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
Mountainfilm on Tour is a traveling showcase of inspiring, adventurous, and humorous short films centered around the environment and outdoor activity. All shorts are curated from the 2013 Mountainfilm in Telluride Film Festival. Mountainfilm and the Film Festival are proud to bring these screenings, presented by Morgan Stanley, to the Plaza Theatre for Mountainfilm on Tour … Read more
MUST Ministries is a volunteer based organization that extends its services across the state of Georgia by offering food, clothing, and employment assistance. Its clients also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of volunteer led, educational courses that include access to a computer lab. The Must Ministries shown above is the Smyrna, GA … Read more
Laura Turner Seydel, Kiki Goshay, and Susan Van Liere invite you toAWAKENING FUTURE GENERATIONS: AN ELEGANT FARM TO TABLE DINNERSaturday, September 7th, 2013Six O’Clock In The Evening At the LEED Gold Certified home of Kiki GoshaySet amidst the backdrop of Mt. Tamalpais A co-benefit for the Captain Planet Foundation and Cool the Earth.The Captain Planet … Read more
Captain Planet Foundation 2012 grantee, Albany Options School, recently had their project filmed by This American Land on PBS and will be featured on the show during the 2013-14 season. Click here to learn more about this project and other This American Land projects. This American Land will showcase Albany Option’s bioswale Water Quality and Infiltration Improvement Project. A swale … Read more
In 2012 Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) received a Captain Planet Foundation grant for their Art + Action Cafeteria Waste Reduction (CWR) project. Now in 2013 they’ve been awarded a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Quality Award! The CWR project, which is still in process, is a 2-3 month in-school Residency, providing urgently needed school cafeteria food packaging waste reduction, … Read more