We, the WWG Earth YES! team, are proud to say that we are moving on to our next project. We are going to phone recycling now. In the past we've done things such as collect plastic bags and holiday lights. But now we are moving onto something else. In this project, we raise awareness of cell phone recycling in our community, encouraging them to recycle their old, used cell phones. We hope that this
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Business Highlight: Full Circle Organics
40% of organic compostable materials are currently being sent to landfills. Full Circle Organics, LLC strives to reduce this amount through successfully managing a multi-location cooperative of compost facilities. This includes continuing to expand partnerships, one of which has recently involved the Mankato West YES! team. Focused on providing organics recycling outside of the metro area,
YES! In Action: New London-Spicer YES! Team
It is easy to see that the New London-Spicer (NL-S) YES! team is going to have another productive year. They are starting right by growing healthy food for healthy minds while also fine-tuning their milk carton recycling and hydration station campaigns. The passive solar greenhouse that was just a dream this past spring for the NL-S team has come to fruition. It is about about 70% done and
The Numbers Are In!
What a year for YES! This year, 470 students from 32 different schools participated in the Youth Energy Summit (YES!) program. These students worked with 365 community members and 144 local businesses to achieve their energy-related goals. The energy action projects that these students worked on this year impacted an additional 12,763 students and 17,247 community members. This means that
Happy Earth Day!
We hope everyone has found a way to celebrate the 43rd annual Earth Day! Here are how some of our teams are celebrating the day in their schools and communities: GFW: The GFW YES! team is kicking off their Earth Week on Earth Day and will spend the week implementing environmental activities for students in all three of the school buildings in their district. Rocori: The Rocori YES! team
YES! in Action: Team Highlights
Mankato West The Mankato West team was dismayed to learn that their school throws away 750 Styrofoam lunch trays every day. They decided to tackle this problem and calculated the financial costs and environmental benefits of switching to reusable trays. They have been meeting with members of the food service, building and grounds, and administration in their school to make a switch to