Guest column: Growing farm-to-school with FoodCorpsPosted: Sept. 3By Erin Croom, Farm to School Director, Georgia Organics – Georgia Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin One of the most successful tactics to get children to eat more fruits and vegetables is to have them plant, grow, and harvest food in a garden, which is one of the … Read more
Learning Magazine FeaturePosted: August 2014By Leaning Magazine One of the Southeast’s largest eco-benefits, the annual Captain Planet Foundation Gala will be held on Friday, Dec. 5 at the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta (3315 Peachtree Road NE) from 6:00-9:30 p.m. Single tickets are $750, $1,500 per couple, and corporate tables start at $5,000. The charitable evening will raise … Read more
The purpose of the ExplorOceans Eco-Teach club is to connect students, technology, and environmentalism. During the program, students learned about environmental issues, and created and used state-of-the-art tools to conduct research, document, and share their discoveries with the world! Okay, to put it simply, they built underwater robots and then fitted them with film cameras … Read more
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