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Environment Heads & The Green Team
For the 2022–2023 school year, Aditya Goel ’23 and Aishmitaa Rajeskannan ’23 have been an integral part of Grad Pride, the grade 11 leadership team consisting of a group of students who are selected to organize and lead student activities in a variety of areas. Taking on the environment portfolio, Aditya and Aishmitaa were tasked with overseeing how sustainability is managed by the student body, conceptualizing and launching environmentrelated initiatives, and proposing policy changes.
The two environment heads are at the helm of the Green Team, which ran successful clothing and battery drives, among other initiatives. Juan De Oliveira ’23, a member of the Green Team, has kept busy in LCC’s Centre for Discovery, designing and printing 3D plant pods that were made with compostable plastic and included water reservoirs for automatic watering.
In April, Earth Week consisted of a series of activities to raise awareness and take action. For example, guided tours of LCC's geothermal system were offered, a Green Café was organized in support of Cool Earth, the Destiny Quebec Global Issues Conference featured an environment-related component, and the Junior School students undertook a yard clean-up.
“The LCC Green Team aims to make students’ daily activities more sustainable and environmentally friendly through various adaptations and initiatives,” says Aishmitaa. “It is critical that we conserve and better protect the planet. Everyone has a responsibility to help the environment.”
“It’s important for people to care because this is about our future,” adds Aditya. “The media tend to focus on the negative, but we also must acknowledge what we have already done. I believe the world is progressing to a better future.”
Next year, a new environment head will take up the cause with the support of the Green Team members.
