12 ways the arts can encourage climate actionPosted: April 25By Anna Leach Barbara Pyle, Executive Producer of Captain Planet & the Planeteers and Co-Founder of Captain Planet Foundation joined a celebrated global panel of experts for this special Guardian feature on “12 ways the arts can encourage climate action; A panel of experts around the … Read more
Students use love of science & nutrition to help others enjoy healthier school lunchesPosted: April 25By Portia Bruner A greenhouse and a school of fish are giving students at Benjamin E. Mays High an extraordinary lesson in scientific farming techniques. Mays High School is the only Atlanta Public School with a greenhouse that uses aquaponics and … Read more
Grantee: Emerson Waldorf School – Chapel Hill, NCProject Title: Emerson Farm Pollinator and Beekeeping Garden With a Captain Planet Foundation Small Grant, Emerson Farm was able to complete, connect, and expand a piece of their program that has been missing – the Beekeeping and Pollinator Garden. As an educational garden, based on the work of Rudolf Steiner, they … Read more
Grantee: Gowanus Canal Conservancy – Brooklyn, New YorkProject Title: Gowanus Canal: Clean & Green The Gowanus Canal is a polluted urban water way in Brooklyn, NY that is a Superfund site. To counter decades of environmental abuse, Gowanus Canal Conservancy has been working toward an “Open, Clean and Alive” Gowanus Canal and Watershed. They are moving toward this vision in part … Read more
Telemundo Atlanta feature about Project Learning Garden and FoodCorpsPosted: April 1By Lara Carolina
“ELK has taught me how important it is to conserve and protect the outdoors because the scenery and the enlightenment of being in nature is something everyone should be able to experience.”– Nya Wallace (Age 18) Grantee: Environmental Learning for Kids –Denver, ColoradoProject Title: Denver Youth Naturally (DYN) Denver Youth Naturally and Leadership Corps (DYN), ELK’s core … Read more
Join National Geographic and the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., for the National Parks BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival, May 20-21, 2016. Be part of this nationwide celebration of the National Park Service’s centennial and biodiversity in your national parks. What is a BioBlitz? A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible … Read more
Photo from CPF Grantee Something Good in the World On March 10th, over 50 philanthropists, athletes, and celebrities “flash funded” more than $14 million dollars of DonorsChoose.org projects. The funded projects included OVER 100 CPF ecoSTEM® Resource Kits that provide teachers with an easy-to-use introduction to environmental, project-based STEM learning. When combined with our own match funding … Read more
From Garden to Cafeteria: Students learn to grow healthy foodPosted: March 30By Sue G. Collins Budding gardeners in 50 Atlanta Public Schools are growing food to help feed the district’s 45,000 students thanks to grants, community volunteers and the support of the APS nutrition department. Last month, students in the Maynard H. Jackson High School garden … Read more
7 Lessons In Persuasion From People Who Get Kids To Eat Veggies by Laura Vanderkam – www.fastcompany.com [Photo: Kelly Campbell, courtesy of FoodCorps] Trying to win over a tough customer? The FoodCorps knows what you’re going through. Founded in 2009, this organization sends young service members to schools in disadvantaged communities with the goal of getting kids to … Read more