Lanier Middle School’s Project Learning Garden ribbon cutting is featured on Gwinnett County Schools Tv In5ive showWeek of October 12, 2015 video – View from 1:25 to 2:30Click Here for Video Focus Moment showClick Here for Longer Video
Gwinnett school garden sows seeds for community growthPosted: October 11By Karen Huppertz – AJC Students at Summerour Middle School crouch down, peering between the leaves to look for peppers ready for harvest. But the source of their bounty isn’t found during a field trip to a local farm. Instead, students are reaping the rewards of their new school garden. … Read more
Captain Planet Foundation Offers Grants for Hands-On Environmental Education ActivitiesPosted: October 6By Philanthropy News Digest The mission of the Captain Planet Foundation is to promote and support high-quality educational programs that engage children and youth in active hands-on learning experiences focused on the environment in their schools and communities. Read Full Article
Captain Planet Foundation, Dole Packaged Foods and Tops Friendly Markets celebrate their partnership to bring Project Learning Garden to schools in Buffalo, NY.
Attention teachers:The FED UP film team has used a Kickstarter Campaign to raise enough money to make the FED UP movie and Educational Kit available to 10,000 teachers – For FREE! This is a great companion to the Project Learning Garden program. You can sign up here!
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