500 miles per gallon. That’s the goal of the Glencoe-Silver Lake Youth Energy Summit (YES!) team as they work on building a vehicle to enter into the Minnesota Technology and Engineering Education Association’s Supermileage Challenge. 22 students from the Glencoe-Silver Lake YES! team gathered at the Glencoe Community Center on January 16thto explore the ethanol industry and automotive design
Projects
YES! in Action: Team Highlights
Westbrook-Walnut Grove (WWG) The Westbrook-Walnut Grove YES! team has partnered with Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership to install and demonstrate ways to increase water and energy savings in communities throughout the region. Designed to increase community conservation awareness, this program teaches community members a plethora of no to low cost ways to save hundreds of dollars per year
Guest Blog Post: Westbrook-Walnut Grove Earth YES! Class
This guest blog post is brought to you by the Westbrook-Walnut Grove (WWG) YES! Team, which is a part of their 2012 Earth YES! class. The 2012 Earth YES! class has started looking for new and inventive ways to help our planet and our pocket books. One of our first projects will be Plastic Bag Recycling. We are doing this because of the mass amount of bags wasted. Did you know that 7 billion bags
Northfield YES! Team’s Dreams Become Reality
The Northfield YES! team’s recycling bins are currently being installed around the downtown Northfield area. The Northfield YES! team identified a need for permanent recycling bins in the downtown area, so they set out to meet with various community organizations, agencies, and city workers in order to accomplish their goal. After building and displaying several prototypes to the city of
YES! Video Premiere
Electric Vehicle Excites YES! Team
New to YES! this year, the Royalton YES! team shot off the starting line with great enthusiasm and results! Among the exciting projects they tackled, was assisting in designing and building an electric vehicle (EV). The EV was featured this spring at the Brainard International Raceway (see photo at right) and will continue to serve as a demonstration to the Royalton community about