CeeLo Green to Launch Environmental Charity With Sister

Founded by Grammy Award-winning artist CeeLo Green and his sister Shedonna Alexander, the GreenHouse Foundation is a new non-profit organization dedicated to delivering “green education” to school-aged children in underprivileged areas. The foundation will officially launch on August 17th at Green's elementary school, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy in Georgia, with a dedication to the siblings' late mother, Sheila J. Callaway Tyler.

The GreenHouse Foundation's first initiative is the Green Garden Education Program, which will provide participating public, private, and charter schools with the tools, resources, and curriculum needed to start and maintain an outdoor “teaching” garden.

According to Alexander, “The Green Garden program will use outdoor gardening as an innovative tool to teach math and science. It will allow students to experience a new approach to 'green education.'”

The program will teach children the basics of gardening and the health and environmental benefits of growing their own food. Additionally, they will learn how to run their own school farmers market and donate the proceeds to other non-profit organizations to help reduce hunger in their community.

“The hands of our children will help feed those in need, like the homeless or elderly who live in 'grocery deserts' with no access to fresh produce,” says Green.

This is only the beginning for the GreenHouse Foundation; many more initiatives are on the way, including the annual Clean Atlanta Green Day, which will rally local schools, businesses, and government officials to clean up the city every Earth Day. The GreenHouse Community Gardens Programs will build organic community gardens managed by volunteers around Atlanta, while the Green Collar Career Development and Training Program will introduce students to jobs that have an impact on the environment.

“We are committed to the mission to empower children with the knowledge, attitude, and desire to positively influence their futures, their communities, and the long-term sustainability of their planet,” says Alexander.