Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Rolling out wetland plants for the Samish Indian Nation
We rolled up the mats in October, put them in a 24-foot truck without good shocks, and drove them to the Samish Indian Nation–a bit of a loud and bouncy…
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Aquaponic knowledge, from one program to another
By Marisa Pushee, SPP Ecological Conservation Program Coordinator Note: please be aware that individuals featured in this story and in these images have victims who are concerned about re-victimization; any…
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Personal victories
by Ashley McElhenie, SPP Prairie Ecological Conservation Nursery Technician. Ms. McElhenie created this in response to a call for writing on “science in prison.” I first heard about the prairie conservation crew…
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Fly Like An Eagle to the Sea, No More I See
By Daniel Keen, writer incarcerated at Stafford Creek Corrections Center, written for submission to Humans and Nature‘s Minding Nature Brother species who play and breed below,Across fields and up rivers…
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Growing food on a greater scale: WSP’s Institutional Sustainability Garden
By Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager Outside of the prison fences, Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) tends 10.5 acres of crops. This is the prison’s Institutional Sustainability Garden,…
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