How to Start a Teaching GardenPosted: October 2014By Kristi York Wooten-HGTV.com 13 Teaching Gardens In ActionPosted: October 2014By Kristi York Wooten-HGTV.com View Photos As you plant your vegetable and flower gardens, many schools and communities across the country are doing the same thing—and they’re learning the importance of gardening in the development of life skills. … Read more
By Bang Tran FoodCorps Service Member with Georgia Organics and Captain Planet Foundation Unlike much of the western world, desserts in many east Asian countries often take the form of fruits, beans, and other foods infrequently considered on the dessert plate. Growing up, I very rarely had anything sweet and rich after dinner— mom and dad would … Read more
” Captain Planet Foundation Supports Burgess-Peterson Academy”Posted: October 2014By The Porch Press The Atlanta-based Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) is delighted to continue its support of East Atlanta’s Burgess-Peterson Academy, as we launch into the 2014 school year. In September, a FoodCorps service member training was held in the Burgess-Peterson Learning Garden. The Foundation also hosted … Read more
Atlanta Now-Learning GardensPosted: Sept. 29By City of Atlanta Channel 26https://player.vimeo.com/video/107075356 AN-Learning Gardens from ATL26 on Vimeo.
Captain Planet Foundation’s innovative Project Learning Garden provides schools with strategies for building effective and sustainable garden-based learning programs. By the end of 2014, the program will have 110 Project Learning Garden schools in its hometown of Atlanta, Georgia (Atlanta Public Schools and Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett Public School Systems) and10 schools in a pilot program in Ventura County, Calif. The goal of Project Learning … Read more
It definitely takes a village to manage the Project Learning Garden schools around metro-Atlanta! This summer, CPF was once again the recipient of generous support from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation / Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation to support our summer garden management program. Around metro-Atlanta, 58 elementary and middle schools had their Project Learning … Read more
Small Grant Competition to Expand Environmental Education”Posted: Sept. 26By Kathryn Baron – Education Week The Captain Planet Foundation is accepting proposals for grants to give students a chance to make real environmental improvements at their schools or in their communities through hands-on, project-based learning. Schools and nonprofit organizations, whose annual operating budgets are $3 million … Read more
FoodCorps Service Site SpotlightPosted: August 2014By Brooke Hatfield from Georgia Organics Georgia Organics is thrilled to be bringing FoodCorps to Georgia, and we’ve selected some incredible partner organizations to serve as the FoodCorps service Sites: the Captain Planet Foundation, the Athens Land Trust, and the Northeast Georgia Farm to School Program (Georgia Organics’ pilot program). Four service members will serve in Atlanta … Read more
Captain Planet Foundation GalaPosted: August 2014By Atlanta Buzz One of the Southeast’s largest eco-benefits, the annual Captain Planet Foundation Gala will be held on Friday, Dec. 5 at the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta (3315 Peachtree Road NE) from 6:00-9:30 p.m. Single tickets are $750, $1,500 per couple, and corporate tables start at $5,000. The charitable evening will raise funds for the Foundation’s programs, which … Read more
The Atlanta Business Chronicle Posted: July 25, 2014The SaportaReport Posted: July 28, 2014 Captain Planet Foundation Speaking of the environment, the Captain Planet Foundation has announced its 2014 Exemplar Award winner — Jane Goodall, the animal rights activist who has become one of the world’s leading experts on chimpanzees. Goodall, 80, also founded the Jane Goodall … Read more