Blogs & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
SPP-Model Programs: Possibilities for Japan
Text and photos by Atsuko Otsuka, freelance journalist and author, consultant for the Guide Dog Puppy-Raising Program and the Horse Program at Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center in Japan I’ve…
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Sagebrush in Prisons
By Stacy Moore, Institute for Applied Ecology Program Director, Ecological Education, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager “For the first time in my life I’m actually doing…
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Butterfly Conservation Takes Flight in Oregon Prison
Text by Ronda Naseth, Oregon Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Program Coordinator, Oregon Zoo Photos by Tom Kaye, Institute for Applied Ecology, and Chad Naugle, Oregon Department of Corrections The excitement generated by the…
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Nature Imagery in Prisons Project
By Nalini Nadkarni, SPP Co-Founder, John Wasiutynski, Director of the Office of Sustainability for Multnomah County, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager The human race has been…
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What Growing Sagebrush Means to Me
By Toby Jones, an incarcerated technician in the Sagebrush in Prisons Project at Warner Creek Correctional Facility in Lakeview, Oregon. Thank you to Institute for Applied Ecology for sharing this piece…
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Bees at MCCCW – Photo Gallery
Photos and text by Emily Passarelli, SPP Green Track Coordinator A special congratulations to Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women! This past Wednesday, they received two live hives donated with…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.