A core program of the Will Steger Foundation, YEA! MN supports a network of high school environmental clubs working together across the Twin Cities Metro Area to empower student leadership on climate change solutions at home, at school, and in the wider community. The YEA! MN network includes 25+ public, private and charter high schools from a cross-section of urban and suburban districts.
Mission
YEA! MN connects Twin Cities Metro youth to facilitate shared skills and strategies and take coordinated action on environmental sustainability.
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YEA! MN and MPIRG Team Up
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs DirectorJoin YEA! MN and MPIRG as we team up for a youth lobby day at the MN State Capitol in support of solar energy and the Recycling Refund Act. Click here for info and registrationWritten on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:24 Read 110 times Read more... -
A Regional Coalition Rises out of the Heartland
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs DirectorEmerging from a several years of strategic conversation, cross-state collaboration, and the intense growth of the youth climate movement here in the Midwest, a fledgling coalition is rising. Following in the spirit of regional coalitions launched in the Southeast (Southern Energy Network) and Northwest (Cascade Climate Network), the Midwest Youth…Written on Friday, 20 January 2012 16:32 Read 382 times Read more...
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Students Call on Xcel to Move Beyond Coal
Written by Christy Newell, WSF Policy InternStudent Group Delivers Over 1000 Petitions to Ask for Clean Energy Campus Beyond Coal members, UMN-TC students, and community members gathered outside Xcel Energy Inc. on Wednesday, December 7th to deliver petition cards, hear individual’s clean energy stories, and stand for clean energy and a clean future for Minnesota. Students…Written on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 15:15 Read 1206 times Read more... -
WSF Supports New COP17 Team
Written by Will Steger FoundationWhen we left the U.N. climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009 without a legally binding agreement that cuts global greenhouse gas emissions, we knew that the road ahead would be just as difficult for each subsequent negotiation.Written on Saturday, 19 November 2011 00:00 Read 4138 times Read more... -
Thank you Senator Klobuchar!
Written by Christy Newell, WSF Policy InternLast week, Senator Klobuchar voted against a proposal from Kentucky Senator Rand Paul that would have increased pollution and threatened public health. Siri Simons, Campus Beyond Coal Co-Chair, and I stopped by Sentator Klobuchar’s Minneapolis office on Tuesday to show our generation’s appreciation for her commitment to protecting human health…Written on Wednesday, 16 November 2011 08:27 Read 1746 times
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