By Cameron LeBlanc / Fatherly On an Earth Day unlike any other, families are trapped inside — or at least unable to visit many of the parks, zoos, and museums where the Earth is celebrated. That means a certain level of creativity might be required, but it doesn’t mean that Earth Day is canceled. Here … Read more
Lilly Platt, age 11, was an attendee of the 2019 Ocean Heroes Bootcamp in Vancouver. In addition to being a voice for the oceans through Lilly’s Plastic Pickup, Lilly is also a face of Fridays for the Future in the Netherlands, striking from school to protest inaction on climate change.
Grantee: Harry T. Stewart Magnet School / Fleshing, Queens, NYC Grant Type: Project Learning Garden Description: P.S. 092 Harry T. Stewart Sr. Magnet School in Flushing, Queens NYC was recently awarded Project Learning Garden in a contest sponsored by Key Foods and Dole Packaged Foods. Students in this school are experimenting with growing and tasting … Read more
Grantee: Paul Banks Elementary / Homer, Alaska Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The Junior Naturalist program at Paul Banks Elementary School in Homer, Alaska was awarded a $500 ecoSolution grant to support the production of a local field guide. Because this very rural school has limited access to reliable internet, this grant allowed 189 2nd graders … Read more
Grantee: Radix Ecological Sustainability Center / Albany, New York Grant Type: ecoTech Description: The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center in Albany, NY was awarded a $2,359 ecoTech Grant from the Captain Planet Foundation, under funding provided by Voya Foundation. This grant supported a project in which 24 local students built and deployed a drone equipped with … Read more
Grantee: High School for Environmental Studies / New York City Grant Type: ecoTech Description: Students at the High School for Environmental Studies in NYC were awarded a $2,500 ecoTech Grant from the Captain Planet Foundation, under funding from Voya Foundation. This grant allowed 300 students to develop and use refurbished cell phones with hand-held air … Read more
Grantee: Aurora High School Grant Type: Project Hero Description: 30 Students taking IB Biology at Aurora High School in Aurora, Colorado had the opportunity to explore and debate the role of the endangered Gray Wolf in the ecosystem of the Southern Rockies with experts, and even had an opportunity to come face to face with … Read more
Grantee: Van Meter Community School District – Van Meter, Iowa Grant Type: Pollination ecoSTEM Kit Description: “The Pollination ecoSTEM Kit allowed us to get outside of the classroom and make something that will hopefully be around for years to come. The milkweed that we planted will be able to support monarchs in our community.” – … Read more
Grantee: Balboa Magnet School / Northridge, California Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The students at Balboa Magnet School are working to make their campus a suitable pollinator habitat for native bees. CPF provided $100 for 750 children to design, build and create a Mason Bee area in their school’s “Native Discovery Garden”.
Grantee: Ford Elementary / Acworth, Georgia Grant Type: Project Learning Garden Description: Ford was one of our pilot PLG schools, initiated in 2011. A couple years ago, Captain Planet Foundation returned to join Ford Elementary for a garden work day in their Victory gardens; tying garden learning to a history lesson. With several work stations … Read more