FOR CENTURIES, THE WORD “STEM” HAS BEEN associated with growing things. It wasn’t until the late 20th century that the word becomes a meaningful acronym that’s been driving technology, careers, and the economy. In the quest to broaden young people’s exposure to science, technology, engineering, and math, it only makes sense that the age-old “stem” would … Read more
By CNN Photo: 2017 CPF Gala Co-Emcee Christi Paul, Jane Fonda, Ted Turner, Laura Turner Seydel, Mark Ruffalo, and 2017 CPF Gala Co-Emcee Dolvett Quince https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/02/24/captain-planet-foundation-honors-mark-ruffalo.cnn
The Captain Planet Foundation recently presented its annual Benefit Gala, one of the Southeast’s largest eco-benefits, at the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead. The foundation is based on the ‘Captain Planet and the Planeteers’ 1990s TV show that features a superhero whose mission is to protect the environment. The charitable evening recognizes people for extraordinary environmental … Read more
Environmentalism isn’t a spectator sport. You actually have to stand up and demand that we be vigilant in protecting our air and water. Lisa P. Jackson realPlaneteer Profile Lisa P. Jackson is no stranger to fighting for clean air and water. A graduate of Princeton University and the Captain Planet Foundation’s 2012 Protector of the … Read more
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