Guest Post Submitted by the Westbrook-Walnut Grove (WWG) Earth YES! Class The WWG Earth YES! Class organized the 2nd annual Pop Tab Collection this year. There were a total of 6 different schools that participated this year. Each participating school was given a twenty-five dollar check for participating in the pop tab collection competition and the winning team will win a seventy-five dollar
Collaboration with Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
YES! is excited to announce a collaboration with Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy (Climate Generation) through the generous support from the McKnight Foundation to bring climate literacy to YES! students across greater Minnesota. YES! students are embarking on a journey to gather information about their local communities and what they can do to be part of the solution to the effects of
YES! Celebrates Team Accomplishments
Last spring, 16 teams received awards based on their work during the year. YES! staff members compiled the results from last season into the document entitled “YES! Accomplishments 2014-2015,” which may be accessed here. Along with describing what each winning team accomplished during the season, the document also presents an overview of the program’s impact in numbers. Since the inception of
ROCORI YES! Team Has The Dirt on Recycling
By YES! Coordinator Sarah Gainey Throwing our recycling into containers around a building is secondhand nature to most of us. But how many of us know what happens next? How do those bottles and cans make the trip to close the loop and be turned into something else? The YES! team at ROCORI high school knows exactly what happens to those containers and I spent an afternoon with them finding out the
9th Annual Fall Summit Joins YES! Teams and Experts in a Day of Learning and Fun
The air was electric with the excitement of 240 students and coaches as the 9th annual Fall Summit, held at Saint John's University on September 30th, opened with a warm welcome by Tom Kroll, Director of Saint John’s Outdoor University. Kristen Poppleton from Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy gave the keynote address illuminating the difference between weather patterns and climate change.
2nd Annual Northeast YES! Fall Summit
By Northeast YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries On October 14, 2015, the second annual Northeastern Minnesota YES Fall Summit was held at the Laurentian Environmental Center in Britt, MN. This year we had 6 teams from around our region in attendance. There were 65 students and 11 coaches and/or supporting staff who made the trek to learn how they can make an impact on the energy future in their