Written by YES! Coordinator Ali Dahmes “Minnesnowta” can be a great place to live, if you like freezing winters and many feet of cold snow! With all this cold and snow, we get another fun weather factor in Minnesota—ice. It’s that time of year again where our roads and sidewalks are no longer clean but instead covered with ice and snow. So what do we do? Traditionally, we dump an excessive amount
Fueling Appetites for Efficient Vehicles at Glencoe Winter Workshop
Written by YES! Coordinator Katelyn Bocklund On Thursday, December 15, 2016, 21 students and their coaches from Hutchinson and Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) YES! teams came together to learn about renewable and efficient automotive design practices at Glencoe-Silver Lake High School. Jim Wallace, Joe Wambeke, and Theron Busse from the Ridgewater College Auto Body Collision Technology Program began
Why Bat Houses?
Written by YES! Coordinator Erin Nordquist The Melrose Middle School YES! team is building bat boxes to put in their community. If your team is interested in helping preserve an important part of Minnesota ecosystems, more info on bat boxes, including plans to build them, can be found here. When most people think of bats, they have a reaction that goes a little like, “EWW!” From popular culture to
YES! Welcomes Coordinator Monica Thompson
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Monica Thompson is a YES! Coordinator who will be working with the Northwest teams while working out of Lakes Country Service Cooperative in Fergus Falls. We are excited for Monica to share her experience and passion with the YES! Program. Here is what Monica has to say: Hello everyone! My name is Monica Thompson, and I am very excited to be
Vertical Farming
Guest blog post submitted by Northeast Cohort GreenCorps Member Cameron Axberg Driving around much of the Midwest, you are guaranteed to see miles upon miles of farmland in all directions. When asked to imagine a typical farm, this is what many people first think of, but in recent years, a new method of farming has been implemented into more urbanized areas. Vertical farming is exactly what it
ACGC YES! Team implements BMP by installing tree trench at school
Written by YES! Coordinator Ali Dahmes “It is so great to be a part of something that positively affects the community in which we live,” recalls Gabra Lokken, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (ACGC) YES! coach while observing their tree trench. Although it is mostly completed, there were many substantial steps along the way. The Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District (MFCRWD) applied and received