Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Nalini Receives Education Award
Dr. Nalini Nadkarni received an Education Award from Washington Correctional Association for her innovative work as Co-Director of the Sustainable Prisons Project. The annual award recognizes “an individual or agency…
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Change is in the Air!
Posted by Graduate Research Associate Carl Elliot The nursery infrastructure (greenhouse, hoophouse, water, power) and the original garden area at Stafford Creek Correction Center is being moved across the central…
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Call for aquarium tanks of 10 and 20 gallons!
As part of the Sustainable Prisons Project (www.sustainableprisons.org), Cedar Creek Corrections Center is trying to raise crickets to feed their quickly growing endangered Oregon spotted frogs to ready them for…
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Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You…
Come see one of our student Research Associates participate in a panel presentation …. As climate change and dwindling resources create mounting concerns, societies across the globe are turning to the…
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Many Reasons to Celebrate
The Sustainable Prisons Project has a lot to celebrate these days. Our contract – between The Evergreen State College and Washington Department of Corrections – was recently renewed, providing two…
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From Parks to Prisons
This week I had the fortune of presenting talks on bear biology both at Washington Corrections Center for Women and McNeil Island Corrections Center. Although I’ve presented many an evening…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.