Summer Garden Maintenance Pilot Program

The Captain Planet Foundation has launched summer garden management as part of its Learning Gardens Program to help maintain school gardens around metro-Atlanta during the out-of-school summer months.  This summer, the program is supporting over 40 school gardens located in Cobb County Public Schools and the Atlanta Public School system. With funding provided by Arthur … Read more

All Aboard The Learning Barge!

Virginia residents learn more about wetlands and river sustainability with “floating classroom” Grantee: Elizabeth River Project – Portsmouth, VA Project Title: The Learning Barge Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: CPF grantee, the Elizabeth River Project, launched the Learning Barge in 2009. The Learning Barge is the world’s first floating wetland classroom and America’s Greenest Vessel. Powered by sun and wind and equipped with … Read more

National Green Ribbon Schools Award goes to CPF Learning Gardens Partner School Ford Elementary!

Captain Planet Learning Gardens Partner School, Ford Elementary in Cobb County GA, accepts the National Green Ribbon Schools Award from the U.S. Department of Education last week in Washington, DC. Pictured accepting the award from Georgia Department of Education’s Keisha Ford-Jenrette is Ford Elementary Principal, Jami Frost.

CPF wins Look Up Atlanta’s Storytelling Contest!

Captain Planet Foundation is the winner of the first Look Up Atlanta Storytelling Contest! The winning project was announced Thursday, June 6th during the Look Up Atlanta launch party held at The Wren’s Nest. As the project winner, CPF now has the amazing opportunity to build a Look Up Atlanta campaign to promote our Learning Gardens program. The … Read more

An Afternoon in the Orchard- A Ventura County benefit

An Afternoon in the Orchard September 15th 2013 4:00pm-8:00pm 1141 Cummings Road/ Santa Paula, CA 93060/ Bocce North Lawn To benefit expansion of Ventura County Agricultural Education and the launch of the CPF Learning  Gardens Program into Ventura County schools. Captain Planet Foundation and SEEAG would like to invite you to An Afternoon in the … Read more

Garden Work Day at Ford Elementary!

On Monday May 20th, the Captain Planet Foundation and its Summer interns joined Ford Elementary for a garden work day in their Victory gardens! The students identified, harvested and answered questions about the gardens they planted, then washed and taste tested all of their herbs and vegetables. With several work stations that included “make your … Read more