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Project Giving Gardens: Cultivating school gardens and feeding families in need
If you didn’t catch it live this past Sunday, please watch the WSBTV “People 2 People” story about how Captain Planet Foundation has teamed up with Food Well Alliance and Atlanta Community Food Bank to cultivate, plant, and distribute fresh food from CPF’s metro-Atlanta school gardens and FWA’s community gardens. This food is being provided … Read more
Project Giving Garden strives to feed local community
by Taylor Thompson / theatlanta100.com Food scarcity in metro Atlanta is a serious problem. Now more than ever, help is needed. The Atlanta-based Captain Planet Foundation recently launched the new Project Giving Garden initiative to fill this need. Read Full Article
World Oceans Day: Free Youth Activist Bootcamp On Beating Plastic Pollution
by Jeff Kart / forbes.com If you’re age 11-18 and looking for ways to fight ocean plastic, you may be interested in an Ocean Heroes Bootcamp for youth activists that is virtual and (this year) free. Founding organizers from Lonely Whale, Captain Planet Foundation, and Point Break Foundation plan to hold a live, ocean-focused virtual panel on Friday, June … Read more
Earth Day Turns 50 with EcoSense for Living!
by The Scout Guide Lexington Earth Day is celebrating 50 years this Wednesday, April 22nd during this global pandemic. Meeting the urgent COVID-19-related need of educators’ around the world for virtual learning science resources, EcoSense for Living is now available on PBS LEARNINGMEDIA, through a partnership with KET (Kentucky Educational Television). This amazing opportunity adds to the … Read more
It’s Earth Day. Here’s What You Can Do to Celebrate with Your Kids.
By Cameron LeBlanc / Fatherly On an Earth Day unlike any other, families are trapped inside — or at least unable to visit many of the parks, zoos, and museums where the Earth is celebrated. That means a certain level of creativity might be required, but it doesn’t mean that Earth Day is canceled. Here … Read more
Ocean Heroes solving the plastic problem
Lilly Platt, age 11, was an attendee of the 2019 Ocean Heroes Bootcamp in Vancouver. In addition to being a voice for the oceans through Lilly’s Plastic Pickup, Lilly is also a face of Fridays for the Future in the Netherlands, striking from school to protest inaction on climate change.
Expanding our Palates
Grantee: Harry T. Stewart Magnet School / Fleshing, Queens, NYC Grant Type: Project Learning Garden Description: P.S. 092 Harry T. Stewart Sr. Magnet School in Flushing, Queens NYC was recently awarded Project Learning Garden in a contest sponsored by Key Foods and Dole Packaged Foods. Students in this school are experimenting with growing and tasting … Read more
Junior Naturalists
Grantee: Paul Banks Elementary / Homer, Alaska Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The Junior Naturalist program at Paul Banks Elementary School in Homer, Alaska was awarded a $500 ecoSolution grant to support the production of a local field guide. Because this very rural school has limited access to reliable internet, this grant allowed 189 2nd graders … Read more
Mapping & Analysis of Urban Soils
Grantee: Radix Ecological Sustainability Center / Albany, New York Grant Type: ecoTech Description: The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center in Albany, NY was awarded a $2,359 ecoTech Grant from the Captain Planet Foundation, under funding provided by Voya Foundation. This grant supported a project in which 24 local students built and deployed a drone equipped with … Read more