Springfield

The Springfield YES! team has been very busy this year working on projects in four main categories: a clean water fundraiser on May 8th entitled "Say YES! to Clean Water", environmental education at Springfield Elementary, a YES! week at their school, and a used clothing collection drive.  Read more about their projects.   

DREAM Technical Academy 

DREAM Technical Academy, a new charter school, is funding their YES! projects through a campus-wide can collection. They are analyzing their school's energy usage with a YES! kit and then cutting their school's energy usage with a blackout day, and, thanks to a grant from the Southwest Initiative Foundation, they are building a compost tumbler!  Read more here.  

St. Cloud Apollo

The Apollo High School YES! Team was already ahead of the curve when they began a partnership with Tri-County Organics to introduce composting in their school, but they really changed the game when they created an educational film to show their peers how and why to use the new bins.  Since the launch of their video, they have been diverting nearly 3 cubic yards of organic waste a day from the landfill.  That's three full-size tractor buckets headed back to the earth as rich soil!  Watch the video and read more on our website. 

Northern Lights Community School

The YES! team from the Northern Lights Community School is going to use their school's greenhouse more efficiently, growing fruits and vegetables for their lunchroom and selling the extra produce via a CSA to raise money for future YES! projects.  In addition, they calculated how much waste was being generated by milk cartons, so they purchased a milk dispenser. Read more about their initiatives to impact their school, environment, and community.