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.

ESRAG Seminar: Trees That Feed Foundation
Speaker: Mary McLaughlin
Topic: Feeding People, Creating Jobs and Benefiting the Environment

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Project Impact: Let’s See Your Environmental Impact!

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Building a Better World, Pre-RICON Summit
Speaker: Hosts: ESRAG & RAGCED
Topic: Building a Better World, Pre-RICON Summit

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Project Impact: Let’s See Your Environmental Impact!

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Project Impact: Let’s See Your Environmental Impact!

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Plastic Café
Speaker: ESRAG's Plastics Solutions Task Force
Topic: People gather from around the world to connect, learn, and explore collective wisdom.

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ESRAG Seminar: Unused lever in nature protection - Storytelling
Speaker: Markus Gilles

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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

Mobilizing Citizen Science to Fight a Silent Killer

Mobilizing Citizen Science to Fight a Silent Killer

Drawing on the insights of three Rotarians with decades of experience, this article offers an overview of some of the major sources of air pollution, how Rotarians can promote solutions, and links to websites describing air pollution’s health impacts and how to measure and analyze air quality.

Teachers, unleash your students’ climate leadership!

Teachers, unleash your students’ climate leadership!

Teachers, register your classes by Jan. 20 for the global Climate Innovation Challenge, for free curriculum and resources to help students make powerful short videos presenting their climate solutions.

Protecting the Air We Need to Live

Protecting the Air We Need to Live

In January, ESRAG spotlights how Rotarians can reduce air pollution, one of the world’s deadliest dangers to life and health. Watch our blog, newsletter, and social media for articles throughout the month on projects and toolkits.

Form your own committee.

Learn more about how to form your own Club
or District Environmental Sustainability Committee.