Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
My First Few Months at SPP
Text by Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Coordinator When I first heard about a job opening at the Sustainability in Prisons Project, I couldn’t believe there was a group that…
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Roots of Success Gains Momentum at Airway Heights
Note: Roots of Success is an environmental program led by incarcerated instructors in 10 of 12 prisons in the state, and in many other corrections institutions statewide. In Washington, more than…
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Building the pool of environmental instructors for the women’s prisons
Text by Emily Passarelli, SPP Green Track Coordinator, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education & Outreach Manager Photos by Ricky Osborne On April 28th, Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes trained and certified 22…
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Environmental Ed for Juveniles in Detention
By Sadie Gilliom, SPP Turtle Rehabilitation Program Coordinator When Rachel Stendahl started work with the Sustainability in Prisons Project in 2013, her dream was to become a marine ecology professor. However,…
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Lecture Series Coordinators 1, 2, 3
By Paula Andrew, Roots of Success Liaison, Training Coordinator, and “Chicken Lady” at Washington Corrections Center for Women. “There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their…
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A Master of Training
by Eugene Youngblood, Roots of Success Master Trainer at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center & Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education & Outreach Manager Photos provided by DOC staff Timing + Action =…
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