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CPF president Leesa Carter-Jones talks project-based learning on TeachThought podcast

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TeachThought Podcast logo

Great news for podcast listeners! Captain Planet Foundation President Leesa Carter-Jones was the featured guest in the popular education podcast The TeachThought Podcast this week. Educators seeking solutions that would make the environment’s challenges real to young minds laid the foundation for many of Captain Planet Foundation’s programs. Leesa spoke about CPF’s history of connecting … Read more

Laura Turner Seydel tells People magazine how Captain Planet Foundation helped her become a climate hero

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Laura Turner Seydel conducting stream cleanup

For Laura Turner Seydel, Captain Planet Foundation chairperson and lifelong environmental advocate, the road to becoming a “climate hero” began as a child. It all started with small steps — like taking short showers and reveling in nature –before it evolved into the “climate hero” devoting her life to the matters of clean water for … Read more

Making a Wave in the Caribbean!

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Power to the Youth! Ocean Heroes Network, a partnership of Captain Planet Foundation and Lonely Whale, are inviting youth ages 11-18 living in the Caribbean nations and territories to apply for our first ever Ocean Heroes regional Bootcamp for the Caribbean! This free event will be held virtually on December 6 and December 11-13, 2020.  Young heroes … Read more

Ocean Heroes to the Rescue!

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Dyson Chee standing on the rocky shores of Hawai’i

Check out these awesome features checking in on our 2018 Ocean Heroes and Young Superhero for the Earth Honorees, Dyson Chee and Steff McDermot! Click the images below to read the articles highlighting their work on fighting plastic pollution in our oceans! The Motivator: Uniting a diverse community of planet defenders Steff McDermot, a founding member of Sail for … Read more

Gardening for Good with Project Giving Gardens

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Five young girls working in the garden

In the wake of COVID-19, we sprung into action with FoodWell Alliance, Atlanta Community Food Bank, and host of amazing funders to turn more than 100 of our Atlanta Project Learning Garden schools into a resource for fresh, organic produce for local food pantries. Seeking to serve students and families hit hardest by the pandemic, Project Giving Gardens has harvested nearly … Read more

New Virtual Student Guide for the Rocky Mountain Wolf Quest!

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Staring into the eye of a wolf

On Nov. 3, Colorado citizens will be voting on a ballot initiative to require Colorado Parks and Wildlife to develop a science-based plan with public input to reintroduce gray wolves to western Colorado by December 31, 2023. But restoring a population that would serve as the arch stone connecting wolves from the High Arctic to … Read more

Fulton County Schools are Contributing Giving Gardens!

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Project Giving Gardens: Fulton County Schools Gardens south of the city are joining the effort to fight food insecurity for Fulton County families! Oakley Elementary School Oakley Elementary School will soon be bursting with hues and textures! Beds are filled with a variety of tasty Summer-loving plants, including corn, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, and greens. … Read more

The Captain Planet Foundation comes to the rescue by reviving over 100 community box gardens

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Watch one of our amazing Project Giving Gardens farmers, Lelo Jones of Outdoor Fresh Farm plant tomatoes at Sandtown Middle School. Read Full Article Our Development Manager Ashley Rouse and Fred Conrad of the Atlanta Community Food Bank explain Project Giving Gardens, the program we’ve created with Food Well Alliance. You can join us in getting fresh fruits and vegetables to Atlanta families … Read more