YES! awards the outstanding work of 2011Northern Region teams Northern region teams gathered Saturday at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center at the annual Earth Day event. Though snow and cloud cover were present throughout the day, our excitement for conservation and renewables could not be kept at bay! After enjoying a pancake breakfast, some wall climbing, great exhibits and even a
Events
Low Cost School Building Energy Efficiency Webinar
Starting tomorrow, in conjunction with Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Schools Cutting Carbon will be hosting several webinars. There are two different webinars: one webinar will be more for students and teachers looking at some behavioral change ideas, ways to carry on your work, and no cost ways to save money and energy at your school. the second webinar will focus on building
Ground-breaking Ceremony and Trail Clean-up
Sunday, April 17th 2:00pm Lac qui Parle Valley, MN The Lac qui Parle Valley YES! Team will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony and trail cleanup on April 17 at 2:00 pm. The YES! Team would like to invite community members to help them celebrate the first step of their “Light the Trail Project” which will involve the installation of solar-powered lights on the bike trail
WSF Summer Institute
The Will Steger Foundation is once again hosting the Summer Institute to all 3-12 grades educators. The Institute will be held August 11-12, at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, MN. To accommodate educators statewide, they are offering mileage reimbursement and overnight accommodations. More information and applications can be found at
Litchfield Electronics Recycling
Saturday, April 16th 9am-2pm Litchfield's YES! team is sponsoring a FREE electronics recycling collection. Bring your old TVs, VCRs, Computers &computer accessories, cellphones, stereos, DVD players, video game systems etc... and the team will take care of the rest! Plan to bring any of these old/used items to the Civic Center Parking lot on your way to the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce
Interesting energy lecture
April 19th 7:30pm at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN. Find more information on the Gustavus website to learn more about the evening's topic and The Breakthrough Institute which the speakers chair. Should be an enlightening evening for all!