Greening the next generationPosted: April 4By Cheryl Eaton- Atlanta Sustainability Examiner Arabia Mountain High, a DeKalb county magnet school with a focus on environmental, energy and engineering education, has a long rich environmental history. It was built on land rich with natural habitats; surrounded by 2,000 acres of undeveloped property. As you stand in front … Read more
The Captain Planet Foundation’s Learning Garden Program’s success is due in large part to committed partners who share our desire to help teachers take their classrooms to the garden for instructional time. When The Nature Conservancy (TNC) approached us to pilot a middle school garden program in Atlanta area middle schools, we knew it would … Read more
Ted Turner: Time to finally protect wetlands, streamsPosted: 7:45 AM EDT, Wed April 2, 2014By Ted Turner (CNN) — Clean water is vital to every single American. Families should be able to turn on the tap and have safe drinking water for their children, vacationers expect healthy rivers for fishing and swimming, and businesses need a … Read more
Planting A Seed: Metro Schools are Making a Difference for the PlanetPosted: April 1By Sherry V. Crawley- Atlanta ParentRead Article
Meet Laura Turner Seydel -Soar with The Captain Planet Foundation Posted: March 31By Ruksana Hussain – Perimeter North Lifestyle magazine Photography John Amis and Laura Turner SeydelRead Article
Click here to see video on the Floating Classroom Small Grant project. Click here to see video on CPF Learning Gardens Program
News report from YNN Rochester – Rochester, NYPosted: March 25 at 6:24amElementary schools in upstate New York can enter to win a “Learning Garden Grant.” Tops Friendly Markets, Dole and the Captain Planet Foundation are working together to present two schools with learning gardens…View video Apply for Tops Friendly Markets grant here
California is the birthplace of the school garden movement, with ground zero located at King Middle School in Berkeley. This school partnered with Alice Waters and the Chez Panisse Foundation to turn an asphalt waste land into a thriving Edible Schoolyard that has become central to the way King Middle teaches and learns and an … Read more
Waiting for a miracle won’t save the earth. But making a miracle happen? That’s easy. Join us in supporting the powerful work of the meaningful maker movement among African youth. Have you ever stopped to think what you could build to make your life and the lives of others happier, cleaner, and healthier? One group of Kenyan … Read more
In partnership with ArcelorMittal, Captain Planet Foundation rolled its Planeteer Club program into: Deanna Davenport Elementary and the Boys & Girls Club at Canutillo Elementary in Vinton, TX; South Haven Elementary, Central Elementary, and Crisman Elementary in Portage Township Public Schools (Burns Harbor, IN); and Mound STEM School (PreK-8) and the Boys & Girls Club Broadway … Read more