The Fall/Winter Edition of the YES! e-Newsletter was recently sent out to YES! supporters. Be sure to check it out here. There are great stories on two successful Fall Summits, welcoming two new YES! Coordinators, reconnecting with a YES! alumna, announcing a new collaboration with Climate Generation, and hearing a Coordinator's thoughts on her visit to the COP21 climate negotiations!
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Reducing Your Food Waste During the Holidays
By YES! Coordinator Katelyn Larsen This article was adapted from the Holiday food planning article that appeared in the Living Green 365 newsletter on November 24, 2015. You can sign up for the newsletter at www.livinggreen365.org. The holidays are right around the corner! While planning your holiday meal, think about ways to cut food waste before, during, and after the meal. This will
Glencoe-Silver Lake Team Impresses at Climate Generation Convening
The Glencoe-Silver Lake YES! Team along with Coach Mike Sundblad attended Climate Generation’s West Metro Convening on November 12, 2015. As an added treat, they brought last year’s supermileage car to showcase and use as a visual educational tool for the crowd during the convening’s resource fair. Many attendees initially thought the team was in college and were impressed to learn that the
WWG YES! Team Pop Tab Collection
Guest Post Submitted by the Westbrook-Walnut Grove (WWG) Earth YES! Class The WWG Earth YES! Class organized the 2nd annual Pop Tab Collection this year. There were a total of 6 different schools that participated this year. Each participating school was given a twenty-five dollar check for participating in the pop tab collection competition and the winning team will win a seventy-five dollar
Collaboration with Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
YES! is excited to announce a collaboration with Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy (Climate Generation) through the generous support from the McKnight Foundation to bring climate literacy to YES! students across greater Minnesota. YES! students are embarking on a journey to gather information about their local communities and what they can do to be part of the solution to the effects of
YES! Celebrates Team Accomplishments
Last spring, 16 teams received awards based on their work during the year. YES! staff members compiled the results from last season into the document entitled “YES! Accomplishments 2014-2015,” which may be accessed here. Along with describing what each winning team accomplished during the season, the document also presents an overview of the program’s impact in numbers. Since the inception of