Submitted by: Ali Dahmes, West Central YES! Coordinator On March 8th, 2017, 14 students and 3 adults from Youth Energy Summit (YES!) teams at Lac qui Parle Valley and Atwater Cosmos Grove City High School participated in the Power of Nature Winter Workshop at Willmar Municipal Utilities and Kandiyohi Power Cooperative. This workshop was a full day of how nature can provide us with power and
Winter Workshop: Back to Our Roots
By YES! Central Coordinator Erin Nordquist On February 27th, 2017, 22 students and teachers from Youth Energy Summit (YES!) teams at Melrose Middle School and North Jr High attended the Back to Our Roots Winter Workshop at the Stearns History Museum and Quarry Park. This workshop guided students through a pre-settlement Stearns County to highlight land use changes in the area and provided
Winter Workshop: What Does it Take for Quality Water?
By YES! Central Coordinator Erin Nordquist On February 15th, 2017, seven students from the ROCORI High School Youth Energy Summit (YES!) team, along with their coach, attended a Winter Workshop on water quality at City of St. Cloud public utilities facilities. This workshop allowed the students to see the in-depth processes that happen behind the scenes to maintain water quality in an urban
Winter Workshop: Using Passive and Active Energy Strategies to Building Design
By Southern MN YES! Coordinator Michelle Isaacson On a warm February 15th, 45 students and their teachers from Youth Energy Summit (YES!) teams at Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School, New Prague Alternative Learning Center, Sleepy Eye Public and St. Mary’s High Schools, Belle Plaine High School, and Mankato West High School gathered at Centenary United Methodist Church in Mankato to spend the day
Winter Workshop: You Are What You Eat!
Submitted by: Ali Dahmes, West Central YES! Coordinator On February 28th, 2017, 19 students and 3 adults from Youth Energy Summit (YES!) teams at New London Spicer Middle School and Atwater Cosmos Grove City High School participated in the recent You Are What You Eat Winter Workshop starting at NL-S middle school and ending at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center. This workshop was a full
Winter Workshop in Willmar: Don’t Throw Away, Recycle for Another Day
Submitted by: Ali Dahmes, West Central YES! Coordinator On Wednesday, February 15th, 2017, 17 students and their coaches from Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, Yellow Medicine East, and Alexandria Discovery YES! teams came together at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center to expand their knowledge on reducing waste, recycling what can’t be reduced, and the recycling impact on climate change. The