Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
First Prison to be Certified as Wildlife Habitat!
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is pleased to recognize the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor as an official Certified Wildlife Habitat site. NWF celebrates the efforts…
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Environmental Justice and Hope for the Commons
by Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Coordinator Working with SPP as a graduate student has provided more opportunity and professional experience than I could have imagined when I started as…
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SPP Says Goodbye and Best Wishes to Dedicated Butterfly Technician
The Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly (TCB) rearing program at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) was initiated in 2011. Inmate technicians first practiced raising painted lady butterflies in a new…
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Reaching higher at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
SPP Peer to Peer gathering By Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager All photos by Kelly Frakes, Capitol Programs Twenty-two people gathered at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) for a…
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Cedar Creek Prairie Ecological Conservation Crew 2014
Carl Elliott, SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Manager Photos by Jaal Mann, SPP Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator This is the second spring for a crew from Cedar Creek Corrections Center dedicated…
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WCCW Sustainability Workshop
by Tiffany Webb, SPP Lecture Series Coordinator On July 1, SPP offered a sustainability workshop at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) as part of the Science and Sustainability…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.