Royalton YES! Team Present to MN School Board Association; Featured in Morrison County Record By YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax On January 15th, six members of the Royalton YES!/Tech Club traveled to the Minneapolis Convention Center to present their achievements and plans at the Minnesota School Board Association's annual Leadership Conference, titled "21st Century
Community Solar Gardens: Not Your Average Harvest
By YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax Though photovoltaic solar electricity has been available to consumers for home use for over thirty years, it has yet to become a familiar and common sight in residential areas. Farmers and homesteaders have embraced solar electric to meet their energy needs and go 'off the grid', but to the average home or business owner, harnessing the power of the
Holiday Season Wrap-Up
By MN GreenCorps member Sam Horner The holiday season can be one of the most wonderful times of the year. It brings about more family time, lots of holiday food and cookies, and plenty of reasons to celebrate. Unfortunately, during the holiday season we use 4 million tons of gift-wrap and bags and waste production is increased by 25%. This equals out to an “extra” 1 million tons of trash
Minnesota’s Many Approaches to Renewable Energy
By YES! Coordinator Winston Pennington-Flax Ask any Minnesotan what's really powering our light bulbs, computers, refrigerators, and televisions, and you'll get an array of responses. Nuclear? Hydroelectric? Gas? Oil? While Minnesota is proud to hold the #1 title in the nation for renewable energy production per capita, the number one source of Minnesota's electricity remains the coal
Instagram Challenge Winner Announced!
This fall YES! tried something new-we offered an Instagram challenge to our teams. We asked them to take a photo with one of their past, current, or future YES! projects. They received points based on how many team members they included in the photo, creativity and thoughtfulness of the photo, and representation of YES! in the photo. The winner was Pine Island! The judges loved their photo and
Can and Bottle Recycling at WWG
By Addy Beaty, WWG Earth YES! student The WWG Earth YES! class is working to make recycling more important to people in our community. We have received 6 recycling bins to put around our school in order to increase the amount of plastic bottles and aluminum cans being recycled. These bins were donated by Redwood County Recycling Center. We would also like to thank Prairie Woods Environmental