Located in the heart of Halifax, École Le Marchant - St. Thomas School is a leader in recycling, composting and energy conservation education. And the many initiatives created by the School's amazing and inspiring "Green Energy Team" show us what a tremendous influence a small group of students can have.

Le Marchant- St. Thomas's parent association organizes regular fundraisers, including a Bingo Night - where food and drinks are sold before the game starts. At last February's Bingo Night, some of the school's Green Energy Team set up an information table where you could enter a draw to win energy-efficient prizes. Others monitored the source separation practices of parents and students, encouraging them to properly separate pizza plates, pop cans and food waste!

At school, they run "energy conservation workshops" followed by school-wide investigations to see how well light, water, heat and computer energy is being conserved. One person in particular, teacher Susan Murwin, is credited with enabling these student to take on real leadership roles in their daily lives.

With just over 200 students from Grades Primary to 6, staff and students have made improving their community, and each student's understanding of the environment, a priority each day. Under the wing of Librarian Jenny Jolly, they have reached the "Earth" designation in the SEEDS program by completing over 900 environmental projects to date!