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Environmental literacy for change. We turn ordinary people to positive pirates!
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30/09/2025

Ahoy mates! 🚢✨

For World Cleanup Day 2025, the Captain Fanplastic crew set sail to Mouille Point with 60 incredible young plastic pirates and our ocean friends — , and — for a morning of storytelling, ocean literacy, and of course, a beach clean-up! 💙🌍

A big Ahoy to and !💙

We’re always on the lookout for like-minded crew members to join us in protecting and preserving our beautiful planet. 🌎🌍

25/09/2025

🌍⚓ Captain Fanplastic x UNICEF Equatorial Guinea!

We’re thrilled to share first images of our partnership with UNICEF that will empower 1,500 children and train 40 adolescent facilitators across 20 youth centers, inspiring the next wave of eco-leaders to tackle plastic pollution and climate change. 💙🌱

Through storytelling, creativity, and clean-ups, kids will learn that there’s no such place as “away”, because . Together, we’re raising a new generation of “friendly pirates” who see that there’s truly .

This marks our impact in 13 countries and a step closer to our goal of reaching 1 million children by 2030. 🚀

17/09/2025

Ahoy from the 43rd EEASA Conference! Captain Nobuhle & Naomi are excited to dive into conversations on environmental education & ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) 🌱⚓️

The EEASA Conference (Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa) is a leading regional platform bringing together educators, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to reflect on successes in education for sustainable development and to shape its future across Africa. ✨

1️⃣ Inspiring sessions and conversations with changemakers shaping the future of environmental education in Sub Saharan South Africa 🌍✨
2️⃣ Come check out our Captain Fanplastic stand. Let’s chat about how storytelling sparks environmental literacy ♻️
3️⃣ Don’t miss our poster presentation on scaling & licensing ESD resources across Africa and beyond (see poster on https://bit.ly/CFP_Scaling_ESD_Case_Stdy )🌍📘

20/08/2025

WATCH | 🔔 Captain Fanplastic Impact Report 2022–2024 Video Series 🔔

🌍 This episode features Sinazo Nkwelo, Innovation Director at DG Murray Trust, who speaks on the importance of community ownership, reminding us that when people take pride in projects, the change they create becomes truly lasting.

🧠 She touches on the work the Lesedi Solar Park Trust is undertaking in the Northern Cape with Captain Fanplastic, using environmental education as a wider ecosystem enabler, connecting communities, partners, and schools to drive sustainable impact that extends far beyond one project.

🥸 Read the full impact report here: https://lnkd.in/dvH8f85a

13/08/2025

WATCH | 🔔 Captain Fanplastic Impact Report 2022–2024 Video Series 🔔

🌊 This episode highlights our partnership with CRDC MATERIALS South Africa and their inspiring Bag That Builds initiative, showing learners that plastic, when handled correctly, can be .

🌍 Together, we’re closing the loop and teaching circularity in action, demonstrating how public and private players each have a role in creating sustainable systems that turn waste into value.

🧠 George van der Schyff, CRDC SA’s Operations Manager, shares how this mutually beneficial partnership empowers communities while giving learners a tangible example of how plastic can be transformed into something with lasting purpose.

🥸 Read the full impact report here: https://lnkd.in/dvH8f85a

07/08/2025

WATCH | 🔔 Captain Fanplastic Impact Report 2022–2024 Video Series. 🔔

🌊 This episode shines a light on our work across Small Island Developing States (SIDS) where plastic pollution is a daily challenge, despite these countries contributing the least to the problem.

🌍 Through storytelling, school-based activities, and circular economy education, Captain Fanplastic empowered over 12,000 learners to become plastic warriors, turning waste into wonder and education into action.

🧠 Our Programme Manager, Nobuhle Zulu, reflects on how place-based environmental education fosters local ownership and inspires a new generation to protect their marine environments. These island nations may be small, but their voices are powerful and their impact, even greater!

🥸 Read the full impact report here: https://lnkd.in/dvH8f85a

30/07/2025

“We can’t protect what we don’t understand.” — Khuthala

✨In our latest video, Khuthala shares how storytelling and experiential learning are transforming how children view plastic waste, the ocean, and their role as changemakers.

📚At the heart of our work is SDG 4: Quality Education. One of our core pillars, it guides our mission to deliver inclusive, engaging, and action-driven learning. Our curriculum is purposefully designed with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in mind equipping young minds with the knowledge and values to build a more sustainable future.

👊Check out our impact report as we reflect on the work we have done in advancing the global goals agenda.

21/07/2025

🔔We are excited to invite you to explore the Captain Fanplastic Impact Report 2022 - 2024 Video Series. A collection of powerful reflections and conversations with the partners who’ve helped us drive change across our core pillars: Education, Reduction, and Circularity.

🤩This series highlights the inspiring work happening across schools, communities, and organisations committed to reducing plastic waste and creating more sustainable futures. We extend our heartfelt thanks to all our partners for their collaboration and dedication. We also encourage you, our broader community, to watch and share the videos.

🥸Finally, read the report, and join us in amplifying these stories of impact.

👉https://bit.ly/CaptainsImpactReport24

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