CPF’s Learning Gardens Summer Maintenance Interns Students and teachers are almost always excited for summer, but many with a school garden worry about who will care for it in their absence. Unlike a class pet, you can’t take a garden home for summer! This is where Captain Planet Foundation’s Summer Garden Crew fills the gap. … Read more
Atlanta joined the “Mountainfilm in Telluride family” in September of 2013 with the launch of Mountainfilm on Tour ATL at The Plaza Theatre. Dedicated to environmental sustainability, Mountainfilm on Tour ATL, is a ‘green’ event which promotes sustainability, recycling, and reusability. Committed to supporting local initiatives that align with the Mountainfilm mission to actively seek education, inspiration, and motivation regarding … Read more
Posted: June 22 By Esha Chhabra from The Ventura Star and Rethink Social Domino’s is now serving school lunches. Yes, that’s right. Sounds abysmal, doesn’t it? It’s called the “smart slice” — more whole wheat, less fat, less sodium — and it’s available for your children to eat for lunch in 38 states, courtesy of … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ia5tfgt6iE Erin Brockovich was interviewed for I Am Eco Warrior at last year’s gala, where she received the Protector of the Earth award.Erin Brockovich is a consumer advocate and environmental activist, who, despite a lack of formal law education, was instrumental in building a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California in 1993 for … Read more
Nature Works Everywhere – the youth education program of The Nature Conservancy – has a beautiful new website with new features and tools that make garden education easier. This website gives teachers, students and families everything they need to start exploring and understanding nature around the globe alongside Nature Conservancy scientists—interactive games, and interactive lesson plans … Read more
Captain Planet Foundation’s Project Learning Garden from One Entertainment Productions on Vimeo. A collaboration of donations made possible a stop action video about our Captain Planet Foundation’s Project Learning Garden – and it is adorable. This project came about under the leadership of a high school Intern from Wheeler High School in Cobb County (Javon Williams) who joined CPF … Read more
When Powers CombinePosted: June 2014By Georgia Trend‘s Susan Percy Laura Turner Seydel, who is Chairperson of the Captain Planet Foundation, was inspired by the groundbreaking Captain Planet and the Planeteers cartoon series and provides funds for learning gardens and other environmental projects in schools. Like her father, media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner, who helped start the series … Read more
Captain Planet Foundation is thrilled to announce a $60,000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation to support the adaptation and expansion of the CPF Learning Gardens Program for pre-school aged children in Georgia. With this generous support, CPF will install ten (10) Learning Gardens into Early Childhood Education centers around metro-Atlanta. Research has shown … Read more
In April, Captain Planet Foundation Learning Garden Manager, Kyla Van Deusen, attended the 7th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Austin, TX where more than 1,000 attendees spent a week learning best practices for Farm to School. The day before the conference, Captain Planet Foundation joined forces with the National School Garden Network, the dream team … Read more
This past Spring, the Planeteer Club at Canutillo Elementary School (near El Paso, TX) and their after-school Boys and Girls Club partners completed all phases of the Planeteer Club Guidebook. One of the Planeteers’ favorite projects was the “Vampire Energy Search”. For this project, students dress up in Vampire capes – and armed with Leak … Read more