Captain Planet Foundation FoodCorps service member, Summer Ladd explains her new initiative at a Project Learning Garden school: I’m hosting a “free farmers market” at Clarkdale Elementary twice a week in the afternoon, where families of the school can stop by anytime between 3-6pm to pick up garden produce to take home. The families and school … Read more
Grantee: Academe of the Oaks High School – Decatur, GAProject Title: Edible Forest Garden at Academe of the Oaks High School Identifying the Obstacles to Environmental Education: About a quarter of an acre wooded area adjacent to the school’s organic vegetable garden was overgrown with invasive plants including English ivy, poison ivy and green briar. This area was … Read more
Grantee: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. – Atlanta, GAProject Title: Lake Lanier and West Point Lake Floating Classroom Identifying the Obstacles to Environmental Education:Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) created an on-the-water education program in 2000 to provide an opportunity for students to make the connection between the river that supplies their drinking water and their daily lives and to learn on the water … Read more
Nature Gen Recent Trail ActivitiesPosted: July 7By Blue Ridge Leader Thanks to a grant funded in part by the Captain Planet Foundation, The Nature Generation, along with Boy Scout Troop 961 and the Virginia Native Plant Society removed invasive plants that were choking out native plants in the pollinator habitat at the Trail and replaced … Read more
Talk with Green GuyPosted: June 12By WGST-AM/iHeartRadio Captain Planet Foundation Executive Director, Leesa Carter–Jones discusses the history of the Captain Planet Foundation, Barbara Pyle’s leadership, Project Learning Garden, FoodCorps, ecoSTEM Resource Kits, and other cool Foundation programs, the Foundation’s team members, the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, how people can get involved with the Foundation, the Gala, and much … Read more
Summer care for school gardensPosted: June 16, 2016By The Atlanta 100 After the last bell rings, who takes care of schools’ community gardens during summer? The staff of Captain Planet Foundation, which will host 210 school gardens in Atlanta by year’s end, and FoodCorps members maintain them. Gardens are then harvested, and crops donated to Atlanta Community … Read more
Grantee: Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative – Alma, ColoradoProject Title: Family Outdoor Adventure Series Identifying the Obstacles to Environmental Education:South Park is a spectacularly beautiful location adjacent to the Mosquito Range Mountains. Yet many families never explore the mountains due to lack of knowledge, job pressure, discomfort, & other reasons. Few organized outdoor natural science opportunities exist … Read more
For Mother’s Day every student at Dana Elementary School took home milkweed plants they planted in containers from the PolliNation ecoSTEM® Resource Kits. The students also created garden themed cards for their loved ones. By planting the milkweed seeds at home the student will be creating a neighborhood monarch butterfly habitat corridor. Follow their blog About … Read more
Ted Turner receives Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy NEW YORK (June 8, 2016) – Today, Forbes hosts its fifth annual Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy under the theme “Moonshots — Big Bets for Social Change.” This exclusive event brings together 200 of the world’s leading philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and business leaders for a … Read more
Sumer Ladd Project Learning Garden schools: Clarkdale Elementary, Cobb County King Springs Elementary, Cobb Cooper Middle, Cobb What is your motivation to work with school gardens? I believe that school gardens are the best way we can connect children to the environment, have them gain a respect for all living things, and teach them to … Read more