By Amber Donovan-Stevens / csomagazine.com We’re excited to partner with Lego for this years Ocean Heroes Bootcamp. The partnership seeks to encourage younger generations to preserve oceans. The annual bootcamp will bring together over 300 young people from over 200 countries.
Listen to Leesa Carter-Jones, Captain Planet Foundation President & CEO, on the new episode of Mama Earth Talk podcast. Learn more about CPF programs including Project Learning Garden, the Institute for K-12 Science, Project Hero, EcoSTEM Resource Kits, as well as Ocean Heroes Bootcamp. Find on:StitcheriTunes
by philanthropynewsdigest.org Captain Planet Foundation is inviting applications for its ecoTech™ Grants. Through the program, grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded in support of innovative technological programs that address environmental challenges and efforts to engage children in inquiry-based STEM-related projects that leverage technology and/or use nature-based design to address environmental problems in local … Read more
by Scuttlebutt Sailing News Learn more about the World Sailing, Captain Planet Foundation, Lonely Whale, and Point Break Foundation initiative that will seek to deliver youth sustainability training at the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland. Read Article
Grantee: The 5 Gyres Institute Project Title: Mi Mar/My Sea Grant Type: ecoSolution 5 Gyres Mi Mar/My Sea pilot program was a tremendous success. – 5 Gyres Offical Description: 5 Gyres launched the Mi Mar/My Sea Program to engage underserved high school students in one-day research expeditions to learn about plastic pollution through hands-on citizen science … Read more
Grantee: The Susquehanna River School – Harrisburg, PAProject Title: The Purple Martin Bird House ProjectGrant Type: ecoTech The birds will not consider a home where there is just water and land– they need people nearby. They have become completely dependent on human activity, and it shows in their living preferences. … Read more
by Susan Endres / wiscnews.com North Freedom Elementary students filled containers with soil and dug in the dirt Tuesday, planting the seeds for a learning garden from which they’ll be able to eat next year. Fourth-grade teacher and project leader Cory King said he thought the open field north of the school would be “an … Read more
by Dana Rose Falcone / people.com Chris Tucker and son Destin joined us in celebrating environmental superheroes at our 2018 Benefit Gala in Atlanta, GA. Read article
by Eva Mastromatteo / erienewsnow.com Congratulations to Klein Elementary School in Erie, PA! We joined representatives from Dole Packaged Foods and Giant Eagle Supermarket to celebrate the installation and planting of their new garden. We look forward to watching your garden grow! Read Article
by Briana Contreras / The Morning Journal Ranger High-Tech Academy is a recipient of a new Project Learning Garden grant funded by Heinen’s Grocery Store and Dole Packaged Foods. Read about their garden install in Ohio.