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Lake Lanier and West Point Lake Floating Classroom in Atlanta, GA

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students aboard Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Floating Classroom doing water quality testing on Lake Lanier in Georgia

Grantee: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. – Atlanta, GAProject Title: Lake Lanier and West Point Lake Floating Classroom Identifying the Obstacles to Environmental Education:Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) created an on-the-water education program in 2000 to provide an opportunity for students to make the connection between the river that supplies their drinking water and their daily lives and to learn on the water … Read more

CPF grantee removes invasive plants in pollinator habitat

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Nature Gen Recent Trail ActivitiesPosted: July 7By Blue Ridge Leader Thanks to a grant funded in part by the Captain Planet Foundation, The Nature Generation, along with Boy Scout Troop 961 and the Virginia Native Plant Society removed invasive plants that were choking out native plants in the pollinator habitat at the Trail and replaced … Read more

Green Guy discuss Captain Planet Foundation with Executive Director, Leesa Carter-Jones

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Talk with Green GuyPosted: June 12By WGST-AM/iHeartRadio Captain Planet Foundation Executive Director, Leesa Carter–Jones discusses the history of the Captain Planet Foundation, Barbara Pyle’s leadership, Project Learning Garden, FoodCorps, ecoSTEM Resource Kits, and other cool Foundation programs, the Foundation’s team members, the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, how people can get involved with the Foundation, the Gala, and much … Read more

Project Learning Garden featured on theatlanta100.com

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Summer care for school gardensPosted: June 16, 2016By The Atlanta 100 After the last bell rings, who takes care of schools’ community gardens during summer? The staff of Captain Planet Foundation, which will host 210 school gardens in Atlanta by year’s end, and FoodCorps members maintain them. Gardens are then harvested, and crops donated to Atlanta Community … Read more

Family Outdoor Adventure Series in Alma, CO

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Young children learning about rocks in outdoor classroom

Grantee: Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative – Alma, ColoradoProject Title: Family Outdoor Adventure Series Identifying the Obstacles to Environmental Education:South Park is a spectacularly beautiful location adjacent to the Mosquito Range Mountains. Yet many families never explore the mountains due to lack of knowledge, job pressure, discomfort, & other reasons. Few organized outdoor natural science opportunities exist … Read more

ecoSTEM Kit Recipient in partnership with DonorsChoose and Captain Planet!

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For Mother’s Day every student at Dana Elementary School took home milkweed plants they planted in containers from the PolliNation ecoSTEM® Resource Kits. The students also created garden themed cards for their loved ones. By planting the milkweed seeds at home the student will be creating a neighborhood monarch butterfly habitat corridor. Follow their blog About … Read more

CPF co-founder, Ted Turner, receives Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy

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Ted Turner receives Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy NEW YORK (June 8, 2016) – Today, Forbes hosts its fifth annual Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy under the theme “Moonshots — Big Bets for Social Change.”  This exclusive event brings together 200 of the world’s leading philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and business leaders for a … Read more

Get To Know FoodCorps Service Member Sumer Ladd

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Sumer Ladd Project Learning Garden schools: Clarkdale Elementary, Cobb County King Springs Elementary, Cobb Cooper Middle, Cobb What is your motivation to work with school gardens? I believe that school gardens are the best way we can connect children to the environment, have them gain a respect for all living things, and teach them to … Read more

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Captain Planet Foundation’s Garden-to-Cafeteria Pilot has launched with great success in Atlanta Public Schools (APS). With the success of Project Learning Garden across over 50 schools in APS, the next logical step was to work with the school district and cafeteria staff to begin serving student-grown, school garden produce in the cafeterias! During the school past year, Captain Planet Foundation … Read more

Our Project Learning Garden Team will present at this year National Farm to Cafeteria Conference

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Our Project Learning Garden Program Manager, Kyla Van Deusen and Maynard H. Jackson High School students are presenting their great work with the Captain Planet Foundation Garden to Cafeteria Pilot at this years National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Register for the conference here. Captain Planet Foundation Garden to Cafeteria Pilot Given the success of Project Learning … Read more