REGIONAL CHAPTER
West North America
We have a number of programs both through ESRAG
and Rotary International that need your help.
Key Information
Countries Included in Region
USA: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY.
Canada: AB, BC, SK
Leaders of Chapter
Yavuz Atila
Official Regional Links
About Our Chapter
Welcome to the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG)!
ESRAG was formed to empower Rotarian and non-Rotarian members to take actions to sustain our environment, particularly to stabilize our climate. How can ESRAG help you?
ESRAG provides an organizing point and informational resources to share information with clubs and communities about sustainable practices and the global humanitarian crisis of climate change.
Our action model:
Identify environmental leaders within the Rotary world, assist them in initiating environmental service projects that are meaningful to THEM, help where we can, and acknowledge and publicize their awesome work.
We look forward to collaborating with you to bring Rotary’s ‘Service Above Self’ ethic to solving environmental problems.
UN Environment: Rotarians Vital to Climate Solutions
With pollution and climate change wreaking economic havoc, causing more than 7 million premature deaths a year, and fueling the refugee crisis, “we are doing a poor job for our planet and our peoples’ health as we pursue economic development,” warned Dr. Hartwig Kremer, Head of UN Environment’s Global Environment Monitoring Unit, in a speech to ESRAG members in Hamburg. But because we are “in touch with local communities, professionals, and business leaders worldwide,” he added, Rotarians can catalyze solutions.
The UN provides the framework and tracks global progress: “In September 2015, with the backing of 193 world leaders, 17 Sustainable Development Goals were agreed to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve a healthy, sustainable world by the year 2030.
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Featured Events
Attend our Monthly Regional Chapter meetings.
Second Monday of every month at 5:30 pm PDT, Zoom
Contact us to attend today.
Speaker: Ambaree Mujumder and Laurie Zuckerman
Topic: Training for RICON House of Friendship Staff
More info
Speaker: Ambaree Mujumder and Laurie Zuckerman
Topic: Training for RICON House of Friendship Staff
More info
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Featured Projects
A few of the projects our regional chapter is and has been involved in.
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Featured News
Scaling Biochar to Restore Soils
A Canadian Rotarian reports on field tests of biochar – a byproduct of pyrolysis to make low-carbon fuel – to rebuild severely depleted agricultural soils on Prince Edward Island.
ESRAG Funds Go Green
ESRAG’s Directors voted to move ESRAG’s funds to a green bank whose loans go towards accelerating clean energy development. This is part of our commitment to walk the talk on climate responsibility.
Environmental Action Summit Showcases Powerful Projects
Keynoted by Australian environmental experts Dr David Karoly and Chris Brace, this summit featured talks by seven Rotarians on an array of environmental initiatives, followed by a lively brainstorming discussion in small groups. Sixty six people attended.
Form your own committee.
Learn more about how to form your own Club
or District Environmental Sustainability Committee.