Environment Global Grants Webinar

Environment Global Grants Webinar

by Dr. Mina Venkataraman, ESRAG Director and Projects Division Chair ESRAG’s Projects Division is offering this introductory webinar to help your club develop a Global Grant project under The Rotary Foundation’s Environment Area of Focus. Saturday 17 June, 3 pm UTC,...
ESRAG by the Numbers

ESRAG by the Numbers

by Laurie Zuckerman, ESRAG Communications Chair Concerned about the Environment?  Depending on your country, most polls show those concerns are increasing.  Rotary is no exception as evidenced by the addition of the Environment to our areas of focus, grants supporting...
The Historic High Seas Treaty: How Rotarians Can Help it Succeed

The Historic High Seas Treaty: How Rotarians Can Help it Succeed

by Päivi Kippo-Edlund, ESRAG Director While watching birds with my binoculars by the Baltic Sea, I´m thinking about the 2023 High Seas Treaty, and how important it is to protect high seas ecosystems, habitats and species. For me, protecting the Baltic Sea is an issue...
Lebanese Rotarians racing to reforest

Lebanese Rotarians racing to reforest

by Ariel Miller Lebanese Rotarians are racing to qualify for a global grant to plant a cedar forest on dessicated land on the slopes of Mount Lebanon this fall. The project will protect the region’s priceless biodiversity and boost eco-tourism.  Called Arztak Hawytak...
Kenyan Students Shine in Climate Innovation Challenge

Kenyan Students Shine in Climate Innovation Challenge

by Ariel Miller Congratulations to the Kenyan students whose environmental projects were honored by worldwide video broadcast on May 10, in CAVU’s 4th Annual Students Climate Innovation Challenge!  The Lake Bogoria Girls High School won the Outstanding International...
Exotics versus Indigenous Trees

Exotics versus Indigenous Trees

By Najar Nyakio Munyinyi, RC Laikipia Highlanders, Nanyuki, Kenya Biological diversity is essential to human well-being. The more complex and diversified a trophic system is, the healthier the environment, and the higher the quality of air, soil and water. Africa has...