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The Clean Planet Foundation operates as an independent entity, separate from Clean Planet Group, Energy, and Technologies. While the Foundation aligns its mission with promoting the sustainable use of plastics and reducing carbon emissions, it maintains complete autonomy in its decision-making processes and actions, ensuring no influence from the commercial customers or shareholder interests of its related companies.

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The Clean Planet Foundation (CPF) educates and takes action for the sustainable use of plastics, and reduction of carbon emissions. A not-for-profit organisation. 

We believe that everyone deserves better, and initiate and support projects to mitigate the impact of the plastic and climate crises across the UK and beyond.

flagship projects

Clean Planet Peninsula

The Clean Planet Foundation, polar explorer & Guinness World Record holder Preet Chandi, and the University of Portsmouth: Revolution Plastics Institute, are leading the Clean Planet Peninsula project to provide early-career scientists with fieldwork experience and undertake scientific research about the impact of microplastics on Polar Regions. 

The initiative offers cost-effective training, remote fieldwork camps, and expeditions, focusing on plastic pollution and climate change impacts. The project aims to empower the next generation of polar scientists to tackle urgent environmental challenges and contribute to global conservation efforts.

Last update: April 2026

Next update: October 2026

The Clean Planet Foundation has partnered with Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden, to launch the Clean Planet Tent—a new outdoor classroom designed to expand nature-based education. Welcoming over 12,000 school children in 2024, Wakehurst will now be able to host an additional 1,000 students each year, offering extra weekly sessions from Early Years to A Level. 

This Flagship project also includes the extended partnership with Wakehurst to provide funding to support offer of Nature Connectedness teacher training.

Last update: October 2025

Next update: July 2026

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“Edutainment at its finest—exciting, funny, and impossible to put down!” - Chris Riches, Daily Express

Ellie doesn’t believe in magic, she believes in science.
But science is magic! Ellie Ment and the Material Matter is a STEM-based adventure where chemistry meets chaos, physics bends reality, and curiosity might just save the world. A STEM based book series for middle-grade and beyond. 

Next update: June 2026

Next update: July 2026

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Tree Seed Collection

A collaborative endeavour with Woodland Trust Scotland and Trees for Life, the Clean Planet Foundation are the largest private backer of the project.focuses on the critical task of collecting and verifying seeds for at least one million trees.

As of the November 2024 update, this project’s mission has already been smashed, with over two million seeds collected – and we still have two years to go!

Last update: May 2026

Next update: May 2026

HAPSIE

A monthly comic book series to support a younger audience in engaging with bettering the environment. HAPSIE is for budding eco-warriors.

Over 200 comic stories released online for free. Join thousands of subscribers in receiving the printed monthly comic and annual hardback. HAPSIE is now read all over the world, and young and old alike enjoy the stories, games and activities- helping everyone understand the importance of protecting our nature.

Next update: Updated Monthly!

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Behind The Trees

The Clean Planet Foundation released a feature documentary that celebrated – and delved deeper into – some of the work undertaken at charity, Trees For Life, with partiular focus on their Dundreggan site.

The purpose of the documentary was to raise awareness of the charity and the importance of its work. The results exceeded all expectations, winning over ten film festival awards, including at the Cannes World Film Festival.

Completed: November 2024

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“The Clean Planet Foundation promotes sustainability through initiatives that empower individuals, educate communities and drive innovation. They use a holistic approach to environmental conservation, demonstrating the transformative power of purpose-driven initiatives”

The Judges comments after being awarded winners of the Lloyds Bank Sustainable Business of the Year

Key Updates

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August 2026

New data from Amazon shows that The Clean Planet Foundation's Ellie Ment recorded enough digital reading and audiobook listening to cover every one of those minutes. 

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June 2026

The Independent Publisher Book Awards described the Ellie Ment Series as having “outstanding quality and creativity, remarkable contribution to independent publishing"

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June 2026

The netball shirts are produced from five post-consumer recycled PET plastic bottles for every garment made.

