Think Global, Act Local YES! 2011-2012 YES! awards were presented within each cohort. Unless otherwise indicated, Grand Prize winners received $1,500; Second Place winners received $1,000; Third Place winners received $750; and all Category Award winners received $500 each. See what each team accomplished by reading more on the Teams page. Grand Prize Pine Island & Mankato
Events
Eco Fair Attracts 1,000 Visitors
Youth Energy Summit team members from Alexandria’s Jefferson High School participated in the 3rd annual Community Eco Fair in Alexandria, MN on April 19, 2012. The Team made an impact by volunteering to be greeters, serving food, assisting exhibitors with loading in and attending the YES! booth. The YES! booth demonstrated the different amounts of energy it takes to light up an incandescent light
Got borage? Statewide attention + 5th grade education event at Willmar
The Willmar Community Greenhouse is attracting more attention: It's featured on Minnesota Department of Education's homepage, Minnesota School Nutrition Association's homepage, and in a statewide presentation about new school nutrition regulations. Meanwhile, rotating groups of 5th graders toured Willmar Community Greenhouse this week, learning about the fresh, local produce being grown for the
Northfield Youth Speak about Sustainability
On Saturday, March 3rd, members of the Northfield Transition Youth/YES! Team along with other area youth met to address the question “how can Northfield have a sustainable future?” This meeting was a part of the monthly Transition Northfield Resilience Plan sessions and was led by the local youth. While enjoying a free, local, lunch the youth participated in a lively 2-hour discussion. This
Royalton YES! team “in the news…”
Article adapted from the 'Morrison County Record', an ECM Publishers, Inc. Publication "It is good to work with the community on how to change to green without changing lifestyles," stated YES Club president Damian Lenarz. In it's first year, the Royalton YES! Club has been involved with assessing and setting goals to continue working with and educating the community and school district toward
Creatively Connecting Things
Winter Workshops 2012 Creatively connecting things - either literally duct-taping them together or more figuratively connecting issues with opportunities - was the theme to the three YES! Winter Workshops that recently took place across Minnesota. YES! teams from southern and west-central Minnesota all had the opportunity to gather at one of the three Workshops February 1st and February 8th.