Follow links below to learn more about our Captain Planet Young Superhero for Earth honoree. Atlanta’s ‘Young Superhero For Earth’ Charles Orgbon III Honored By Captain Planet Foundationby Catherine Witherspoon from www.atlantadailyworld.com Charles Orgbon III isn’t your average high school student. At a time when most kids his age are enjoying their final days in … Read more
Check out this unique opportunity from CPF- we hope you’ll spread the good news throughout your networks! Dole Foods and Captain Planet Foundation are teaming up to host the “DOLE Fruit Bowls & Captain Planet Foundation Learning Garden Challenge.” The contest will recognize schools (K – 8) that have established school gardens that provide an … Read more
Who knows what bees do? The students at West Broad Street YMCA School in Savannah, GA now know all about bees from their classroom bee hive. Savannah Bee Company owner Ted Dennard has written a great piece on the bee hive installation made from EmergentStructures reclaimed materials at the West Broad Street YMCA school – … Read more
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CPF grantee One More Generation is hosting an Atlanta film premier fundraiser to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This film follows researchers, scientists, volunteers and others as they demonstrate the magnitude of plastic pollution on Earth and its devastating effect on animals – particularly those in our oceans. Join OMG for … Read more
Photo: October 25th – Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall (left) and Centennial Place Elementary School fifth-graders Kendall Duff, Liya Wilson, Esther Greene and Derrick Tangdonfor (left to right). A Press Conference was co-hosted by Captain Planet Foundation and Georgia Organics to celebrate the launch of the Captain Planet Foundation’s Learning Gardens Program into 40 Atlanta Public Schools with funding from the Kendeda … Read more
CPF Executive Director, Leesa Carter, and EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy, mug for the camera during their panel “Making the case for Environmental and Sustainable Education” at Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in NYC. Carter moderated the panel and Administrator McCarthy gave the opening remarks. Also on the panel were Katie Ginsberg [Founder/ED of Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation], … Read more
Captain Planet Foundation is thrilled to be writing an ongoing guest blog for Farm Star Living, an amazing new website by Mary Blackmon. Mary left a media career in Los Angeles to take over her family’s farm in the Arkansas Delta and wanted to create a website that celebrates the USA farmers who bring the food … Read more
This wonderful event overlooking Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, CA was a co-benefit for Captain Planet Foundation and Cool the Earth. Honored guests included the founder of Edible Schoolyard Alice Waters, environmental champion and U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman, the “Renegade Gardner of LA” Ron Finley, and featured a special performance by the incomparable Jackson Browne. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157635659870855″] Posted in Announcement