Click link below to read an article from Georgia Organics about the Ford Elementary School’s fifth graders. Victory garden at Ford Elementary a win for studentsby Elicia Fritsch
August 19, 2013, Atlanta, GA — Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) and Ford Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia will host a workshop for educators in Cobb and Gwinnett Counties at Ford on October 18 and 19, 2013. The Friday workshop will consist of sessions covering basic and advanced Learning Garden construction, planting and maintenance, engaging community … Read more
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan is Captain Planet.Click here to read full story.
Over the summer our school garden interns maintained, watered, weeded and planted at 37 Atlanta area schools in Fulton and Cobb counties! Especially important were work days scheduled with the entire Planeteer team in which the Planeteers worked with school administrators and garden coordinators to install new gardens and revitalize existing Gardens. Clarkdale – July … Read more
The Captain Planet Foundation has launched summer garden management as part of its Learning Gardens Program to help maintain school gardens around metro-Atlanta during the out-of-school summer months. This summer, the program is supporting over 40 school gardens located in Cobb County Public Schools and the Atlanta Public School system. With funding provided by Arthur … Read more
Virginia residents learn more about wetlands and river sustainability with “floating classroom” Grantee: Elizabeth River Project – Portsmouth, VA Project Title: The Learning Barge Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: CPF grantee, the Elizabeth River Project, launched the Learning Barge in 2009. The Learning Barge is the world’s first floating wetland classroom and America’s Greenest Vessel. Powered by sun and wind and equipped with … Read more
Captain Planet Learning Gardens Partner School, Ford Elementary in Cobb County GA, accepts the National Green Ribbon Schools Award from the U.S. Department of Education last week in Washington, DC. Pictured accepting the award from Georgia Department of Education’s Keisha Ford-Jenrette is Ford Elementary Principal, Jami Frost.
Captain Planet Foundation is the winner of the first Look Up Atlanta Storytelling Contest! The winning project was announced Thursday, June 6th during the Look Up Atlanta launch party held at The Wren’s Nest. As the project winner, CPF now has the amazing opportunity to build a Look Up Atlanta campaign to promote our Learning Gardens program. The … Read more
An Afternoon in the Orchard September 15th 2013 4:00pm-8:00pm 1141 Cummings Road/ Santa Paula, CA 93060/ Bocce North Lawn To benefit expansion of Ventura County Agricultural Education and the launch of the CPF Learning Gardens Program into Ventura County schools. Captain Planet Foundation and SEEAG would like to invite you to An Afternoon in the … Read more
On Monday May 20th, the Captain Planet Foundation and its Summer interns joined Ford Elementary for a garden work day in their Victory gardens! The students identified, harvested and answered questions about the gardens they planted, then washed and taste tested all of their herbs and vegetables. With several work stations that included “make your … Read more