By YES!/GreenCorps Member Sam Horner On Friday, February 6th, the Northern Lights Community School attended its first annual Winter Workshop at the North Central Research and Outreach Center (NCROC) in Grand Rapids, MN. The workshop included three main presenters: Keith Mann from NCROC, a farmer’s market expert named Jesse Davis, and a couple of Master Gardeners. Each of these people had valuable
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YES! Welcomes Katelyn Larsen
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Katelyn Larsen is the newest YES! Coordinator. We are excited for Katelyn to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with the YES! Program as a Coordinator for the Southern MN teams while working out of Ney Nature Center in Henderson! Here is what Katelyn has to say: I am extremely overjoyed and grateful to join YES! as a coordinator for the southern
Glencoe-Silver Lake Metal Recycling Fundraiser
By Mike Sundblad, Glencoe-Silver Lake YES! coach The Glencoe-Silver Lake High School YES! Team has been working on developing an E-85 fueled high mileage vehicle for the 27th annual MTEEA Supermileage Challenge. One way the team developed to help fund their project is through a community-based recycling initiative. Students have been contacting businesses, industries and agriculture
Royalton YES! Team Present to MN School Board Association
Royalton YES! Team Present to MN School Board Association; Featured in Morrison County Record By YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax On January 15th, six members of the Royalton YES!/Tech Club traveled to the Minneapolis Convention Center to present their achievements and plans at the Minnesota School Board Association's annual Leadership Conference, titled "21st Century
Minnesota’s Many Approaches to Renewable Energy
By YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax Ask any Minnesotan what's really powering our light bulbs, computers, refrigerators, and televisions, and you'll get an array of responses. Nuclear? Hydroelectric? Gas? Oil? While Minnesota is proud to hold the #1 title in the nation for renewable energy production per capita, the number one source of Minnesota's electricity remains the coal
Instagram Challenge Winner Announced!
This fall YES! tried something new-we offered an Instagram challenge to our teams. We asked them to take a photo with one of their past, current, or future YES! projects. They received points based on how many team members they included in the photo, creativity and thoughtfulness of the photo, and representation of YES! in the photo. The winner was Pine Island! The judges loved their photo and