By Garden Organic’s Head of Organic Horticulture Chris Collins / www.foodgrowingschools.org Check out this sample monthly blog post from our UK Project Learning Garden program partner, Garden Organic. Late frosts Despite the fact that it feels like a late spring, especially in a school gardening calendar when time is everything, let me reassure you that this is most definitely … Read more
Grantee: Edison High School, Academy of Sustainability at Edison – Huntington Beach, CA / 2017Project Title: Edison Habitat Design ProjectGrant Type: ecoSolution Description: Edison High School students are repairing their campus’s ecosystem, one habitat design at a time! The Academy of Sustainability noticed that there were several plants that do not naturally grow in their coastal … Read more
Powerful Representatives of Two Generations Speak Up for the Future of Our Planet ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2018 – Atlanta’s own environmental activist Hannah Testa, 15, partnered with Georgia state senators for the second consecutive year to proclaim Feb. 15 Plastic Pollution Awareness Day in Georgia. Hannah, founder of Hannah4Change (hannah4change.org), worked with Georgia State Senators … Read more
We came together with Bashas’, Dole Packaged Foods and Collier Elementary School staff and students to install Arizona’s first Project Learning Garden. We’re so excited to see the Collier Learning Garden grow! Photos from the install day: [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”35″ gal_title=”Collier Elementary School”]
By Claudia Kelly-Bazan TUCSON, Ariz. – A new learning garden is coming to life at one Tucson elementary school. Collier Elementary students worked with employees at Dole, Bashas and Food City to build a big school garden. Fifth-graders will make planting boxes and fill them with soil. They will work with fourth-graders to plant the … Read more
By Alissa Marchat / theshelbyreport.com This Friday, Feb. 9, employees from Dole Packaged Foods and Food City, a Bashas’ Supermarkets banner, will help teachers and students install their new Captain Planet Foundation Learning Garden. Collier Elementary School, located at 3900 North Bear Canyon Road in Tucson, recently was selected to receive one of two Learning Gardens—valued at $2,500—in Arizona from the Captain Planet … Read more
January 26, 2018 ATLANTA – The Captain Planet Foundation presented its annual Benefit Gala (captainplanetf.wpengine.com/benefitgala), one of the Southeast’s largest eco-benefits, on Dec. 8 at the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta. The charitable evening (6:00-9:30 p.m.) recognizes people for extraordinary environmental stewardship and change-making and raises funds for the Foundation’s mission to support hands-on environmental projects and … Read more
By thechampionnewspaper.com Students at the Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers are getting more than a green thumb from their schoolwide STEM garden project. Every student at the school, which serves fourth through sixth grade, spends time in the garden, using science, technology, engineering, and math skills to grow a variety of produce. The program … Read more
By apnews.com “Avengers” star Mark Ruffalo said he is disgusted with President Donald Trump’s plan to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments by nearly two-thirds. Ruffalo told The Associated Press in a recent interview that Trump’s decision was a “slap in the face” to Native Americans. Last week, the president signed two proclamations to reduce … Read more
By BuzzFeed We saw a man brave wildfires this week to save one lone rabbit. What are you doing to save the planet’s animals? Here are twelve endangered animals photographed by Captain Planet Foundation honoree Joel Sartore for National Geographic Photo Ark. The kind folks at National Geographic shared a dozen pictures, and Joel gave … Read more