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Aquaponics and Remote Sensing in Hawaii

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Thanks to a Captain Planet Foundation grant and the Ko’olauloa Educational Alliance Corp 40 Students at Kahuku High in Kahuku, Hawaii learned how to use computer arduinos (microcontrollers with software) and sensors. The students tied the arduinos and sensors into an aquaponics system housed in an existing greenhouse next to the school. The project included setting up a lab and … Read more

What’s New with CPF Learning Gardens?

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?See what 2013 CPF summer Learning Garden intern Bethaney Herrington is up to now. Click here to learn more  SEE YOU IN TEXAS!CPF will participate in the 7th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Austin, Texas April 15-18,2014. CPF and Life Lab are hosting School Garden Support Organizations Unite! -Tuesday, April 15, 1:30 – 5:30 pmA networking session for organizations … Read more

Great story in The Huffington Post about the CPF Benefit Gala

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Great story in The Huffington Post about Ted Turner, Rufus Wainwright, Erin Brockovich, Dr. David Suzuki, Dr. Tara Cullis, Tom Szaky, and Charles Orgbon ΙΙΙ at the Captain Planet Foundation’s annual Gala. Billionaires are eccentric, but Ted Turner may be the only one who hosts an annual fundraiser in honor of a cartoon character. Each … Read more