Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Butterfly Ecological Conservation takes flight in Oregon prison
Text by Ronda Naseth, Oregon Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Program Coordinator, Oregon Zoo Photos by Tom Kaye, Institute for Applied Ecology, and Chad Naugle, Oregon Department of Corrections The excitement generated by the…
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Nature Imagery in Prisons Project
By Nalini Nadkarni, SPP Co-Founder, John Wasiutynski, Director of the Office of Sustainability for Multnomah County, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager The human race has been…
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What growing sagebrush means to me
By Toby Jones, an incarcerated technician in the Sagebrush in Prisons Project at Warner Creek Correctional Facility in Lakeview, Oregon. Thank you to Institute for Applied Ecology for sharing this piece…
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Bees at MCCCW – Photo Gallery
Photos and text by Emily Passarelli, SPP Green Track Coordinator A special congratulations to Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women! This past Wednesday, they received two live hives donated with…
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SPP, Allies, and Friends: Thank you and goodbye!
Text by Liliana Caughman, outgoing SPP Workshop Coordinator Photos by Mark Sherwood and Kelly Peterson at SCCC It is strange how the past two years have flown by and…
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Roots of Success Gains Momentum at Airway Heights
Note: Roots of Success is an environmental program led by incarcerated instructors in 10 of 12 prisons in the state, and in many other corrections institutions statewide. In Washington, more than…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.