Recently YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries wrote this article: As we approach the holiday season, families often gather together to share a meal and catch up on family news. One of the big things that often happens after a big meal is all the food left on plates and often in the serving dishes gets scraped into the garbage, everyone too full to think about leftovers. I challenge you to think
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Jonathan’s Thoughts on Climate Change
Climate change is here and is going to get worse before it gets better. Therefore, a pragmatic optimism needs to be adopted. On November 6th in Minneapolis a few YES! staff members had the opportunity to join a conversation at the Climate Adaptation Conference on what it means to adopt this pragmatic optimism and understand what can be done to adapt to our changing climate. It is vital that we
CERTs Event at PWELC October 15th
It's not too late to register for this Wednesday's Oct. 15th WC CERT event taking place from 1:00 to 4:00pm at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in Spicer! Join CERTs to learn about renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in your region! A panel of WC CERT seed grant recipients will talk about their projects-- impacts, outcomes, and lessons learned. There will be plenty of
YES! Welcomes Rebecca Inver
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Rebecca Inver is a YES! coordinator in the Southern region of MN. We are excited for Rebecca to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with the YES! Program as a Coordinator for the Southern MN teams! Here is a little more about Rebecca: I am super excited to join the YES! team so I can combine my two passions--working with youth and improving our
October is National Farm to School Month!
From YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax: With the last weeks of summer now a distant memory, it might seem like an unusual time to be thinking about gardening. However, with the growing season behind us, we have the planning season ahead of us, and now is the time to start laying the groundwork and fostering support for local foods-based projects. Farm to School is oh so cool! There is
Top Three TED Talks to Get Your Team Motivated
We at YES! love TED Talks and think that they can be a green inspirational tool for YES! teams. YES! Coordinator Jonathan Morales compiled 3 TED Talks he thinks will get your YES! team motivated to do great work this school year! 1. Whether you are working on a greenhouse or a Supermileage vehicle listen to Birke Baehr and be inspired to take what you believe in and make it your known. His