Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Butterfly Techs at Mission Creek Helping with the Evergreen Environmental Observation Network
Butterfly Techs at Mission Creek Helping with the Evergreen Environmental Observation Network By Dennis Aubrey, SPP Graduate Research Assistant & Taylor’s checkerspot program coordinator While the Taylor’s checkerspot caterpillars at…
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Washington Corrections Center for Women Horticulture ffffloral Design Programs
Please note>> the best way to contact this program is to call the prison’s main number and ask for Floral Design: (253) 858-4200 – Main Washington Corrections Center for Women…
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Bountiful gardens at Washington Corrections Center for Women
By Melissa R. Johnson, Administrative Assistant, Washington Corrections Center for Women Gig Harbor, Wash.—Emphasizing the importance of sustainability, the horticulture program at Washington Corrections Center for Women provides an opportunity…
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Inmate perspective on a prison garden project
Editor’s note: The following is a short but illustrative contribution from an inmate gardener at Cedar Creek Corrections Center. I was offered the job of turning a disregarded field of…
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Perspectives from an Inmate Service Dog Trainer at Cedar Creek Corrections Center
Perspectives from an Inmate Service Dog Trainer at Cedar Creek Corrections Center by Thurman Sherrill, Cedar Creek Corrections Center Editor’s note: Today’s post was written in early October 2012 by…
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CNN Visits Stafford Creek Corrections Center
CNN Visits Stafford Creek Corrections Center By SPP Ecological Conservation and Restoration Coordinator Carl Elliot The Ecological Conservation nursery at Stafford Creek Corrections Center received unique visitors in mid-July this…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.