SPP’s New Lecture Series Certification
by Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Coordinator This past Thursday at Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC), inmates were recognized for their science and sustainability education achievements! This is a new…
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“Participating in the transformation of the world” : Roots of Success at Stafford Creek Corrections Center
By Amory Ballantine, SPP Roots of Success Coordinator Photos by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the…
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Prairie Appreciation Day 2014 – Photo Gallery
Photos by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager. To find out more about Prairie Appreciation Day, see the article: Butterflies, flowers and prairies, oh my! by one of SPP’s conservation…
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