Plan to attend the YES! Fall Summit scheduled as follows: "Say YES! to Living Green" Wednesday, October 11, 2017 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. St. John's University Campus Collegeville, MN Click Here to View the Event Invitation
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New London-Spicer YES! Team Searching for Aquatic Invasive Species
The New London–Spicer YES! Team has been spending part of their summer searching local lakes and rivers for aquatic invasive species. Through the Kandiyohi County Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force, 12 New London-Spicer YES! students were able to fund a summer project to help build up the new AquaHunter App. This smartphone and computer application was created by the task force for the general
Royalton High School YES! Group Presents in Italy
Written and Submitted By: Marty Bratsch, YES! Coach A group of 12 students and their instructors traveled to Rome Italy to present to a group of citizens from Rome the projects they have worked with in the past several years. The group also wanted to learn some of Europe’s activities using alternative energies and their vision of dealing with environmental problems. The group’s mission
Buzzing With Excitement!
Submitted By Michelle Isaacson, Southern YES! Coordinator On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 the Sleepy Eye teams gathered along with city officials, media, and partners to celebrate the teams and receive the Spring Judging Awards. After light refreshments the teams got right to work. The local golf course has designated 2 areas that will become pollinator habitat and the teams worked hard digging
YES! Southern Regional Winners
All of the teams in the Southern region should be very proud of all they accomplished this past year. Congratulations to all of them for a very successful year. Six of nine teams participated in the Southern Spring Judging hosted by Gustavus Adolphus College this spring. Five local judges spent the day hearing from the teams to learn more about the sustainable and energy action projects they
Central Region Award Winners
Submitted By: Erin Nordquist, Central MN YES! Coordinator On April 15, 2017, the Central region Youth Energy Summit (YES!) teams presented their final project reports, complete with PowerPoint presentations, to a panel of four judges. The panel of judges included: Adam Hjelm – Education Coordinator, Sauk River Watershed District; Ashley Walker – Environmental Education Fellow, St. John’s Outdoor
