Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Environmental programs in corrections, near and far
By Kelli Bush, SPP Acting Director for Evergreen, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager Our summer newsletter highlights a selection of environmental programs in corrections. Most of…
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SPP-model programs: Possibilities for Japan
Text and photos by Atsuko Otsuka, freelance journalist and author, consultant for the Guide Dog Puppy-Raising Program and the Horse Program at Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center in Japan I’ve…
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Sagebrush in Prisons
By Stacy Moore, Institute for Applied Ecology Program Director, Ecological Education, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager “For the first time in my life I’m actually doing…
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Making the difference to wildlife and inmates on the England and Wales Prison and Probation Service Estate
By Dr Phil Thomas PhD. FRSA. FIIEG. MCIEEM, Ecology Lead for the UK Ministry of Justice Estates Cluster I often ask myself the question: will the habitats and amazing native…
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Butterfly 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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