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2020 Winter Workshops

YES! teams can attend more than one workshop Teams can use their District Expense allowance of $250 for substitute teacher fees and transportation Bring your own "waste-less" lunch or make other arrangements with your YES! Coordinator Most workshops typically will take place from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. Contact your YES! Coordinator with questions West Central Region Southern Prairies:

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“Go Native to Improve Water Quality” Winter Workshop

By Shelli-Kae Foster Rain gardens, water quality, climate change and what we can do to improve our water were all topics of discussion for the 11 YES! students who attended the YES! Winter Workshop at Northland Arboretum on March 5, 2019. Coralee Fox, University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener in Crow Wing County, kicked off the day. She provided an in-depth look at what a rain garden is

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Healthy Soil=Healthy Lives Event March 20th

By Sophie Bishop When talking about environmental change and making a better future, we need to start from the ground up, literally. On March 20th, YES! and Gustavus Adolphus College invite you to Healthy Soil = Healthy Lives to learn about soil health and its importance to you, Minnesota, and the planet. This event is part of our winter workshop series in which YES! teams come together to

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Why Bat Houses?

Written by YES! Coordinator Erin Nordquist The Melrose Middle School YES! team is building bat boxes to put in their community. If your team is interested in helping preserve an important part of Minnesota ecosystems, more info on bat boxes, including plans to build them, can be found here. When most people think of bats, they have a reaction that goes a little like, “EWW!” From popular culture to

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YES! Welcomes Coordinator Monica Thompson

YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Monica Thompson is a YES! Coordinator who will be working with the Northwest teams while working out of Lakes Country Service Cooperative in Fergus Falls.  We are excited for Monica to share her experience and passion with the YES! Program. Here is what Monica has to say: Hello everyone! My name is Monica Thompson, and I am very excited to be

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Vertical Farming

Guest blog post submitted by Northeast Cohort GreenCorps Member Cameron Axberg Driving around much of the Midwest, you are guaranteed to see miles upon miles of farmland in all directions. When asked to imagine a typical farm, this is what many people first think of, but in recent years, a new method of farming has been implemented into more urbanized areas. Vertical farming is exactly what it

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