Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
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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Inspiring Students
By SPP Director for Evergreen, Dr. Carri LeRoy While reading a draft of the newsletter this quarter, I was overwhelmed by memories of SPP students past, inspired by SPP students…
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Across cultures and values
By Brittany Gallagher, External Affairs Manager, The Nature Conservancy When I was looking into graduate schools, I searched for an environmental studies program in which social justice was an integral–and integrated–part.…
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From SPP to Water for the World
By Joey Burgess, Prairie Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Drissia Ras served as Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator at Stafford Creek Corrections Center from 2012-14 while completing her Master of Environmental Studies degree…
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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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Fracking Lecture at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
By Gretchen Graber of Institute for Applied Ecology. The Sustainability Lectures Series at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Washington State hosted the first speaker of the year on February 9th. …
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