EcoBuzz Conference

EcoBuzz is back for 2024!

This year’s theme is:
Bridging the Green Divide: Inclusive Environmentalism for All!

What is EcoBuzz?

The EcoBuzz Conference provides an interactive and hands-on venue for hundreds of Peel students in Grades 6 through 12 and teachers to explore environmental issues concerning youth and inspire climate action. The full day event focuses on engaging youth and teachers in climate education and action through interactive workshops led by community partners and local champions. The conference aims to provide students and educators with resources, education, and inspiration to become stewards of their communities. Participants will have the chance to hear from a local youth as the keynote speaker, meet professionals from the environmental sector, and get inspired to implement meaningful environmental initiatives at school and beyond!

EcoBuzz Conference Features

• A special opening address by a keynote speaker
• Workshops led by experts in the environmental community

Workshops and Exhibits

• Workshops at EcoBuzz are highly interactive and provide skill-building for running successful initiatives and for delivering educational & inspirational information related to sustainability.

Registrations for EcoBuzz Conference 2024

Conference registrations are now open!

We will be featuring a lineup of incredible speakers from organizations, community partners and local champions who are leading climate action in the Region of Peel. There are 15 different workshops planned for the day, and school groups will be attending 2 workshops over the course of the day. Educators are invited to register their eco teams or student environmental leaders using the form below. Every effort will be made to accommodate registrants’ interest and a workshop schedule will be sent out the week of February 11th, 2024.

You can find an overview of the 15 workshops here: 2024 EcoBuzz Conference Workshop Titles and Descriptions

To allow for diversity and equal opportunity, we have capped the number of participants per school at 20 students. If your school is interested in registering additional students, please follow this link to complete a waitlist form: EcoBuzz 2024 Registration waitlist

Keynote Speaker 2024:

Denise Miller

Gohedowehta, [translation: She stands in a field], English name Denise Miller, is a wolf clan member of the Cayuga Nation. She is from the Six Nations of the Grand River but currently resides in Caledonia Ontario.

She is a 29-year-old indigenous youth leader passionate about restoring community, food systems and the land.

In May of 2020, Denise founded the Revitalizing Our Sustenance Project to provide educational opportunities for young people and families to connect, reclaim and sustain Haudenosaunee food systems and ecosystems.

Denise is an active board member of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO), a member of the Indigenous Outreach and Engagement Steering Committee for the EFAO and the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security Farmer Advisory Council.

Generous Door Prize Donations from:

Past EcoBuzz Keynote Speakers

Abhay Singh Sachal

Abhay Singh Sachal is a 21-year old Canadian whose research and work resides at the intersection of climate change, ecoanxiety, mental health, and spirituality.

Sarah Syed

Sarah is an innovator, researcher of biodegradable plastics in water and soil, and a published author for her poetry.

Ayush Chopra

Ayush is the founder for SDGs For Children and published author of the book “Shaping a Fairer World with SDGs and Human Rights.

Corrigan Hammond

Corrigan is the Ontario Organizer for the David Suzuki Foundation’s Blue Dot movement.

Derek Forgie

Derek is a DJ, comic emcee host, keynote speaker and actor.

Emily Hunter

Emily is a second-generation environmental activist, daughter of Greenpeace co-founder, Robert Hunter.

Steven Lee

Steve Lee is a climate change activist, a policy advocate to the United Nations, and a global speaker.

David Suzuki

David Suzuki, Co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster.

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