Blogs & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Rethinking the Landscape of Incarceration
Text and photos by Erica Benoit, SPP Environmental Workshop Series Coordinator More than 70 students filled the workshop classroom at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor…
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Are Octopuses Smarter Than a 5th Grader? A Workshop on Octopus Intelligence at WCCW
Are octopuses smarter than a 5th grader? Are you? How do we measure intelligence? In a June workshop at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), Rus Higley and Aeriel…
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Aquaponic knowledge, from one program to another
By Marisa Pushee, SPP Ecological Conservation Program Coordinator Note: please be aware that individuals featured in this story and in these images have victims who are concerned about re-victimization; any…
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When Nature Meets Art
For inspiration, students had a variety of high quality images taken from SPP’s various programs to choose from as the subject of their screen prints. In some cases, the students…
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Once a year, SPP reports on all things sustainable happening in Washington State Prisons.