Many donated to build Richmond Hill Middle School garden project

Students at grand opening and student planting in garden

By savannahnow.comGrant Type: ecoSTEM The Richmond Hill Schools Field Studies Program, with the help of several area businesses, recent completed a 5,000-square-foot agricultural research garden on the Richmond Hill Middle School campus. The garden consists of a 720-square-foot greenhouse, and 44 framed, raised beds and container gardens, both of which are suitable models for home gardening. … Read more

Organizations: Captain Planet Foundation

By georgiatrend.com Whenever cartoon superhero Captain Planet succeeded in saving the earth once more from evil pollutants, he would sign off by saying to his teenage helpers, “The Power Is Yours!” That catchphrase also functions as the motto of his namesake foundation, started in 1991 by Ted Turner and Barbara Pyle, who negotiated a percentage … Read more

THE NEW ARRIVAL OF A YOUTH GARDEN IN the CAPITOL VIEW COMMUNITY GARDEN

Article by, Min Seo Captain Planet Foundation and FoodCorps crew members took part in Atlanta’s MLK Day of Service by installing a youth garden in Capitol View Community Garden. After harvesting and cleaning carrots and turnips from the last planting season, the team worked with community volunteers to build youth garden beds and plant them … Read more

5 quick questions with superhero Captain Planet

5 snabba med superhjälten Captain PlanetPosted: November 3By Sapir: Magasin (written in Swedish) Translation:5 quick questions with superhero Captain Planet 1. Who are you, Captain Planet? I am the world’s first eco-hero.  I was an idea conceived by Ted Turner and Barbara Pyle, and in 1990, I was first broadcast on Saturday morning cartoons. Ultimately, It was … Read more

Dole & Food Share Ventura Partner with CPF to Bring Project Learning Garden to 6 More CA Schools!

By Ventura County Star“Don’t worry if they’re not perfect — enjoy the process,” Bonnie Atmore told a roomful of apron-wearing, glue-wielding, rice-spreading employees of Dole Packaged Foods who gathered recently in a large second-floor conference room at its Westlake Village headquarters.Sprawled over several long tables were containers of glue, bags of rice, paintbrushes and the … Read more

Hold the flavor: Georgia students eating fewer school lunches

By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Since 2010, the percentage of Gwinnett County public school students who eat school lunch regularly declined from 81 to 69 percent. School board member Louise Radloff blames Uncle Sam. That year, Congress signed into law a White House initiative pushed by first lady Michelle Obama to make school lunch healthier called … Read more

A group of third, fourth and fifth-grade students gather to listen for frogs

CPF grantee Pine Valley Elementary School’s Frog Watch USA group was featured in AZA.org. Excerpt from article: It was a balmy evening in March when roughly 75 people—most of them third, fourth and fifth-grade students—gathered at the parking lot of a city park in Wilmington, N.C. The group’s energy was electric as the sun went … Read more

25th Anniversary Benefit Gala Recap

View photos from the spectacular night. Videos:HRH Prince Charles – Exemplar Award (accepting by video) Tony Juniper – accepting the Exemplar Award on behalf of HRH Prince Charles E.O. Wilson – Exemplar Award Ian Somerhalder – Superhero for Earth Award Hannah Testa – Youth Superhero for Earth Award Xiuhtezcatl Martinez – Youth Superhero for Earth … Read more