Sleep Eye Herald-Dispatch - CERTs Supports Brown County Congress Energy Forum
Article by Ben Bradbury, Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch
Sleepy Eye, Minn. – Bridging Brown County’s Congress of Elected and Appointed Officials held an open forum on energy-related issues Oct. 30. Topics discussed included the Southwest Clean Energy Resource Team (CERT), the Youth Energy Summit (YES) and Schools Cutting Carbon Team from Springfield and cap-and-trade legislation.
Annette Bair, CERT coordinator for southwestern Minnesota, kicked the meeting off with some details about her oganization. Bair explained that CERT has a goal of “creating opportunities for local ownership and energy independence.” They seek to accomplish this task by informing community members about energy-related projects already happening in their area.
Following Bair’s presentation, a group of Springfield High School students gave an update to the group about their Youth Energy Summit (YES) and Schools Cutting Carbon Team. The group of teenagers reviewed some of the projects they currently have under way. The students are approaching their goal in a tech-savvy manner, as they send out weekly text messages with energy-related facts to those who desire to learn more.
Clean Energy Resource Teams