Kendyll Romine – Page 3 – Captain Planet Foundation

The Captain Planet Foundation comes to the rescue by reviving over 100 community box gardens

January 18, 2022July 8, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

Watch one of our amazing Project Giving Gardens farmers, Lelo Jones of Outdoor Fresh Farm plant tomatoes at Sandtown Middle School. Read Full Article Our Development Manager Ashley Rouse and Fred Conrad of the Atlanta Community Food Bank explain Project Giving Gardens, the program we’ve created with Food Well Alliance. You can join us in getting fresh fruits and vegetables to Atlanta families … Read more

Project Giving Gardens: Cultivating school gardens and feeding families in need

January 18, 2022June 29, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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

January 18, 2022June 24, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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

January 18, 2022June 12, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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

Project Hero Pollinator Quest

April 24, 2020April 22, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

Earth Day Turns 50 with EcoSense for Living!

January 18, 2022April 21, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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.

January 18, 2022April 20, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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

February 10, 2022March 29, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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

February 10, 2022March 29, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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

February 14, 2022March 29, 2020 by Kendyll Romine

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