Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Susan Christopher reflects on her experience raising endangered butterflies in prison
Text by Susan Christopher, photos by Keegan Curry Hello! My name is Susan Christopher and I’m currently incarcerated at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair, Washington. I would…
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More Beekeeping than Ever!
Text by Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Program Coordinator, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager. Photos by Bethany Shepler, except where otherwise noted. About a year and a…
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Out on the Farm
Text by former Cedar Creek Turtle Technician William “Bill” Anglemyer. Forward by former SPP Turtle Program Coordinator, Jessica Brown. Photos by SPP Ecological Conservation Coordinator, Marisa Pushee (unless otherwise noted).…
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Caring about people, caring about place
by Joslyn Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) is a fair trip from the Evergreen team’s offices in Olympia—a six hour drive, or a flight to…
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Beans to Bluebonnets
Text by Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Coordinator All photos by SPP-Evergreen staff This May I visited Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC). It was about a year after the town…
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Astrobiology for the Incarcerated – Ohio
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach ManagerNote: See an earlier article for an introduction to the Astrobiology for the Incarcerated program In late April, the Astrobiology for the…
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