Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Photo Gallery from Roots of Success Graduation at Stafford Creek Corrections Center
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager “The program is called Roots of Success, but it feels like the course is a seed planted in our minds.” “We have a…
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Counting the Birds instead of counting the days until summer at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women
By Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly program coordinator and Graduate Research Assistant, Lindsey Hamilton At Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) four inmate technicians rear Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies as a contribution…
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Be an SPP partner
It is the biggest week for giving in the United States. As you are opening your huge hearts, we ask you to choose SPP for your end-of-the-year donations. Our core…
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Beekeeping Behind Bars
Beekeeping Behind Bars By Tiffany Webb, SPP Education and Evaluation Coordinator This fall, inmates gathered with enthusiastic faces for a presentation from the Olympia Beekeeper’s Association. The presentation was hosted…
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The Smell of Hope
Written in November, 2012 by compost-technician and inmate at Cedar Creek Corrections Center Deep within each human being there lies an enigmatic force, or power, if you will. This power…
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And Then There Were Three: Third Hoop House Complete at Washington Corrections Center for Women
By Bri Morningred, SPP Graduate Research Assistant and Washington Corrections Center for Women Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator At long last the third hoop house in SPP’s Ecological Conservation nursery at…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.