Grabbing eyeballs is the new currency of our time.” He added, “I think that we need a new story to open our hearts and change our world view. Schwartzberg is the only artist to be inducted into the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his lifelong work, and his Netflix series, Moving Art, inspires, educates, and evolves viewer’s perspective on the world.ĭuring his acceptance speech, Schwartzberg remarked, “I believe that the battleground today is a battleground for attention.
Louie Schwartzberg, the award-winning filmmaker and fierce advocate for the environment, was honored with the Superhero for Earth Award for his dedication to creating works that have a positive effect on the future of the planet. And they do this work with an incredible amount of hope and creativity.”Ī rowdy live auction was hosted by Billy Harris and included items such as an incredible week in the French Riviera, a stay at Francis Ford Coppola’s luxury rainforest resort in Belize, a getaway to Ted Turner's magnificent Vermejo property and more and raised over $250,000 in the room. They work with companies and with their school districts to create more sustainable supply chains. We work with them and over time, they create laws and policies. More than 1.7 million children have directly participated in and benefited from these educational projects and subsequently more than 11.4 million kids have been impacted.ĭuring her remarks Captain Planet Foundation President, Leesa Carter-Jones said, “Gen Z and Gen Alpha know that climate change is real, and they’re not taking ‘no’ for an answer.” She continued, “Over the last four years we have trained over 3,500 young people from over 90 countries who remain dedicated to their work. states and in 35 countries internationally. Over the past 31 years, Captain Planet Foundation has funded 3,600+ hands-on environmental education projects with schools and nonprofits that serve children in all 50 U.S. And if all of the kids in the world were raised with this point of view, we can truly change the world.” While accepting her award Bastida remarked, “I was raised with a view of the world that was about giving back, that was about reciprocity, that was about climate justice. In 2020, she co-founded the Re-Earth Initiative, a youth-led Climate Justice education organization and she is also a commissioner at the Climate Governance Commission that develops reform proposals on global climate policies. Highlighting the extraordinary sustainability efforts of both honorees during the program, Climate Justice Activist, Xiye Bastida, was honored with the Young Superhero for Earth Award for her work organizing Fridays For Future NYC and helping mobilize up to 300,000 people in the 2019 climate strikes. The evening began with a musical performance from DejaBlue Grass Band as guests had the opportunity to participate in the gala’s silent auction during the cocktail reception which included 14 private Chef's table experiences from some of Atlanta’s most treasured Chefs. The Gala was hosted by Atlanta News First’s One on One host, Monica Kaufman Pearson, who is also the first woman and first minority to anchor the WSB-TV daily evening news in Atlanta, GA. The benefit raised more than $650,000 to support the Foundation’s worldwide educational programming and grant-making efforts to engage and empower young people to be problem solvers for the planet. elementary schools with onsite learning laboratories and healthy food access Project Hero which is a nationwide, web-based learning platform for K-12 students to save locally threatened and endangered species & ecosystems and Planeteer Alliance, a global network of young people who are putting their passion and impatience for change into ACTION for the climate and planet.ATLANTA, Ma(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Last night, Captain Planet Foundation, the global non-profit dedicated to empowering youth to be changemakers for the environment, held their annual Gala at Flourish Atlanta and recognized environmental honorees Xiye Bastida and Louie Schwartzberg. CPF’s operating programs include: Project Learning Garden which has provided 530+ U.S. Over the past 31 years, more than 1.6 million children have directly participated in CPF’s programs, which have funded 3,250+ projects, impacting 10.5 million young people. In 2002, CPF separated from TBS and became a 501(c)3 public charity.
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CPF was originally based on the critically-acclaimed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers when it was co-founded in 1991 by media mogul Ted Turner and series executive producer Barbara Pyle. Captain Planet Foundation is an award-winning, US-based NGO that works collaboratively to engage and empower young people to be problem solvers for the planet.
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