Captain Planet and The Planeteers Make a Special Visit to Lakewood Plaza Turbo in All-New Episode of OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Premiering Monday, Oct. 9 on Cartoon Network Heroes unite! Captain Planet and the Planeteers are summoned to Lakewood Plaza Turbo by K.O., Enid and Rad to help save the day in an all-new episode … Read more
CPF grantee Billion Oyster Project was featured on PBS! Find out what these students are doing to bring oysters back to New York harbor. Oysters were once abundant in New York City, but decades of over-harvesting and pollution led to their near-extinction there. Now, an education initiative called the Billion Oyster Project teaches public school students how … Read more
Grantee: Kwiaht Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea – San Juan Islands, WA / 2013Project Title: Fabulous Filtering FungiGrant Type: ecoSolution Description: As a result of increased tourism and vehicular traffic, motor oil was washing off of roads, into the fragile shoreline systems surrounding the islands, and out into the Puget Sounds. High school students on … Read more
The Institute @ CPF is getting teachers ready for new science standards
by Sarah Stankorb For many, Captain Planet is a distant Saturday morning recollection, a toothpaste-hued super dude who doled out environmental justice alongside the five Planeteers, teens with the power to control the natural elements. To us green-minded ’90s kids, the animated series was a cultural phenomenon that shaped our understanding of the environment and our … Read more
Posted: April 26By Mother Nature Network – Matt Hickman When it opens (knock on wood) this August, Mercedes-Benz Stadium — home of the Atlanta Falcons and host stadium of Super Bowl LIII in 2019 — will be as green as all get-out. From the 680,000-gallon rainwater cistern to the 4,000 solar panels to the three MARTA … Read more
