By Shelli-Kae Foster “Climate Changed.” The title of the 55th Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College makes a clear statement – our climate has changed and now we all have to learn to adapt and to make changes to our policies and lifestyles. The 2-day conference was sold out which demonstrates how important this topic is to people of all ages and with the line-up of notable speakers, no
Climate Change
Insights from a YES! student on the Green New Deal
About a month ago, one of the students from Northern Lights Community School attended the Youth Climate Justice Summit that was held at the Minnesota State Capitol Building. This event was put on by Climate Generation. They held the event so that students from across the state could meet with politicians to talk about different topics facing our environment and our state. Below are Katelyn Dorry's
2018-2019 McKnight Foundation Project Seed Funding Winners
On December 17th, 2018 the Youth Eco Solutions (YES!) Program announced the 2018-19 winners of the McKnight Foundation Project Seed Funding. Funding was awarded to teams implementing projects that involve creating solutions to today's environmental challenges through hands on projects that impact their school and/or communities. Through a competitive process, 5 teams received funding to complete
Forest Lake YES! Projects
Written by: Phoebe Karan At the beginning of February this school year, the Forest Lake High School Environmental Club YES! Team received funds from the McKnight Foundation for their project Reducing Energy and Habitats for Bees. The group has since then been using the fundings to first educate the school and community, then to provide LED light bulbs and finally to create another
Climate Change and Peat Bogs
On March 12th, 12 students from the Northern Lights Community School YES! team and their coaches ventured up to the Marcel Experimental Forest to learn about the Spruce Project. The Spruce Project is a longitudinal study of how Climate Change will affect the peat bogs of the northern hemisphere. Our tour guides for the day were John Latimer, KAXE Staff Phenologist and research assistant for the