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
Captain Planet Foundation’s Garden-to-Cafeteria Pilot has launched with great success in Atlanta Public Schools (APS). With the success of Project Learning Garden across over 50 schools in APS, the next logical step was to work with the school district and cafeteria staff to begin serving student-grown, school garden produce in the cafeterias! During the school past year, Captain Planet Foundation … Read more
Our Project Learning Garden Program Manager, Kyla Van Deusen and Maynard H. Jackson High School students are presenting their great work with the Captain Planet Foundation Garden to Cafeteria Pilot at this years National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Register for the conference here. Captain Planet Foundation Garden to Cafeteria Pilot Given the success of Project Learning … Read more
12 ways the arts can encourage climate actionPosted: April 25By Anna Leach Barbara Pyle, Executive Producer of Captain Planet & the Planeteers and Co-Founder of Captain Planet Foundation joined a celebrated global panel of experts for this special Guardian feature on “12 ways the arts can encourage climate action; A panel of experts around the … Read more
Students use love of science & nutrition to help others enjoy healthier school lunchesPosted: April 25By Portia Bruner A greenhouse and a school of fish are giving students at Benjamin E. Mays High an extraordinary lesson in scientific farming techniques. Mays High School is the only Atlanta Public School with a greenhouse that uses aquaponics and … Read more
Grantee: Emerson Waldorf School – Chapel Hill, NCProject Title: Emerson Farm Pollinator and Beekeeping Garden With a Captain Planet Foundation Small Grant, Emerson Farm was able to complete, connect, and expand a piece of their program that has been missing – the Beekeeping and Pollinator Garden. As an educational garden, based on the work of Rudolf Steiner, they … Read more
Grantee: Gowanus Canal Conservancy – Brooklyn, New YorkProject Title: Gowanus Canal: Clean & Green The Gowanus Canal is a polluted urban water way in Brooklyn, NY that is a Superfund site. To counter decades of environmental abuse, Gowanus Canal Conservancy has been working toward an “Open, Clean and Alive” Gowanus Canal and Watershed. They are moving toward this vision in part … Read more
Telemundo Atlanta feature about Project Learning Garden and FoodCorpsPosted: April 1By Lara Carolina
“ELK has taught me how important it is to conserve and protect the outdoors because the scenery and the enlightenment of being in nature is something everyone should be able to experience.”– Nya Wallace (Age 18) Grantee: Environmental Learning for Kids –Denver, ColoradoProject Title: Denver Youth Naturally (DYN) Denver Youth Naturally and Leadership Corps (DYN), ELK’s core … Read more
Join National Geographic and the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., for the National Parks BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival, May 20-21, 2016. Be part of this nationwide celebration of the National Park Service’s centennial and biodiversity in your national parks. What is a BioBlitz? A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible … Read more