Events
Fall Summit Date Announced: October 30th at Prairie Woods!
YES! will bring together as many as 30 teams from across the state for the YES! Fall Summit 2013. While connecting with and learning from their peers, doing challenge courses, and thinking critically about energy issues and opportunities, teams will celebrate the start of the 7th season of YES! Date: October 30th Location: Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, Spicer We're excited to
Happy Earth Day!
We hope everyone has found a way to celebrate the 43rd annual Earth Day! Here are how some of our teams are celebrating the day in their schools and communities: GFW: The GFW YES! team is kicking off their Earth Week on Earth Day and will spend the week implementing environmental activities for students in all three of the school buildings in their district. Rocori: The Rocori YES! team
Spring Judging 2013
As we start to wrap up the 2012-2013 YES! season, we want to congratulate each of our YES! teams on their amazing work this school year. As part of the YES! Program, we offer spring judging at the end of each school year to highlight teams' work and celebrate their successes. A panel of judges selects a recipient team for each of these following awards based on the teams' Energy Action
Exploring Passive Solar Greenhouses and Local Food in Milan
“Is growing your own food worth it?” To those in the Milan community, the answer is yes. They have seen firsthand the value of having great tasting and healthy food that they grow themselves. Over thirty students from New London-Spicer, Yellow Medicine East, Lac qui Parle and Litchfield attended the Milan YES! Winter Workshop and had the opportunity to see and experience the amazing things
“A very fun and educational experience” in Alexandria
How much waste in schools can be composted? YES! students recently learned that 30 percent of waste generated in schools is compostable. Over 40 students and teachers from the YES! teams at Eden Valley-Watkins, New York Mills, Redwood Falls, ACGC and Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa visited Alexandria on February 13th to learn new strategies for using renewable energy and going green in their schools and