Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Sustainable Practices Lab at WA State Penitentiary – Part 1
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager In late November, I had the pleasure of touring the Sustainable Practices Lab, or SPL, in Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The…
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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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First Prison to be Certified as Wildlife Habitat!
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is pleased to recognize the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor as an official Certified Wildlife Habitat site. NWF celebrates the efforts…
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Western Pond Turtle Release
by Fiona Edwards, SPP Graduate Research Assistant In mid-April, 10 western pond turtles (WPT) were released from Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) back into the wild. The turtles were housed…
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So Close to a Million Plants We Can Almost Taste It
By Carl Elliott, SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Manager SPP’s Ecological Conservation Nursery continue to thrive at three facilities in Washington State: Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Washington Corrections Center for Women,…
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Fire in the Demonstration Garden
Last month, as part of the ongoing cultivation of the demonstration prairie garden at Shotwell’s Landing nursery, the inmate prairie restoration crew got to burn an area for seeding with…
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