The second annual Ocean Heroes Bootcamp was held in Vancouver, British Columbia in recognition of Canada’s G7 Presidency and introduction of the Ocean Charter. Hosted in partnership with Ocean Wise and held at the University of British Columbia, 300 youth from 20 countries* attended. Of the 300 global youth who attended, 84 were on scholarship … Read more
by Ann Meyer / savannahnow.com Gadsden Elementary School was named a 2019 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School in part because of how the school has used its green space. In Georgia, the recognition carries with it a $5,000 award from the Captain Planet Foundation and Turner Foundation to support the school’s initiatives. Read … Read more
Grantee: Hamburg Community School District – Hamburg, IA Project Title: Green Electricity Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The students studied how wind energy works and built a wind turbine using an inventor kit. The wind turbine is a 1500 watt generator which will provide energy to a farm school which doesn’t have any electricity on site. Continuous impact/Community … Read more
by bigdealbook.com K-12 Technology features our ecoSolution Grants in their June e-newsletter. For more information on grant opportunities visit GetEdFunding, a website sponsored by CDW•G with access to a free database of thousands of funding opportunities for educators.
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