The Willmar Community Greenhouse is a project begun by the Willmar Senior High School Youth Energy Summit Team in 2007. The main goal was to collaborate with community groups and businesses for the purpose of decreasing fossil fuel consumption by growing local produce year round. This project demonstrates the energy saving and health benefits of growing produce at the local level. Produce is purchased by the school district food service, private individuals, and businesses as well as donated to the local food shelf.
Support the Willmar Community Greenhouse and Youth Energy Summit Team and eat fresh produce or give it as a gift. Click on this link for a Produce Shares Registration form.
For more information about our project, read the attachments or visit any of the links below. We also have a group, Willmar Community Greenhouse, on facebook and have a calendar available online. To see our team schedule, you can view the calendar by clicking here. You can subscribe to the calendar by clicking here.
Here are links to information about our 5th grade Energy Workshop:
5th Grade Energy Workshop Teacher Guide
Energy From the Sun Student Guide
CERTs Energized Communities Video
Click here to find out about our connection with the Schools Cutting Carbon program!
The greenhouse is located at 1708 Biotech Avenue on the Minnwest Technology Campus. Click here for a campus map.
YES! is a team-oriented youth program that uses hands-on, experiential learning and energy action projects to address energy opportunities and issues in rural Minnesota communities. YES! is administered by the Southwest Initiative Foundation, implemented through partnerships with Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center and Prairie Ecology Bus Center, and funded in part by the Minnesota Renewable Energy Marketplace: An Alliance for Talent Development. Say YES! Put energy into our future! Contact us at 1-800-594-9480, sayyes@swifoundation.org or visit http://www.youthenergysummit.org/.
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