Advancing Global Common GoodBy Laura Turner Seydel / EcoWatchFor seven decades, the United Nations (UN) has been a place for people and countries to exchange words instead of weapons and strengthen cooperation to help solve our world’s most pressing challenges. In 2015, civil society’s ideas, talents and passion are needed more than ever. The 2015 NGO … Read more
Beyond the HeadlinesPosted: September 18By Public Radio International’s Living on Earth In this week’s trip beyond the headlines, Peter Dykstra tells host Steve Curwood about the ousting of Australia’s climate-denying Prime Minister and some changes in the U.S. media — both of which could influence the conversations on environment and climate change — and celebrates … Read more
September starts our second year with FoodCorps serves members and we’re incredibly excited! Serving alongside educators and community leaders, our FoodCorps members partner with Project Learning Garden schools to help teachers bring their schools garden to life. Get to know our FoodCorps 2016 members! Shante ChaneyProject Learning Garden schools:Garden Hills Elementary, APSHumphries Elementary, APSFeldwood Elementary/Pre K, FultonShante has felt … Read more
Nationwide Hackathon to Benefit NonprofitsPosted: September 14By Angelia Davis – Greenville Online Three nonprofit organizations are set to benefit from a nationwide competition between teams of programmers. The competition is the second annual Mobility Live Hack-Back Invitational and will be held Sept. 22 — Oct. 29 in Georgia. Big Brothers Big Sisters, Captain Planet Foundation and 4H National … Read more
We are thrilled to announce that Cafeteria Culture (CafCu, 2012 Small Grants grantee) was selected as a winner of the inaugural UL Innovative Education Award! As a tier 2 winner, they received a $50,000 award from UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and NAAEE (North America Association for Environmental Education) to expand their ARTS+ACTION Program! They get to work closely with … Read more
Center for Land-Based Learning Winters, CaliforniaThe Center for Land-Based Learning’s SLEWS (Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship) program engages California high school students in habitat restoration projects that enhance classroom learning, develop leadership skills and result in real positive impact for the environment. By including California school students in habitat restoration, SLEWS addresses the needs … Read more
Rhode Island Natural History Survey Kingston, Rhode IslandProject Title: Rhode Island Youth Conservation League Rhode Island Youth Conservation League (YCL), is a program were high school aged youth work with college-aged leaders to accomplish tasks that preserve conservation land and the resources that derive from it for the good of the community, including: recreation, clean air … Read more
MobilityLIVE! 2015 and Technology Association of Georgia are partnering on a national hackathon event that will run September 22 to October 22! $5,000 IN CASH PRRIZES Kicking off September 22nd, this month long HackBack will allow teams to compete on mobility related projects to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters, Captain Planet Foundation, and 4-H National. Selected finalists will be … Read more
9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the EPA’s approval of Dow AgroScience’s sulfoxaflor, a neonicotinoid pesticide shown to be highly toxic to bees. Because of this victory, sulfoxaflor will be coming off the market in the United States! The pesticide, sulfoxaflor, has been linked to widespread bee colony collapse, which is why the beekeeping … Read more
Lesson Plans – Turner Cartoon Inspires Real-life Environmental Education FoundationPosted: September 07By Meredith Cooper – OutlooK-12 Magazine We’re featured in the September issue of The Hispanic Outlook-12 Magazine Inc.! The feature covers the origin of the Captain Planet and the Planeteers cartoon, Ted Turner and Laura Turner Seydel’s dedication to the environment and hands-on education, our history … Read more