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
Grantee: Mobile Baykeeper Inc. Project Title: Strategic Watershed Awareness and Monitoring Program (SWAMP) Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The Strategic Watershed Awareness and Monitoring Program (SWAMP) teaches watersheds, environmental protection, pollution challenges, and water quality monitoring to broaden the understanding of how citizens impact their natural resources. Mobile Baykeeper strives to make SWAMP easy for teachers … Read more
On the Cayman Islands, 3 Ocean Heroes, Steff McDermott, Ben Somerville, and Dejea Lyons, are taking aim at single-use plastic to protect their island’s reefs, mangrove ecosystems, and help sustain the overall health of the ocean. McDermott set up the “345 Pledge” with Plastic Free Cayman, the campaign, aimed at lessening and eventually banning single-use … Read more
Grantee: North Coast Conservation & Development Council – Santa Rosa, CA Project Title: Worm Wizards of Waste Expansion Project Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: North Coast Conservation & Development Council received a grant award in support of their Worm Wizards of Waste project for environmental education and on-the-ground change. The project addressed waste minimization, composting, and … Read more