From YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax: With the last weeks of summer now a distant memory, it might seem like an unusual time to be thinking about gardening. However, with the growing season behind us, we have the planning season ahead of us, and now is the time to start laying the groundwork and fostering support for local foods-based projects. Farm to School is oh so cool! There is
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Top Three TED Talks to Get Your Team Motivated
We at YES! love TED Talks and think that they can be a green inspirational tool for YES! teams. YES! Coordinator Jonathan Morales compiled 3 TED Talks he thinks will get your YES! team motivated to do great work this school year! 1. Whether you are working on a greenhouse or a Supermileage vehicle listen to Birke Baehr and be inspired to take what you believe in and make it your known. His
YES! Reuse It
Introducing our new YES! Reuse It Page where teams can reuse the items that are listed in their schools or communities. Teams can also submit items they have lying around that they would like to see reused by other teams and we will add them to our page! Right now on the YES! Reuse It Page we have 10 windows available to a good home! There are some that are 84×35 inches and some that
August 13th Minnesota Department of Education Seminar: “Teaching Outside the Box”
On Monday, August 13th, the Minnesota Department of Education and several partners are offering a one-day workshop titled “Teaching Outside the Box: An Introduction to Integrating Environmental and Outdoor Education in Grades K-12.” This workshop will take place at the St. Paul Parks and Recreation Como Streetcar Station. This workshop is designed for teachers and administrators from any content
Don’t Be Left in the Dark
EnLIGHTen yourself! CERTs is making this easy by providing a guide to the "best and the brightest bulbs in the box! The CERTs Right Light Guide features easy-to-use comparison charts, decipherable definitions and tips for buyers. Not sure about the nationwide lighting phase out or just waiting for your incandescent bulbs to burn out? Take the chance this weekend to purchase and install a
Holiday Light Recycling
For those of you who have already helped decorate for Halloween, stringing orange lights among cobwebs. Or for the few of you who may have already even ventured into the Holiday aisle at Target and picked out this year's new holiday lights ... DON'T LET the OLD LIGHTS be THROWN OUT! Instead bag them up to be collected in this Recycle your Holiday Campaign! CERTs is once again partnering with
