By Ventura County Star“Don’t worry if they’re not perfect — enjoy the process,” Bonnie Atmore told a roomful of apron-wearing, glue-wielding, rice-spreading employees of Dole Packaged Foods who gathered recently in a large second-floor conference room at its Westlake Village headquarters.Sprawled over several long tables were containers of glue, bags of rice, paintbrushes and the … Read more
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Since 2010, the percentage of Gwinnett County public school students who eat school lunch regularly declined from 81 to 69 percent. School board member Louise Radloff blames Uncle Sam. That year, Congress signed into law a White House initiative pushed by first lady Michelle Obama to make school lunch healthier called … Read more
CPF grantee Pine Valley Elementary School’s Frog Watch USA group was featured in AZA.org. Excerpt from article: It was a balmy evening in March when roughly 75 people—most of them third, fourth and fifth-grade students—gathered at the parking lot of a city park in Wilmington, N.C. The group’s energy was electric as the sun went … Read more
View photos from the spectacular night. Videos:HRH Prince Charles – Exemplar Award (accepting by video) Tony Juniper – accepting the Exemplar Award on behalf of HRH Prince Charles E.O. Wilson – Exemplar Award Ian Somerhalder – Superhero for Earth Award Hannah Testa – Youth Superhero for Earth Award Xiuhtezcatl Martinez – Youth Superhero for Earth … Read more
Water and Life LessonsPosted: December 13By National Geographic Online Dear Educators, Let’s Talk Water Have you and your students experimented with sprouting seeds in the classroom? Set up two growing stations with soil and seed. See what happens when one stations is watered and one is not. From your experiments, you’ll find that water triggers life. … Read more
An Urban Gardener Who Grew Up to Be a PlaneteerPosted: November 19By The New York Times – Patrica R. Olsen Ain Chiké, 34, is an operations manager at the Captain Planet Foundation in Atlanta. Q. What is the Captain Planet Foundation, and what is your role there? A. We help students learn about the world they … Read more
By bryancountynews.comGrant Type: ecoSTEM The first stage of an agricultural research garden on the Richmond Hill Middle School campus is nearing completion and was marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday night before the Bryan County Schools Board of Education work session. The first stage of the garden will consist of 44 framed, raised beds and container … Read more
Grantee: Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc. – Elkins, West VirginiaProject Title: Watershed awareness through youth snorkeling events on the Monongahela Nati Description: Schools in rural areas lack strong connections with outdoor programs and do not have the necessary equipment or capacities to engage in such activities. In the Central Appalachians, small towns and communities are intertwined … Read more
New York and New Jersey Schools Team up with the Captain Planet Foundation to Inaugurate Project Learning GardensPosted: October 6By Outlook-12 UNION, N.J. — Union Assistant Superintendent of Schools Annie Moses joined representatives from the ShopRite of Union, Dole Packaged Foods and the Captain Planet Foundation at Battle Hill Elementary School today to inaugurate a Project Learning … Read more
What a successful summer! 3 interns and 5 FoodCorps service members In total, they visited 50 different schools 227 separate times Food harvested went to various people and groups Atlanta Community Foodbank Clifton Sanctuary Mission Oxford Commons Cooperative Kids at local summer camps Local community members