Former U.S. Green Building Council Georgia Chapter Executive Director to Lead Environmental Education Foundation ATLANTA – May 9, 2012 – The Captain Planet Foundation (CPF), an organization dedicated to high-quality programs that empower youth to become global environmental change-makers, has named Leesa Carter as its new Executive Director. Carter previously served as executive director … Read more
SustainUS’s Citizen Science Paper Competition is an entirely volunteer-run, youth-led program that promotes appreciation of environmental issues by challenging fellow youth to actively generate innovative scientific solutions to environmental problems. For eight years SustainUS has provided competition winners the rare opportunity to present their original research and solutions to environmental professional and United Nations representatives … Read more
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Tell your friends and vote for the Captain Planet Foundation TODAY! https://www.carsforgood.com/app_live/widget.php?org_id=441 Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program will be awarding 100 vehicles to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 days based on votes from the public. A total of 500 nonprofits were selected from more than 4,000 applications nationwide. We are hoping … Read more
Healing Harvest created and coordinates the greenhouse, learning garden project as part of the sustainable agriculture program at Kennedy Alternative High School in Cottage Grove, Oregon. This is a well-established site with an outdoor garden area with 3,300 square feet of planting space, as well as over 1,000 square feet of fully equipped professional-quality greenhouse … Read more
Giving Point and Alpharetta High School join together to teach students about environmental stewardship Grantee: Giving Point– Atlanta, GA Project Title: Our Youth, Our Environment, Our Planet Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The “Our Youth, Our Environment, Our Planet” project was born from a partnership between GivingPoint and Alpharetta High School in Roswell, GA to address a critical need to … Read more
Youth in Santa Fe, AZ participate in gardening program and provide mobile toolshed to community Grantee: Earth Care Internation – Santa Fe, NM Project Title: Grapevine Gardening and Mobile Toolshed Grant Type: ecoSolution Under the direction of Earth Care International, The Grapevine Gardening and Mobile Toolshed is a project led by youth in the Youth Allies Program who have … Read more
On Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, we will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of our Annual Earth Day Kids Fest (EDKF). The day will offer a fantastic array of “edutainment” to engage and entertain families! Start the morning off with a handshake and photo opportunity … Read more
In 1966 Sylvia Earle received her Ph.D. from Duke. Her dissertation “Phaeophyta of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico” created a sensation in the oceanographic community. Never before had a marine scientist made such an extensively detailed study of aquatic plant life. Since then she has made a lifelong project of cataloging every species of plant … Read more
Principal Robin Robbins was very surprised when Captain Planet showed up at Burgess-Peterson Academy to present her a check from the Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education (AFAEE). This year, the Atlanta Families’ Awards recognizes 10 outstanding teachers and school leaders in the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) system. Each winner is awarded $7,500, which … Read more
Members of the Planeteers Movement of Ghana, based in Accra, took their turn in ensuring a clean Ghana this weekend during a beach cleanup exercise at the Gold Coast Beach popularly called Bola Beach (the beach behind the Independence Square). The planeteers as they are called were astonished by the large number of people who … Read more