by John Heyes 209 Topper sailors from 12 nations gathered in Medemblik, The Netherlands for the 26th edition of the International Topper World Championships. Some of the sailors took part in a Sustainability workshop, hosted by Leesa Carter-Jones, CEO of the Captain Planet Foundation, who are working with World Sailing to deliver the ‘Ocean Heroes’ … Read more
Grantee: Fall Creek Middle School – Fall Creek, WI Project Title: Cricket Crawlers Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The seventh-grade students at Fall Creek Middle School started from scratch and created an environmentally sustainable worm growing company using leaves and food waste from the school cafeteria! At the end of the school year, the students packaged … Read more
By Tracy Holmes – Surrey Now-Leader NewspaperPhoto credit: Tracy Holmes Shelby’s favorite courses during Ocean Heroes Bootcamp was ‘Campaigning 101’ and ‘Making Your Pitch’ because it helped her put her ideas into action. Read Article About Ocean Heroes BootcampOcean Heroes HQ is powered by Captain Planet Foundation, Lonely Whale, and Point Break Foundation with Ocean … Read more
By Breakfast Television The 2019 Ocean Heroes Bootcamp is coming to Vancouver this weekend. 300 local and international youth activists from over 20 countries aged 11-18 are collaborating to fight plastic pollution worldwide.
By NSTA Check out this list of freebies for science teachers including Project Hero in the Summer issue of NSTA. Project Hero is a nationwide initiative from the Captain Planet Foundation teaches K–12 students about threatened and vulnerable animals and plants and where they live and empowers them to design and implement real-life solutions. Read … Read more
Grantee: The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County – Chester County, PA Project Title: Free Time Adventures in Nature Grant Type: ecoTech Description: During TLC’s Free Time Adventures in Nature program, over 100 children got a chance to explore the creeks, meadows, ponds, and woodlands of the 300-acre Bucktoe Creek Preserve! Activities were centered around … Read more
Grantee: Keep Austin Beautiful – Austin, TX Project Title: Clean Creek Campus Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The urban elementary and middle school students of Austin, Texas had a blast learning to make responsible decisions regarding the environment and its sustainability! Through scavenger hunts and clean-ups, the students learned how they impact their environment and how to … Read more
by World Sailing On World Oceans Day, the World Sailing Trust, the charitable arm of World Sailing, and the Captain Planet Foundation, Lonely Whale, and Point Break Foundation are pleased to announce a partnership to deliver youth sustainability training at the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships. Read Article
by Kathleen Sturgeon / patch.com The Captain Planet Foundation and Turner Foundation serve as the title sponsors for the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School program in Georgia, providing $5,000 to support each school’s innovative initiatives. Read Article
by Michael Corkery / New York Times Our board chairperson Laura Turner Seydel and others argued that bottle bills were proven methods to increase collection rates of used plastic. Ms. Seydel, an environmental advocate and daughter of the media mogul Ted Turner, started a group called Atlanta Recycles in 2005 after learning about what seemed … Read more