NEW! Check out photos from the event on facebook ACGC - “I learned too much here!” One boy exclaimed at the ACGC YES! Teams’ Elementary Energy and Environmental Education Event, April 17 and 18 (Cosmos, Atwater). There was a lot to learn! Sprung from the idea of senior YES!team member Kayla Morse, it has evolved into a two-part, two-city, two-school event. The elementary classes moved from
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Camps 2 Careers
A great opportunity to learn more about a subject we all love - renwable energy! Wind Energy camp: June 14-16 at MN West Community and Technical College Canby campus Biofuels camp: June 21-23 at MN West Community and Technical College Granite Falls campus These two summer camps give you the chance to experience learning on a college campus, meet other students interested in the same subjects,
Energy & Resource Advisor
ATTENTION recent graduates, YES coaches, and interested public: You can enroll now, to become an Energy & Resource Advisor. Winona State University and collaborative partners have launched a new curriculum, the Energy & Resource Advisor (ERA) certificate, to accelerate public understanding of energy efficiency, clean energy, carbon emissions, resource conservation, green technologies, and
Midwest Environmental Education Conference
2011"Environmental Education: naturally healthy" April 7th-9th, Rochester, MN YES is invited to participate in 2011 MEEC. Teachers, environmental educators and non-formal educators alike, are invited to register for the 2011 MEEConference. You can learn more about this outstanding Conference at http://www.minnesotaee.org/MEEC
Southern Winter Workshop 2011
3 teams gather at SW Research and Outreach Center High tunnels, distillation, entrepreneurship, Monolithic domes, AC/DC, leadership - these were all terms students had the chance to explore as they gathered for the 2011 Southern Winter Workshop. Check out the YES facebook page for more pictures from the day. Thank you to everyone involved for help making it such a success! (pictured: students on
Photos from Winter Workshop at Prairie Woods
Another successful YES! Winter Workshop: among the highlights. . . students experimented with high r-value window insulation strategies, sited a hypothetical greenhouse, peered under the hood of our new electric truck, peered into the combustion chamber of a biomass furnace, peered into a coal-fired power plant, peered up at a 2-megawatt wind turbine, and video-conferenced with a Swedish biomass