Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
All snaps! Airway Heights amazing firewood program
To make or receive donations from the firewood program, please check out SNAP’s Energy Assistance Program: https://www.snapwa.org/energy-assistance-programs/ Article text and photos by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager I have…
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Sustainable Operations Lab at WA State Penitentiary – Part 1
by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager In late November, I had the pleasure of touring the Sustainable Operations Lab, or SPL, in Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The…
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House plants: A new way to bring nature inside at Larch Corrections Center
By Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Network Manager Photos by Danette Gadberry, AA4 at Larch Corrections Center This past spring, I received a letter from an inmate at Stafford Creek Corrections…
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Washington Corrections Center for Women Celebrates its SPP programs
by Bri Morningred, SPP Graduate Research Assistant and SPP Coordinator for Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) Ecological Conservation nursery photos by Shauna Bittle It was a beautiful day in…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.