“Is growing your own food worth it?” To those in the Milan community, the answer is yes. They have seen firsthand the value of having great tasting and healthy food that they grow themselves. Over thirty students from New London-Spicer, Yellow Medicine East, Lac qui Parle and Litchfield attended the Milan YES! Winter Workshop and had the opportunity to see and experience the amazing things
“A very fun and educational experience” in Alexandria
How much waste in schools can be composted? YES! students recently learned that 30 percent of waste generated in schools is compostable. Over 40 students and teachers from the YES! teams at Eden Valley-Watkins, New York Mills, Redwood Falls, ACGC and Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa visited Alexandria on February 13th to learn new strategies for using renewable energy and going green in their schools and
What makes a green building green?
58 YES! students from Sleepy Eye, Westbrook-Walnut Grove, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) and Mankato West gathered in Mankato on February 6th to learn about green building and energy reduction. These teams have each been focusing on different energy-reduction projects in their schools and communities this year. The students started off the day by checking out the energy-monitoring system that
YES! Students Tour One of the First Green Ribbon Schools
Imagine pulling up to a school that has priority parking for low emissions and energy efficient vehicles and proudly displays their school’s wind turbine like a badge of honor. This is a reality for the students of Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph. YES! teams from Rocori, Foley, St. Cloud Apollo and Eden Valley-Watkins had the opportunity to tour Kennedy Community and see some amazing
“We learned lots of new energy saving ideas and tips”
"We learned lots of new energy saving ideas and tips" remarked one YES! student at the end of the day. 39 YES! students and their coaches had just participated in the second of six 2013 YES! Winter Workshops, entitled Composting and Recycling at the College of St. Benedict. These students learned about a range of sustainability initiatives on the campus, including their tray-less cafeteria, the
Students Explore the Ethanol Industry and Automotive Design Practices
500 miles per gallon. That’s the goal of the Glencoe-Silver Lake Youth Energy Summit (YES!) team as they work on building a vehicle to enter into the Minnesota Technology and Engineering Education Association’s Supermileage Challenge. 22 students from the Glencoe-Silver Lake YES! team gathered at the Glencoe Community Center on January 16thto explore the ethanol industry and automotive design