Climate Action Summit

Coming Soon: Climate Weekend 2026

The Climate Action Summit is expanding into a Climate Weekend! In a refreshed and engaging format, the Kansas City region will come together for two days of action-focused programming designed to strengthen resolve and reimagine what’s possible for our shared, prosperous future.

Friday, October 16: Impact-focused workshops will take place at multiple locations, followed by a main program and reception at The Bardot in the Crossroads District.

Saturday, October 17: A day of action featuring with volunteering with nonprofit partners across throughout the region offering meaningful ways to connect with others and give back in real time. 

A full schedule, registration and sponsorship opportunities will be coming soon!

Climate Weekend
Summit + Day of Action
October 16-17, 2026

Become a Sponsor!

The Bardot | 1616 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO

View the 2025 Event Program

Climate Action Indoor & Outdoor Expo and LEED & Sustainability Tours

  • 4H Blender Bike
  • A Meal that Counts
  • Drone demonstration
  • Food Cycle KC
  • Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
  • KC Farm School at Gibbs Road
  • KC Stem Alliance
  • Mind Drive demonstration of student-built electric cars
  • Metropolitan Energy Center
  • Musician AY Young’s Entrepreneurial and Sustainability projects (see “Musical Guests” below for more info)
  • Ripple Glass
  • Studio 804 Mobile Demonstration of LEED-certified tiny homes from the Lawrence Community Shelter
  • U.S Green Building Council – Central Plains
  • Black and Veatch
  • Building a Sustainable Earth
  • Building Energy Exchange
  • Climate + Energy Project
  • Groundwork NR
  • Heartland Conservation Alliance
  • IBEW L.U. 124
  • League of Women Voters Johnson County
  • Mid-America Regional Council Environmental Programs
  • Missouri Organics
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • NextEra Energy
  • Rep Sharice Davids Constituent Services
  • The Resilient Activist
  • Sierra Club
  • Willdan
  • Tour A: Campus LEED-certified buildings*
  • Tour B: Campus land use and ecology*
  • Tour C: Campus farm and composting system**

*Tours are free and require pre-registration through this link, and will depart at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. from the Summit Expo (east parking lot by Yardley Hall). Tour registrations are filled on a first-come, first-served basis and are limited to 25 participants per tour.
**Open tour, will meet and depart from the Eat Local + Organic Expo (Campus Fieldhouse – map provided at Expo)

Musical Guests & Performing Artists

AY

Casi Joy

The Marching Cobras

Quixotic

AY

AY Young is a producer, singer, songwriter, entertainer, and entrepreneur. He powers his concerts (“The Battery Tour”) using renewable energy and was recently named a UN Youth Leader for SDGs and performed at President Biden’s inauguration. AY is currently working on “Project 17,” the world’s first sustainable album containing 17 songs, 1 per each Sustainable Development Goal, recorded in partnership with the best artists in the world in a carbon-neutral way. AY has held 800+ solar-powered concerts across the country since 2012.

Casi Joy

With over 37 million video views online, Joy has captured the attention of music fans around the globe who appreciate the way she melds traditional country and modern pop influences. A seasoned performer, her impressive social media presence eventually led to a highly-touted run on NBC’s The Voice. Hailing from Kansas City before moving to Nashville, Casi has become a beloved hometown figure. One of her favorite events to come back for is the Kansas City Plaza Lighting seen by 250,000 attendees and half a million television viewers. She has also been invited numerous times to sing her stunning rendition of the National Anthem for the Kansas City Chiefs, American Royal, KC Royals, and Sporting KC. 

The Marching Cobras

The Marching Cobras organization was started in Kansas City, KS, in 1969 by Willie Arthur Smith. During their 50-year history, the Cobras have performed for at least 4 U.S. presidents and twice at the White House. They routinely tour throughout the U.S. to perform in parades, college football half-time shows, Mardi Gras and drill team competitions.

Quixotic

Quixotic is an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection mapping and live music to create fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences. They have performed for audiences worldwide and have helped launch brand products for companies such as BVLGARI, Faena Hotels, Garmin, HP, Smithsonian and Toyota.

Emcee

Hartzell Gray

Hartzell Gray

Hartzell is a long-running radio personality in Kansas City, spending years with 96.5 The Buzz. Now on-air with public radio KCUR 89.3, Hartzell juggles many high-profile gigs including co-hosting The KC Morning Show, emceeing Sporting KC soccer matches and Kansas City Monarchs baseball, and co-owning and hosting Journey Pro Wrestling circuit.

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