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Captain Planet Foundation Invites Applications for ecoTech™ Grants

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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

Inspiring youth for global change

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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

Mi Mar – My Sea Project

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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

The Susquehanna River School’s Bird House Project

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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

AT&T and Target Volunteers Build an Outdoor Learning Lab

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April 30th in Dallas Texas more than 50 AT&T and Target employees joined parents and community members for a fun Earth Month garden workday. The group completed a “done-in-a-day” project creating an outdoor learning lab with the nonprofit organization Out Teach at the Solar Preparatory School for Girls. The day was spent assisting students in beautifying their garden, building a garden entrance, … Read more

Innovative Solution to Pest Control

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We are happy to welcome our friends at Hawthorn Hill Elementary School in Lee’s Summit, MO to the PLG community. With their powers combined, students at Hawthorn Hill teamed up to find a chemical-free, humane strategy for keeping critters out of their beds. Check out those cages! Pest management presents a great opportunity to engage … Read more