Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Caring about people, caring about place
by Joslyn Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) is a fair trip from the Evergreen team’s offices in Olympia—a six hour drive, or a flight to…
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Cross Pollination: Violet Program Presents in the Workshop Series
Text and Photos by Erin Lynam, SPP Workshop Series Coordinator and Alexandra James, SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator The Prairie Ecological Conservation Nursery Crew: pictured from left to right are…
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Beans to Bluebonnets
Text by Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Coordinator All photos by SPP-Evergreen staff This May I visited Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC). It was about a year after the town…
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UW & Prison Study Soil Health
Inmates at the WSRU Vermiculture program partner with the University of Washington to test the ability of soil health to influence human health By Nick, Teaching Assistant for University Beyond…
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A Beautiful Spring and Explosive Summer at WCCW
Photos and text by Jacob Meyers, Prairie Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator Pop. Pop. Pop. Scream. Laughter. Pop. Pop. Pop. That may sound like a group of teenagers watching a horror…
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Gardening for a good cause in Kitsap County
By Keegan Curry, SPP Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Program Coordinator I recently visited the Kitsap Ecological Conservation District (KCD) near Poulsbo, WA to learn more about their innovative GRACE project. GRACE…
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