The Marshall Independent, April 3 edition, highlighted the WWG team. Nice job, Chargers! WWG YES! students band together to protect the environment A small, but mighty group of students from Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School are not only learning about the environment around them, they're actually doing something to improve it. The WWG Y.E.S. (Youth Energy Summit) students have recently been
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Got borage? Statewide attention + 5th grade education event at Willmar
The Willmar Community Greenhouse is attracting more attention: It's featured on Minnesota Department of Education's homepage, Minnesota School Nutrition Association's homepage, and in a statewide presentation about new school nutrition regulations. Meanwhile, rotating groups of 5th graders toured Willmar Community Greenhouse this week, learning about the fresh, local produce being grown for the
Willmar Community Greenhouse
The Willmar Community Greenhouse has been up and running all season - providing healthy, fresh greens to the Willmar Senior High School only two blocks away. Their work was recently highlighted in the West Central Tribune. Read their story and watch their video here.
Lending Library
By Pakou Vue, WWG student The Westbrook-Walnut Grove Earth Y.E.S class is donating energy-monitoring devices to the Westbrook Public Library this Monday, March 19th. Visitors will be able to check out these devices with their library card, and will come with instructions on how to use them. We are calling this the "Lending Library". The devices that we have so far are: Heat sensors: Allow
Kilo-WHAT?
By Kasia Her, WWG student Recently the Westbrook Walnut Grove Earth YES! class performed an Energy Audit Project in our school. The high-school's energy usage was calculated by students who were each assigned five to eight different rooms in the school. In each room, students measured all electrical appliances using a kilowatt meter. A kilowatt meter is a device used to find the amount of
Green Sneakers
By Pakou Vue, WWG student The WWG Earth Y.E.S class has been doing the Green Sneakers project. This project included the communities of Westbrook and Walnut Grove including both schools. We put up posters and bins in the communities and schools. We were able to bring in almost 600lbs of shoes. Not only are we keeping 600lbs of garbage out of the landfills, but we are also giving over 300 pairs