Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Washington State Monarchs Going the Distance
Just like many of us head south to escape the cold dark winters of the Northwest, so do butterflies! The Pacific Northwest Monarch butterfly population is thought to overwinter in…
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CRCC Roots Course Leads to Inmate Interest in Sustainability
by Christina Stalnaker, SPP Roots of Success Coordinator Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) graduated 16 Roots of Success students November 25th, 2014. Empowered by what they’ve learned in the course, these…
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SPP Bikes to Portland
By Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Coordinator An Unexpected Journey When I signed up to present at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) conference, I had…
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First Beekeeping Certification in-prison for SPP-WA
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager Master Beekeeper Renzy Davenport of the Olympia Beekeepers Association and the Pierce County Beekeepers spent six Thursday evenings with a class of inmates…
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House plants: A new way to bring nature inside at Larch Corrections Center
By Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager Photos by Danette Gadberry, AA4 at Larch Corrections Center This past spring, I received a letter from an inmate at Stafford Creek Corrections…
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Freedom of the Frogs!
By Sadie Gilliom, SPP Graduate Research Assistant On a drizzly September morning, a diverse team of professionals gathered at a wetland in Pierce County. Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) representatives…
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