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May 2026

From those seeds, the project now represents the potential to grow more than 6.3 million native trees across Scotland.

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April 2026

BAS will provide scientific advice and guidance to help ensure the project aligns with recognised polar scientific standards.

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March 2026

Vicky Holmes has  been named as the developmental and copy editor on Ellie Ment

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February 2026

Svalbard’s glaciers, polar deserts, and unpredictable conditions provided an ideal training ground for structured learning. 

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December 2025

The oldest and most recognised national awards platform in America devoted entirely to children’s literature.

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November 2025

Read the coverage featured in The Sun and many other national newspapers, plus the video trailer! 

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October 2025

New partnership expands research-led sessions helping educators boost wellbeing and environmental action in schools

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September 2025

The book is currently ranked among the Top 50 of all Children’s Books across the entire USA.

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August 2025

The Clean Planet Tent will enable another 1,000 students to be educated at RBG Kew's wild botanic garden. 

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July 2025

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦’𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴.”

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July 2025

The Clean Planet Foundation launch the first in a series of STEM-based fantasy novels, Ellie Ment and the Material Matter.

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June 2025

Experience what life is like in the Arctic Circle as the Clean Planet Peninsula team take you through the key elements of their training!

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May 2025

The significant number of seeds provides the potential to grow over 3.5 million native trees across Scotland.

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April 2025

Captain Preet Chandi MBE Joins Clean Planet Peninsula as Expedition Leader

The multi-time Guinness World Record polar explorer will be leading the flagship polar expeditions, beginning with Svalbard in 2025.

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March 2025

Participants and Details announced for 2025

The Clean Planet Foundation has announced where the selected early-career research scientists will go for the second year of the Clean Planet Peninsula Project!

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December 2024

Year 2 - Review

Watch our Year 2 recap video to see the journey so far - where we've been, who we've worked with, and what we've achieved together. 

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Nov 2024

Seed Collection Smashes Targets - by over 1 million

Over 2.2 million seeds collected in 1 year! Scotland's native forests will be thriving tanks to rewilding efforts & volunteer dedication!

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Aug 2024

Year 1 (2024) Peninsula Project a huge success!

Participants received polar preparation through classroom sessions and outdoor fieldwork in the harsh Dartmoor environment.

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July 2024

Meet the Y1 Participants

Meet the 20 passionate early-career researchers and environmental advocates from across the UK who are joining us on the  Clean Planet Peninsula project in 2024

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June 2024

Behind The Trees

The Clean Planet Foundation wrote, directed and produced a short documentary about the work undertaken by its supported charity, Trees For Life. The film picked up 11 international awards, including in Cannes and New York.

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May 2024

University of Portsmouth Named Scientific Lead for Peninsula Project

The Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth become the scientific lead for the three-year flagship project

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April 2024

Tree Seed Collection

Announcing the Tree Seed Collection Project. Foccusing on the critical task of collecting and verifying seeds for at least 1,000,000 trees, with the aim to donate enough seeds to grow at least 500,000 trees across nurseries in Scotland.

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February 2024

Participant Call! Peninsula

After a successful pilot year in 2023 ​as ​featured on the BBC, the Clean Planet Peninsula project is set to embark on an ambitious and visionary 3-year journey. The Clean Planet Foundation invites 25 individuals to join our immersive training course in Aug'24.

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December 2023

Year 1 - Review

At the start of 2023 the Clean Planet Group set up a not-for-profit 'sister' company - the Clean Planet Foundation. 
 

Let's see how we did in our first year!

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December 2023

UK Beach Cleans

In 2023, our partnership with Turning The Plastic Tide educated more than 200 children about the environmental impact of plastic waste and alternative solutions for managing plastic waste; and removed 2.7T of waste from the UK shores across multiple cleans.

