Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – USA
Hosted by the Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition
Saturday 29 July
Location: Waikiki Aquarium
2777 Kalākaua Ave Honolulu, HI 96815
Times: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Format: In-Person
Cost: FREE
The YES (Youth Empowerment Summit) event will be a hyper-interactive training on civics, policy, and plastic pollution. Designed and led by high school and college students, this youth-centered event is a unique opportunity! Over the course of one day, you’ll get to build your skill set to take on plastic pollution through the lens of equitable policy change, youth civic empowerment, and climate resilience. Rather than sitting through speakers, the focus of YES will be to give you hands-on learning that is interactive, memorable, and–above all–fun! You’re sure to have a blast at our event, so say yes to YES!
Register for this Summit
Summit Schedule
| Time | Event |
| 8:30 AM | Check in particpants as they start arriving |
| 9:00 AM | Oli, Welcome, Housekeeping |
| Oli | |
| Guest Speaker | |
| Welcome + Housekeeping | |
| 9:15 AM | Activity with all participants |
| Activity 1 | Plastics + Civics Themed Never Have I Ever |
| Activity 2 | Create an account with the HI State Legislature |
| 10:00 AM | Breakout activity |
| Activity 1 | Plastics + civics themed mafia game |
| Activity 2 | Civics workshop for local and national policies |
| Activity 3 | Make your own art gallery out of repurposed plastics |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch break |
| 12:45 PM | Planeteer General Climate Solutions Campaign Plan |
| 1:45 PM | Wrap up, upcoming events/action items |
| 2:30 PM | End of event |
Summit Hosts
Photo credit: Alex Kahn
The Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition
Hawai’i Youth Climate Coalition (HYCC) is a strictly youth-led, community advocacy organization dedicated to fighting for climate justice that has been at the forefront of change in Hawai‘i.
Primary Host: Dyson Chee
A recent graduate of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Club Network Director for HYCC, and longtime Planeteer, Dyson Chee has a long and successful history of organizing, agitating, and advocating for positive change.
About this Summit Location
Hawaiʻi is uniquely situated when it comes to plastic pollution because we are an island furthest away from any major landmass. As such, plastic pollution shows up on our shores in the form of marine debris, and we don’t help matters much here by generating tons of plastic waste. We’re also a long way from any producers of plastic, so all of the plastic that we import (which is all of the plastic here) and the plastic that we recycle has to travel long distances using fossil fuels, which contributes to the climate crisis (and ties into the Fire element too!). However, while there are a lot of problems that are tough to solve here, we also have an opportunity to implement island-based solutions here, and that’s what this summit is for–to equip you with the tools you need to advocate for solutions through civics, policy, and youth empowerment.
About the FIRE Summit
The FIRE Element focuses on rapidly transitioning to renewable energy sources, clean transportation, and accelerating ways to draw down fossil fuel dependence. Targeting the source of these emissions — namely fossil fuels — and doing so equitably, is the goal of the FIRE element. This FIRE Summit is convening Planeteers in communities around the world to develop campaigns to accelerate our transition away from fossil fuels.
About Planeteer Alliance
Planeteer Alliance is a program of the Captain Planet Foundation, a US-based NGO with the mission of engaging and empowering young people to be problem solvers for the planet.