YES! Delaware Youth Environmental Summit

Delaware's Youth Environmental Summit

YES! is a statewide summit for all Delaware high school students with an interest in protecting our Earth. This includes high school students who are residents of Delaware but may attend outside of Delaware, or any student of a Delaware high school (whether public, parochial or private) or home school in Delaware. The inaugural YES! was held in 2020 in Dover with more than 270 students from 17 high schools. The 2025 event was attended by 750+ students from more than 40 Delaware high schools. Planning is now underway for the seventh annual event to be held on Friday, February 20, 2026.

YES! is a collaborative partnership of Delaware nonprofit organizations, educators, agencies, businesses, and students who want to make a difference by engaging Delaware's youth in issues and advocacy on environmental issues.

Get Involved

Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us make the student leadership team organize the summit. And, student leaders can apply each spring to be on the following year's planning team. The summit itself is open to all Delaware high school students at no cost. We're excited to have you join us!

Thank You

Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading awareness of the summit, thank you. We couldn't make YES! a reality without the help of supporters like you.

YES! is a Program of plastic free delaware to provide Delaware's youth WITH information, skills, and tools to make a GREATER difference

Plastic free delaware is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN #85-2916447

Non-discrimination Statement:

Plastic Free Delaware does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

Mark Your Calendar! Friday February 20, 2026

Countdown on for the next YES! Friday, February 20, 2025

Delaware's Youth Environmental Summit

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Thank You

SINCEREST THANK TO OUR 2026 YES! SPONSORS (to date):

GLOBAL SPONSORS

CONTINENTAL SPONSORS

OCEAN SPONSORS

YES! Student Leaders Tell What It Means to Them

2025-2026 Advisory Group Members

We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.