Sunday, April 17th 2:00pm Lac qui Parle Valley, MN The Lac qui Parle Valley YES! Team will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony and trail cleanup on April 17 at 2:00 pm. The YES! Team would like to invite community members to help them celebrate the first step of their “Light the Trail Project” which will involve the installation of solar-powered lights on the bike trail
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Litchfield Electronics Recycling
Saturday, April 16th 9am-2pm Litchfield's YES! team is sponsoring a FREE electronics recycling collection. Bring your old TVs, VCRs, Computers &computer accessories, cellphones, stereos, DVD players, video game systems etc... and the team will take care of the rest! Plan to bring any of these old/used items to the Civic Center Parking lot on your way to the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce
ACGC’s Event a success!
NEW! Check out photos from the event on facebook ACGC - “I learned too much here!” One boy exclaimed at the ACGC YES! Teams’ Elementary Energy and Environmental Education Event, April 17 and 18 (Cosmos, Atwater). There was a lot to learn! Sprung from the idea of senior YES!team member Kayla Morse, it has evolved into a two-part, two-city, two-school event. The elementary classes moved from
Behind the scenes of: Holiday Light Recycling
You can now check out the progression of how your holiday lights are being recycled by looking through the recently added album on the YES facebook page. Though this is the second year Recycling Association of Minnesota has collected lights the program is in its first year in Willmar. Feedback has been wildly positive, thanks to the cooperation of partners involved and collections like yours!
Springfield YES video selected as one of the top ten in the nation!
Springfield High School YES team entered the Samsung: Hope for Children, Solve for Tomorrow video competition and has been chosen among the top 10 in the nation! In this video, they highlight their Energy Monitoring Program (EMP) they started with the middle school and eight ways they help reduce energy waste. Voting is now closed. Thank you to all who voted for not only supporting the
Litchfield team’s “Green Your Holidays” event Saturday
Come "Green Your Holidays" with the Litchfield YES! team When? Saturday, December 11, 8:30 am to 11:00 am. Where? south lobby of Litchfield High School Come to: --learn about the solar thermal panels installed by students & others at their school --get your holiday gifts wrapped the "green" way --drop off your old holiday lights for recycling --see solar demos --enjoy cookies and cider