We hope everyone has found a way to celebrate the 43rd annual Earth Day! Here are how some of our teams are celebrating the day in their schools and communities: GFW: The GFW YES! team is kicking off their Earth Week on Earth Day and will spend the week implementing environmental activities for students in all three of the school buildings in their district. Rocori: The Rocori YES! team
Spring Judging 2013
As we start to wrap up the 2012-2013 YES! season, we want to congratulate each of our YES! teams on their amazing work this school year. As part of the YES! Program, we offer spring judging at the end of each school year to highlight teams' work and celebrate their successes. A panel of judges selects a recipient team for each of these following awards based on the teams' Energy Action
Mankato West team in the news
Representative Tim Walz visited Mankato West High School recently to talk about energy and the environment. He also got to hear from some YES! students about the great work they are doing to eradicate polystyrene trays from their school cafeteria. The Mankato West YES! students have calculated that their school is currently throwing away around 135,000 trays per school year! Come May, all of
Spring Edition of YES! e-Newsletter
The Spring Edition of the YES! e-Newsletter was sent out to over 400 YES! supporters! Be sure to check it out here. There are great stories on the diverse projects that teams have been working on, what each of the 6 Winter Workshops taught YES! students this year, an article highlighting Backup Power Source, information about the upcoming Spring Judging and Awards Ceremonies, and a fun
YES! in Action: Team Highlights
Mankato West The Mankato West team was dismayed to learn that their school throws away 750 Styrofoam lunch trays every day. They decided to tackle this problem and calculated the financial costs and environmental benefits of switching to reusable trays. They have been meeting with members of the food service, building and grounds, and administration in their school to make a switch to
Business Highlight: Larry Henderson of Backup Power Source
Everyone has experienced it: you are eating dinner or watching a great movie when all of a sudden the lights go out. We often take for granted the ease of life with electricity at our fingertips. Larry Henderson, CEO of Backup Power Source, has created a business based on helping people avoid the irritation and possible catastrophes of going without power. Larry, along with his wife Sharon and