The Northfield YES! team’s recycling bins are currently being installed around the downtown Northfield area. The Northfield YES! team identified a need for permanent recycling bins in the downtown area, so they set out to meet with various community organizations, agencies, and city workers in order to accomplish their goal. After building and displaying several prototypes to the city of
How are Local Governments and Schools Financing Energy Efficiency Projects?
West Central CERT and Renville County EDA are hosting a free event August 8th 9am – noon in Olivia on financing tools and opportunities currently available to local units of government in west central Minnesota. This is applicable to public school districts in west central Minnesota. During this free event, you’ll learn how your local unit of government can finance clean energy and energy
Deadline Extended for Clean Energy Seed Grants
Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) has extended the deadline for their Clean Energy Seed Grants. Interested entities are now encouraged to apply through August 6th, 2012. Regional CERTs teams are looking to fund community-based clean energy projects. The application process is simple and straightforward and they offer many tools and resources to help you plan your project and put forward the
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Electric Vehicle Excites YES! Team
New to YES! this year, the Royalton YES! team shot off the starting line with great enthusiasm and results! Among the exciting projects they tackled, was assisting in designing and building an electric vehicle (EV). The EV was featured this spring at the Brainard International Raceway (see photo at right) and will continue to serve as a demonstration to the Royalton community about
YES! Coordinator Remembers Past & Looks to the Future
By Anne Dybsetter On a breezy day in April 2007, a handful of people sat down at a hill-top picnic table overlooking the prairie and talked about an idea. The idea was to have a youth summit related to renewable energy—bringing together young people around a pressing issue in our region. In that early conversation, Cheryl Glaeser and Sarah Libbon of SWIF, Dave Pederson of PWELC, and I shared any