By YES! Coordinator Sarah Gainey On Friday, February 26, middle school students from North Junior High in St Cloud and Sartell Middle School immersed themselves in learning about the importance of native plants and got their hands a little dirty to help monarch butterflies! Both teams have potential native plant garden projects in the works at their schools and used this day to help move that
Winter Workshop
YES! Schools Learn to Green Their Cafeterias
On March 2nd, the YES! teams from Little Falls Community Middle School and Melrose Middle School attended a YES! Winter Workshop entitled ‘Greening Your Cafeteria’. The workshop was held at the new space for the Sprout Food Hub in Little Falls. The teams toured the facilities, learned about the Farm to School Network, and got to see the space that will be used as an indoor farmers market as well
Youth Make Sustainable Connections at Gustavus Adolphus College
By YES! Coordinator Katelyn Larsen Students from the Mankato West, Minnesota New Country School, and Sleepy Eye YES! teams came together on March 2, 2016 to learn about sustainability from sourcing materials to end use. Students began the day by learning about and touring the sustainable practices in place at Gustavus Adolphus College from Jim Dontje, Chair and Director of the Johnson Center for
Exploring Energy and Careers at YES! Winter Workshop
YES! teams from ROCORI and Albany had the opportunity to learn more about renewable energy, LEED certification, energy conservation, and environmental careers on February 3rd. The day began at Blattner Energy with Sara Bauer. Sara works as an Estimating Assistant at the Blattner corporate headquarters in Avon. Blattner Energy is a sustainable energy company that manufactures and installs large
Why Should We Install a Hydration Station at Our School?
By YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries The main question asked by everyone when they see a hydration station is ”why would you install that when you can purchase bottled water cheaply everywhere?” We wanted to answer that question this year during the YES! Winter Workshop for the Mesabi East High School YES! team. These students are working to install a hydration station at school and needed background
UMD Winter Workshop: What happens to waste?
By Laurentian staff member Sam Horner What happens to our garbage when it is thrown away? Is it really gone or is it just out of our minds for the time being? This YES! Winter Workshop took place at the University of Minnesota Duluth for the Duluth East YES! team. Every topic revolved around waste and what happens when garbage is thrown away. There were four different speakers and each gave a