Congratulations! You have been selected to be a member of this year’s CPF + ECYC Internship Atlanta Cohort! This is an eight week internship, starting June 12 and extending to August 5 (federal holidays – Juneteenth & July 4 are recognized), based in Atlanta, Georgia. Associates are expected to commit to the full eight weeks. … Read more
2023 APPLICATION CLOSED! Captain Planet Foundation is partnering with the Emerson Collective Youth Collective and George Washington University’s Honey Nashman Center, to offer summer internship program focused on sustainability and environmental justice in Atlanta. We are recruiting a team of 25 young professionals to explore and advance sustainability and environmental justice initiatives in the Metro … Read more
What school’s gardens are your working in to grow produce? Bolton Academy, W. J Scott Elementary, Peyton Forest Elementary, Fickett Elementary, M. Agnes Jones Elementary, Benteen Elementary, Kipp Strive Primary Are you involved with agriculture outside of our program? Not specifically. I’m more involved in social activism and justice, and this is what drew me … Read more
What schools are you serving as a PGG Grower? I service the Cobb County Schools and one school (Ford Elementary) has a community garden (Seeds of Hope) where I manage 19 of their vacant beds. Seeds of Hope has fallen into hard times as they lost access to water due to a dispute between the … Read more
Which PGG Schools are you serving? M.R Hollis, Perkerson Elementary, Sarah Smith Primary, Sarah Smith Intermediate, Wesley Academy, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Humphries Elementary, Mary M Bethune, Cliftondale, and Feldwood Elementary. Are you involved with agriculture outside of our program? Yes. I’m also the assistant Farm Manager at Thomasville Heights Elementary! What brought you to … Read more
It’s easy to feel like pollution is an overwhelming, unsolvable problem. But there is something YOU can do about it! Here are 10 Simple Habits you can adopt to help reduce your carbon footprint, and take pollution down to zero! Ditch the plastic straws and utensils 500,000,000 plastic straws are thrown away every day in … Read more