When Powers CombinePosted: June 2014By Georgia Trend‘s Susan Percy Laura Turner Seydel, who is Chairperson of the Captain Planet Foundation, was inspired by the groundbreaking Captain Planet and the Planeteers cartoon series and provides funds for learning gardens and other environmental projects in schools. Like her father, media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner, who helped start the series … Read more
Captain Planet Foundation is thrilled to announce a $60,000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation to support the adaptation and expansion of the CPF Learning Gardens Program for pre-school aged children in Georgia. With this generous support, CPF will install ten (10) Learning Gardens into Early Childhood Education centers around metro-Atlanta. Research has shown … Read more
In April, Captain Planet Foundation Learning Garden Manager, Kyla Van Deusen, attended the 7th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Austin, TX where more than 1,000 attendees spent a week learning best practices for Farm to School. The day before the conference, Captain Planet Foundation joined forces with the National School Garden Network, the dream team … Read more
This past Spring, the Planeteer Club at Canutillo Elementary School (near El Paso, TX) and their after-school Boys and Girls Club partners completed all phases of the Planeteer Club Guidebook. One of the Planeteers’ favorite projects was the “Vampire Energy Search”. For this project, students dress up in Vampire capes – and armed with Leak … Read more
Congratulations to Tommy Whiteley on being an honored guest at the White House Science Fair! Tommy was the 2012 Rocket21 & CPF “Dream Green” contest winner. The contest invited youth to share their ideas for how to save the planet by reducing air pollution, keeping drinking water clean, making our oceans pure, conserving energy, or … Read more
Monarch butterflies are disappearing. Their caterpillars eat only milkweed plants and loss of milkweed patches, exacerbated by use of herbicides, has contributed to the butterfly’s decline. But students across the country can come to the rescue by planting milkweed! Monarch Watch and the Natural Resources Defense Council are offering a free flat of 32 small … Read more
This summer, Captain Planet Foundation will team up with Georgia Department of Education to offer workshops for all Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) in Georgia. These week-long preview workshops will give curriculum and instruction specialists a chance to try out science and engineering practices that promote inquiry-style learning. Teachers who attend such a workshop will … Read more
Integrating Aquaponics with Garden Towers for Local Food Production: A Kahuku School Project A presentation by Tia Greene-Duarte of Kahuku High & Intermediate School (Hawaii) on local food production, aquaponics, and the Garden Tower (www.gardentowerproject.com). Students are integrating ecological farming technologies to maximize food production, minimize waste, and learn about biological interactions. The Arduino platform … Read more
Growing future leaders: Playing in the dirt offers a lesson about naturePosted: May 2014Content provided by CSX on Mother Nature Network website Students at Arabia Mountain High School in Atlanta don’t need to go far to appreciate the natural beauty of their region. The school is nestled in a 2,000-acre preserve brimming with native plant … Read more
Davenport school earns award for garden curriculumPosted: May 14 at 4:28 pmBy Santa Cruz Sentinel Students at Arabia Mountain High School in Atlanta don’t need to go far to appreciate the natural beauty of their region. The school is nestled in a 2,000-acre preserve brimming with native plant and animal species, set among a topography … Read more