Grantee: High School for Environmental Studies / New York City Grant Type: ecoTech Description: Students at the High School for Environmental Studies in NYC were awarded a $2,500 ecoTech Grant from the Captain Planet Foundation, under funding from Voya Foundation. This grant allowed 300 students to develop and use refurbished cell phones with hand-held air … Read more
Grantee: Aurora High School Grant Type: Project Hero Description: 30 Students taking IB Biology at Aurora High School in Aurora, Colorado had the opportunity to explore and debate the role of the endangered Gray Wolf in the ecosystem of the Southern Rockies with experts, and even had an opportunity to come face to face with … Read more
Grantee: Van Meter Community School District – Van Meter, Iowa Grant Type: Pollination ecoSTEM Kit Description: “The Pollination ecoSTEM Kit allowed us to get outside of the classroom and make something that will hopefully be around for years to come. The milkweed that we planted will be able to support monarchs in our community.” – … Read more
Grantee: Balboa Magnet School / Northridge, California Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The students at Balboa Magnet School are working to make their campus a suitable pollinator habitat for native bees. CPF provided $100 for 750 children to design, build and create a Mason Bee area in their school’s “Native Discovery Garden”.
Grantee: Ford Elementary / Acworth, Georgia Grant Type: Project Learning Garden Description: Ford was one of our pilot PLG schools, initiated in 2011. A couple years ago, Captain Planet Foundation returned to join Ford Elementary for a garden work day in their Victory gardens; tying garden learning to a history lesson. With several work stations … Read more
Grantee: Mobile Baykeeper Inc. Project Title: Strategic Watershed Awareness and Monitoring Program (SWAMP) Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The Strategic Watershed Awareness and Monitoring Program (SWAMP) teaches watersheds, environmental protection, pollution challenges, and water quality monitoring to broaden the understanding of how citizens impact their natural resources. Mobile Baykeeper strives to make SWAMP easy for teachers … Read more
On the Cayman Islands, 3 Ocean Heroes, Steff McDermott, Ben Somerville, and Dejea Lyons, are taking aim at single-use plastic to protect their island’s reefs, mangrove ecosystems, and help sustain the overall health of the ocean. McDermott set up the “345 Pledge” with Plastic Free Cayman, the campaign, aimed at lessening and eventually banning single-use … Read more
Grantee: North Coast Conservation & Development Council – Santa Rosa, CA Project Title: Worm Wizards of Waste Expansion Project Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: North Coast Conservation & Development Council received a grant award in support of their Worm Wizards of Waste project for environmental education and on-the-ground change. The project addressed waste minimization, composting, and … Read more
Grantee: Miami Dade County School Board – Miami, FL Project Title: Accelerating the Growth of Corals Grant Type: ecoTech Description: 7th grade students at Rockway Middle School learned the importance of accelerating the growth of corals and how to test the quality of ocean water, the important aspects of good water quality, the essential aspects … Read more
by Ty Tagami / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution We want to send a huge wave of congratulations and appreciation to Little Ones Learning Center, one of our Project Learning Garden all-star sites. Wande Okunoren-Meadows and her team have been engaged in a long dispute with their local government to keep their farm stand open and available … Read more