Captain Planet Foundation 2025

Captain Planet Foundation’s mission is to work collaboratively to engage and empower young people to be problem-solvers for the planet. CPF is hiring three (3) Americorps VISTA members to help the organization scale its Green Heart STEM Challenge, under the Planeteer Alliance program. This Green Heart STEM Challenge program for 2025 projects to benefit 1,000 6th – 8th grade students and 100 teachers across metro-Atlanta (with a special focus on Clayton County and DeKalb County Public School districts) and metro-Houston. Over the course of the Challenge, students will develop solutions to the climate injustices that are acutely felt by and affecting their communities. The VISTA team members will contribute to the goals of the project by performing activities such as working with CPF team members to program, schedule, and launch all activities and training related to the 2025 Green Heart STEM Challenge for Environmental Justice - WIND Edition (circular economy – specifically solutions and interventions to fast fashion, single-use plastics, and e-waste); while mentoring students and teachers over the course of the Challenge which will run from January - May 2025. Team members will also assist with building the 2026 Challenge addressing soils, trees, and land use (EARTH Edition). VISTA service members will work with CPF staff members to create Challenge content; identify experts and organize video content; build the structure for teacher training; mentor students; build the judging structure; build the mentorship model with corporate teams and subject matter experts; promote and market the program to the educational community; promote and market the program to the funders, media, and community leaders; tell the stories of the winning student ideas to the communities they will impact; plan the Idea Incubator in various key markets; and various other responsibilities.