Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Nalini Receives Education Award
Dr. Nalini Nadkarni received an Education Award from Washington Correctional Association for her innovative work as Co-Director of the Sustainable Prisons Project. The annual award recognizes “an individual or agency…
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Change is in the Air!
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Carl Elliot The nursery infrastructure (greenhouse, hoophouse, water, power) and the original garden area at Stafford Creek Correction Center is being moved across the central…
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From Parks to Prisons
This week I had the fortune of presenting talks on bear biology both at Washington Corrections Center for Women and McNeil Island Corrections Center. Although I’ve presented many an evening…
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Lectures Captivate Offenders at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW)
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Sarah Clarke In September 2009 we kicked off a science and sustainability lecture series at the WCCW in Gig Harbor, WA. Included as part of…
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Growing Plants and Potential: Stafford Creek Nursery Project
Carl Elliott, one of our Graduate student Research Associates, has been documenting his work with the project since April. The following are a few of his entries. Introduction 4/01/2010 Throughout…
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Offenders take college credit at Evergreen
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Liesl Plomski Cedar Creek Correction Center inmate, Charles Butts, recently completed a 2 credit research paper on photovoltaic cells with The Evergreen State College. Charles…
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