Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Buzzing With Success: Bees Help Inmates Learn Marketable Skills, Build Self-Esteem
By Andrew Garber, DOC Communications Photos by Kelli Bush, SPP Program Manager LITTLEROCK – Jack Boysen grew up afraid of bees, yet here he is sticking his hand in the…
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The Effects of Believing
by Cyril Walrond, Roots of Success Instructor and Master Trainer “…All things are possible to him that believes.” Mark 9:23 Teaching the Roots of Success environmental literacy curriculum here at…
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More Food for the Very Hungry Caterpillars at MCCCW
A refreshing, overcast morning at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) made for great weather to build four new raised beds for the Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Program. We…
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Seeing Two Worlds Combine
By Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Program Coordinator (Follow-up post from May 2015 lecture at WCCW.) Tiffany Webb is finishing her graduate degree in Environmental and Social Justice at the…
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Diving Right In! Zandra Jones shares her experience from the 2015 SPP Summit.
by Zandra Jones, SPP Program and Administrative Assistant On Wednesday April 23rd and Thursday April 24th, 2015, SPP hosted a Washington State Summit at The Evergreen State College (Evergreen). As…
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Flight of the Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterflies
By Christina Stalnaker, SPP Graduate Research Assistant and Roots of Success Coordinator It was a smaller crowd than usual: two males fluttered around a single female. The lighting was ideal and…
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