Captain Planet Foundation 2012 grantee, Albany Options School, recently had their project filmed by This American Land on PBS and will be featured on the show during the 2013-14 season. Click here to learn more about this project and other This American Land projects. This American Land will showcase Albany Option’s bioswale Water Quality and Infiltration Improvement Project. A swale … Read more
In 2012 Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) received a Captain Planet Foundation grant for their Art + Action Cafeteria Waste Reduction (CWR) project. Now in 2013 they’ve been awarded a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Quality Award! The CWR project, which is still in process, is a 2-3 month in-school Residency, providing urgently needed school cafeteria food packaging waste reduction, … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/embed/V_caXDD9e-M?rel=0 It’s Your World…What are you doing to make it a Better Place? How are you being a steward of the earth and partaking in environmental initiatives to better your community? To enter the Earth Day 2013 Competition, we want you to share details about an environmental project that you are currently working on, or … Read more
11th Annual Earth Day Kids FestSATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013 Hosted by the Captain Planet Foundation and the Chattahoochee Nature Center Presenting Sponsorship by Macy’s Foundation Join us in this planetary initiative as we join together locally in 2013 ATLANTA – January 7, 2013 –The 11th Annual Earth Day Kids Fest (EDKF) hosted by the Captain Planet Foundation … Read more
The Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) has been put to the challenge, and your help is critical! CPF is competing for a permanent page on Global Giving.org, a solution-based charity fundraising platform that connects non-profits to the global community to raise funds needed to implement their social-change programs. During this Earth Month challenge, we will be raising … Read more
“We don’t really think about food sources any longer. Kids for the most part think that carrots come out of a plastic bag.” -Leesa Carter (Executive Director of the Captain Planet Foundation) Learning Gardens provide many opportunities for kids to learn science, math, history and language art in the context of a garden. Including understanding how food … Read more