Written and Submitted by a YES! Student I’m making a bird feeder and I’m upcycling a bottle. The materials you will need is a bottle, bird seeds, string, and some wood. The estimated cost is $10 or less. A skill that I want to learn from this is that we can use bottles instead of wood.
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Mosaic Mirror- Natalie Kutscher
Written and submitted by Natalie Kutscher, YES! Student I’m upcycling cd’s and making a mosaic mirror. Other material that I am using is acrylic paint, probably a hammer to break the cd’s, and a hot glue gun to stick the broken pieces along the mirror. The price to make this shouldn’t be over $20. I hope to learn how to reuse things and make them look really cool.
YES! Announces McKnight Foundation Project Funding Winners
Written and submitted by Ali Dahmes, West Central Coordinator On January 25, 2018, the Youth Energy Summit (YES!) Program announced the 2018 winners of the McKnight Foundation Project Funding. Funding was awarded to teams whose projects engage and empower youth to make an impact in their school and/or community on climate change through hands-on projects. Through a competitive
Realities of Climate Change by NLCS YES! Teams
Written and submitted by Northern Lights Community School YES! Team. This blog post was written by the Northern Lights Community School YES! team. This team is preparing to host a Climate Convening in May as one of their projects for the year. As part of the convening, stories are shared about how we see climate change in our daily lives. Here are a few of the stories witnessed by team
GSL YES! presents to McLeod County Corn and Soybean Growers Association Annual Meeting
Written and submitted by Blake Ortloff The Glencoe-Silver Lake YES! Team was represented by Blake Ortloff and Adam Thalmann at the McLeod County Corn and Soybean Growers Association annual meeting. Saturday, January 26th. The Pla-Mor Ballroom was filled with farmers and other agriculture industry representatives for dinner and presentations. Blake and Adam presented the history of YES! and the
Forest Lake YES! Team Winter Workshop
Written and submitted by Michelle Isaacson, Southern YES! Coordinator Minnesota weather is one of the more unpredictable phenomena in this world. On Thursday, January 25, the Forest Lake YES! team hosted their individualized Winter Workshop, rescheduled from the major snow storm earlier in the week. Fifteen students joined in for snacks and education as Dan Undem, Assistant to the City
