By YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax Late last fall, after a news story surfaced that monarch butterflies may be absent from Minnesota's landscape in as few as ten years, the students of the Alexandria Area High School YES! team saw a major problem in our ecosystem as well as an opportunity to create positive change in their school and community. Fast forward to late winter, and the
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Inaugural NE MN YES! Winter Workshop a Success!
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
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