Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Arboriculture Workshop at Cedar Creek Correction Center
The SPP recently held a full day workshop on arboriculture at Cedar Creek Correction Center. The workshop was a great success with nearly 40 inmates (maximum allowed) and approximately 12…
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Call for aquarium tanks of 10 and 20 gallons!
As part of the Sustainable Prisons Project (www.sustainableprisons.org), Cedar Creek Corrections Center is trying to raise crickets to feed their quickly growing endangered Oregon spotted frogs to ready them for…
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Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You…
Come see one of our student Research Associates participate in a panel presentation …. As climate change and dwindling resources create mounting concerns, societies across the globe are turning to the…
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Many Reasons to Celebrate
The Sustainable Prisons Project has a lot to celebrate these days. Our contract – between The Evergreen State College and Washington Department of Corrections – was recently renewed, providing two…
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We’re on Facebook!
We recently joined the Facebook world…please visit our page, “like” us, and share with your friends!
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Offenders take college credit at Evergreen
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Liesl Plomski Cedar Creek Correction Center inmate, Charles Butts, recently completed a 2 credit research paper on photovoltaic cells with The Evergreen State College. Charles…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.