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November 2023

Clean Planet win Sustainable Business of the Year

Presented by the Chancellor & journalist Naga Munchetty, Clean Planet Group won Sustainable Business of the Year Awards by Lloyds Bank

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October 2023

Ugandan Water project

Supporting NGO, Uganda Water Project and group Fathers and Kids Camping, 11 families travelled to Uganda in July 2023 to support in building a solar-powered water grid to provide clean and safe drinking water to the Wakiso District.

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September 2023

BBC wall-to-wall coverage for Clean Planet Peninsula project

The Clean Planet Foundation's flagship project to the Arctic and Antarctic received comprehensive coverage across the BBC.

Miss it? No worries, catch all the coverage right here! 

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September 2023

Clean Planet's Hydrogen Racing team reach world finals!

Clean Planet Foundation supported the Prague British International School to compete in the H2 Grand Prix, run by Horizon Educational - a global competition where students build hydrogen-powered RC cars and compete in a 4-hour endurance race

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July 2023

Playbox Wildflower Garden

Playbox Theatre in Warwick (UK) had requested the help of Clean Planet Foundation to create a wildflower garden at their premises to enable the growth of biodiversity and pollinating insects over the next 5 years.

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June 2023

The Importance of Insects

The Clean Planet Foundation commissioned a series of 5 x short documentaries (each 1-5 minutes each) to help educate others about the Importance of Insects and how human actions are endangering them and the food chain.

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May 2023

QSI International Beach Clean

In May 2023, Clean Planet Energy teamed up with QSI International School of Phuket to organize a sponsored beach clean-up event at Ya Yui Beach. The initiative brought together over 90 enthusiastic pupils and 30 adults with incredible results.

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May 2023

Clean Planet Peninsula featured in the Observer, generating thousands of reactions and comments

This exposure sparked a massive conversation online across multiple platforms, emphasising the widespread concern for our planet

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May 2023

The HAPSIE Hive  

For World Bee Day 2023, the Clean Planet Foundation, via their comic book series HAPSIE, launched the HAPISE HIVE. Tended by a private beekeeper, the HAPSIE Hive follows the progress of a single beehive through the Summer of 2023.

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Jan 2023

Clean Planet's HAPSIE Comic in Antarctica

Clean Planet's not-for-profit comic series, HAPSIE, was invited to join a real-life expedition to the Antarctic, for the 6th hardback!

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Older

Looking for an older update?

The Clean Planet Foundation's work began informally, with projects being undertaken prior to the formation of the not-for-profit. Want to see the results? Check the company update page!

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Ongoing

Do you have a project?

The Clean Planet Foundation can support a range of community projects up to £1,500 per project. If you have a project that fits with our mission of 'clean air, clean oceans, a clean planet' - then why not apply or a Clean Planet Foundation Community Grant? 

"A remarkable film shedding light on an important cause, highlighting the crucial work of Trees for Life in addressing global challenges."

The Cannes World Film Festival judges comments on the Clean Planet Foundation's multi-award winning documentary on Trees For Life.

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Weekly Action Plan

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A short weekly email, showing one thing that's good, bad, different, and what you can do to make a difference this week. View Example Email

You've joined the weekly action plan!

All Videos

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Nature Connectedness Teacher Training
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The Clean Planet Tent @ Wakehurst
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Laura - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
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Pip - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
01:23
Thalia - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
02:11
Jasmine - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
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Oliver - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
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Girish - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
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Rachel - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
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Kenza - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
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Polina - Year 2 (2025) - Clean Planet Peninsula
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Year 2 Review - Clean Planet Foundation
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Meet the Participants - Y1 2024 - Clean Planet Peninsula
05:17
Behind The Trees (2024) - Trailer - Documentary - Clean Planet Foundation
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Year 1 Review - Clean Planet Foundation
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foundation leadership

Bertie Stephens - Clean Planet Foundation

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Dr. Katerina Garyfalou - Clean Planet Foundation

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COO, foundation

Adel Louertatani - Clean Planet Foundation

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