Each year, Captain Planet Foundation’s Green Heart STEM Challenge asks youth in metro-Atlanta and metro-Houston to form teams and identify an environmental problem in their community connected to the WATER, WIND, or EARTH. Student teams must then develop a feasible solution to solve the problem they identified. Because 2025 was the year of WIND (circular … Read more
On left, Principal Melissa St. Joy addresses Emma Hutchison Elementary STEM Day volunteers, staff, and students. Pictured right, a Delta Volunteer teaches students about solar-powered cars. From creating their very own seed balls in the garden, building solar-powered cars and snap circuits, to learning about the science behind their school’s powerful Vitamix blenders– STEM Day … Read more
Another year of CNN’s annual call to action has come and gone, reminding us how impactful collective action can be. Each year, CNN’s Call to Earth Day documents the ways we all make a difference all year long. This year’s theme was “guard your greenspace.” Captain Planet Foundation reached out to youth to share, creatively, … Read more
By guest blogger Catherine Lewis This time of year in the garden is one of my favorites—a season of harvesting the last of the summer abundance, watching birds feast on the last sunflower heads, and preparing the beds for their winter rest. It’s also a natural moment for reflection: What went well? Where did students … Read more
Schools are back in sessionPlanting and guarding is the next lessonValued PLG students and teachers ready to learnBack to the garden, they have returnedIt’s also that time of yearWhen PLG planning is in high gearNEW PLG garden quests beginPhilanthropic funders boost your win We could go on, however, we’ll jump off the rhyming train, and … Read more
How do you celebrate the beginning of new Captain Planet Foundation Project Learning Garden opportunities? By taking a pictorial walk with us through garden classrooms. Garden celebrations were plentiful. Students at Jefferson Elementary show off a large bowl of harvested lettuce. At harvest events students make a pineapple vinaigrette dressing, in the Vitamix they received, … Read more
Over the weekend of July 25–27, more than 1,300 young changemakers across 11 countries gathered for 22 youth-led WIND Summits, supported by over $38,000 in funding from the Laura Turner Seydel Living Legacy Fund. Powered by the Captain Planet Foundation’s Planeteer Alliance, these events were designed to explore circularity, waste management, and how youth can … Read more
On Saturday, July 26, 2025, Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) hosted a WIND Summit in Miami, Florida, designed to help youth ages 14–23 explore how the theme of WIND intersects with their lives in a coastal city. “WIND” at CPF symbolizes a circular economy and a transition away from a world of waste to one of … Read more
August is a time to begin welcoming back our family of PLG students, teachers, and administrators. In addition to your current harvests and winter garden guidance, we want to engage schools this Fall with high-impact activities and opportunities. The theme this fall is: Guarding Your Garden! We’ll be partnering with and participating in CNN’s Call … Read more
The Captain Planet Foundation is excited to announce that the Green Heart STEM Challenge is coming to Miami! Since 2023, the Green Heart STEM Challenge has tasked students in Atlanta and Houston with finding environmental issues within their community and developing implementable solutions to resolve student teams’ identified problems. Students participating in the challenge work … Read more