Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
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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Enthusiasm, grace, and patience
By Carl Elliott, Kelli Bush, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP-Evergreen Managers Fawn Harris fills her days to overflowing, and navigates her many activities with grace and patience. She is a Master of…
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Excellent Student and Teacher
By Susan Christopher, Butterfly Technician, Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women The butterfly technicians from Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to…
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