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Congratulations to Project Learning Garden Partners Announced as 2015 Green Ribbon Schools!

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Congratulations to project Learning Garden partners Cobb County (2015 Green Ribbon School District) and Big Shanty Intermediate School (2015 Green Ribbon School). U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award recognizes schools, districts, and IHEs that: Reduce environmental impact and costs; Improve the health and wellness of schools, students, and staff; and Provide environmental education, which teaches many disciplines, and is especially … Read more

Update: FUNDING FOR CPF EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING GARDENS!

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The Project Learning Garden pre-school pilot for Spring 2015 is underway thanks to the generous support of The James M. Cox Foundation. Below is a list of the ten (10) metro-Atlanta schools in the pilot. Original article GSU Child Development Program, Suttles Center Dean Rusk Head Start Program Hambrick Elementary Sydney’s Pampered Peach Daycare Center, Inc. Druid Hills … Read more

Congratulations to Rocket21 Captain Planet Dream Green 2014 Winner!

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Brittany Amano, (Rocket21 Captain Planet Dream Green 2014 Winner), currently a senior at Kalani High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, was recently a featured speaker at the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) national conference in Washington, DC in January; and was featured in Running Start’s “Women To Watch Awards” 2014. While speaking at the KAB conference in January, … Read more

Greater Atlanta Pollinator Partnership & CPF AWARDED POLLINATOR Conservation Efforts CONSERVATION!

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Captain Planet Foundation is so excited and honored to be a contributor to the Greater Atlanta Pollinator Partnership which won a 2015 Wings Across the Americas Conservation Award for Urban Communities in Conservation. CPF’s contribution to the project included: Donating $10,000 to the small grant partnership with National Wildlife Federation; Hosting two Project Learning Garden professional development conferences where over … Read more

CPF Benefit Gala Featured on Virtuoso Life

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Eco events: Captain Planet Foundation galaPosted: MarchBy Virtuoso LifeRead Article Virtuoso recently joined environmentalist and CNN founder Ted Turner and his daughter Laura Turner Seydel in Atlanta to celebrate the Captain Planet Foundation Awards. Read Full Article

CPF Board Chairperson Laura Turner Seydel

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‘Eco-Living Expert’ Laura Seydel Continues Turner Family Tradition Of AdvocacyPosted: Feb. 19By Lauren Waits, wabe.org What do Paloma Picasso, Chelsea Clinton and Nancy Sinatra have in common? They are each the daughters of famous fathers who have worked to establish careers and pursue passions in their own right. Laura Seydel ─ Laura Turner Seydel ─ is among them. Listen Here

First Lego League Robotics Video

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Sixth graders are hard at work preparing to launch a high altitude balloon into the stratosphere on March 12th, 2015. The students will be prepping a scientific payload to study atmospheric temperature, pressure and radiation as it, hopefully, climbs to 102,000ft. The students will also take video of the Flagstaff terrain to see how snowpack … Read more

“Change doesn’t always happen in a 45-minute class period.”

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Original post from georgiaorganics.org By Lauren LadovFoodCorps Service Member with Georgia Organics and Captain Planet Foundation The magic brews stronger the longer it takes to change This winter, I led several different classes making butter. Understanding states and the transformation of matter is a Common Core standard K-3. Armed with heavy cream in jars, I challenged students to … Read more