The 2017 Energy Educator of the Year for her ongoing commitment to environmental education and teaching students how they can save energy is a teacher in Quispamsis. Marianne Lawson teaches at Valley Christian Academy.
The Energy Educator of the Year is awarded annually as part of the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge to make Canadian students more energy literate.
From January 30th to April 26th, more than a thousand teachers from across Canada took part in the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge. 32 thousand students from across the country learn how they can use energy more responsibly.