By Laurentian staff member Sam Horner What happens to our garbage when it is thrown away? Is it really gone or is it just out of our minds for the time being? This YES! Winter Workshop took place at the University of Minnesota Duluth for the Duluth East YES! team. Every topic revolved around waste and what happens when garbage is thrown away. There were four different speakers and each gave a
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Carlton YES! Team Inspired by Local Foods Winter Workshop
By YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries A blustery day in January is not the ideal time to tour farms to learn about local food production, but with the right combination of people and places it can be an awe inspiring event. On the 22nd of January, five students from Carlton High School's YES! team and two adults did just that. We started the day at the Food Farm in Wrenshall, MN. The Food Farm is an 18
How to Grow a Green Thumb
By YES! Coordinator Kory Klebe On Jan. 27th the Greenhouse Winter Workshop took place in Spicer, MN. This was a small workshop that the New London-Spicer (NLS) YES! team hosted for the Lac qui Parle Valley YES! team. The two teams both have greenhouses at their schools. The day started with harvesting lettuce greens together for their opening ice breaker. While harvesting, there where short
‘Tis the season for holiday light recycling
By YES! Coordinator Kory Klebe 'Tis the season….or maybe it should be 'twas the season. Now that the holiday season is behind us most people have taken their holiday decorations down and packed them away for the year. Before, during, and after the holiday season several YES! teams where actively doing some re-gifting. Well, it was actually recycling (which is like re-gifting to the planet)…..of
Congratulations McKnight Foundation Project Funding Winners!
We are pleased to announce the 2015-16 recipients for the McKnight Foundation Project Funding, facilitated through YES!. The project funding is a result of a larger grant received by the YES! Program from The McKnight Foundation in the fall of 2015 to bring climate literacy to YES! students across greater Minnesota. YES! offered $7,000 to YES! teams whose projects engage and empower youth to make
Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Sustainable
By YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries With the onset of 2016 most of us probably made a New Year’s resolution to eat less, lose weight or perform some other task designed to make us a better person. Unfortunately by the end of January most of these resolutions will be long forgotten. This year I want to challenge you to make a resolution that will not only make you feel good, but also one that will be