PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS:
Delaware Community Composting Initiative
Plastic-Free Lunch Day
New Castle County Great Schools Clean Streams Program
Make the Pledge and schools in New Castle County (DE) can win cash prizes! Keeping used cooking oil out of the county sewer system helps prevent water pollution!
Plastic-Free Campus Resources
Micro Plastic Madness
Kids Zone - University of Delaware
CEH's Ditching Disposables Toolkit for Schools
Pathways to Green Schools
National Wildlife Federation's Eco Schools Program
National Wildlife Federation's Eco Schools Program
Delaware DNREC Resources for Teachers
The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve offers a variety of Teacher Professional Development opportunities every year. These training sessions give teachers from around the Delaware Bay an opportunity to grow and expand their skills.
Keep Delaware Beautiful
DNREC School Programs
DNREC School Programs
Are you looking for a great field trip opportunity or possibly a visit from a naturalist into your classroom? Have you thought about the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve? The Reserve provides wonderful field trip and classroom outreach opportunities for you and your students!
The Reserve offers school programs for students in grades K-16 including a featured field trip for the 4th grade in conjunction with the John Dickinson Plantation. The programs are grade appropriate and are designed with the state science standards in mind.
Programs are engaging, science based, and include a hands-on component. The Reserve offers a wide variety of activities on topics such as watersheds, ecosystems, land and water, wetlands, organisms (fish, horseshoe crabs, shorebirds, mammals, etc.), and water quality and pollution.
Plastic Free Restaurants (includes school cafeterias!)
Plastic Free Schools
Stroud Water Research Center
Stroud Water Research Center
High Schoolers for Carbon Dividends
Schools for Climate Action
Delaware Association for Environmental Education
Delaware Association for Environmental Education
Sierra Club's Clean Schools Program
Delaware Envirothon
American Green Zone Alliance
American Green Zone Alliance
Healthy Food for Healthy Kids
CPF Educator Resources
Jane Goodall Institute - Roots & Shoots Program
Jane Goodall Institute - Roots & Shoots Program
Delaware Sea Grant
K-12 programming
Interactive learning activities to engage students inside the classroom and beyond
Red Knot Youth Birding
Delaware Ornithological Society
Meatless Mondays for K-12 Schools
The Bee Cause Project
Whole Kids Foundation - Garden and Bee Grants
Annie's Grants for Gardens
CPF Project Learning Garden
Audubon Adventures for Young Nature Lovers
YOU make YES! possible!
Our GoFundMe campaign is just one way of ensuring we can cover all of the summit's costs including the venue, AV, breakfast, lunch and transportation. Won't you please join us in making it possible for even more schools and students in 2025? Please join other generous donors and sponsors to inspire and empower Delaware's future environmental leaders through their GoFundMe Campaign.
Donate now at our GoFundMe page! Together, we can make the 2025 YES! Summit our biggest and most impactful year yet!
Thank you for your generosity and support of this impactful event!