PEYA awarded for Youth Engagement!
Brampton Guardian – Ecosource has received Green Communities Canada’s National Award for Youth Engagement in recognition of its Peel Environmental Youth Alliance (PEYA) program. Read More…
Students get moving for Amazing Green Race!
Mississauga News – If you were on public transit on Saturday chances are you would have noticed some time-pressed young people zipping from stop to stop. Over 100 students were hurtling about Mississauga and Brampton on the weekend in a bid to win the Peel Environmental Youth Alliance’s first-ever Amazing Green Race. Read More…
PEYA’s Amazing Green Race in motion!
Mississauga News – The Carbon Farmer Face Your Footprint contest was the first online contest the Peel Environmental Youth Alliance ever entered, but winning second place and $954 for their Amazing Green Race project made it memorable. PEYA’s plan to hold their first-ever ‘Amazing Green Race’ on May 11th, 2013 to educate participants about the many ways they can make their homes, schools and communities more sustainable. Read More…
A meeting, a Big Move and a SNAP!
SNAP North Mississauga – Our first gathering of the new year continued our campaign work as well as collecting feedback on our progress so far! We also ran a special workshop about Metrolinx’s Big Move for sustainable transportation, and SNAP was there to catch some of the action! Read More…
$2000 grant for the Amazing Green Race!
Mississauga News – PEYA is one of thirteen youth-led programs that have received grants totalling $20,000 from the United Way of Peel Region and the Region of Peel Youth-In-Action grants. The programs are aimed at building leadership skills and confidence in youth while helping develop future leaders and improving the community. Read More…
That Environmental Buzz is in the Air!
Mississauga News – More than 250 students joined water activist Derek Forgie and Emily Hunter, the daughter of the late Robert Hunter, a co-founder of Greenpeace at the Coliseum movie theatre, where they held the opening ceremonies for PEYA’s 10th annual EcoBuzz Conference. Read More…
Students connect with nature!
Brampton Guardian – Students across the Region of Peel came together for PEYA’s seventh annual Region-Wide Stewardship Day! More than 330 students got their hands dirty to help restore and maintain our local environment. Read more…
