By Yasar Atacik At our May meeting, the ESRAG Board voted to move the bulk of its funds from its current bank account to a green bank. A green bank is a financial institution that uses innovative financing techniques to accelerate deployment of clean...
By Lesley McCarthy Sixty-six people attended the ESRAG Action Summit on May 25 at the Melbourne Town Hall! Our first guest speaker, Prof David Karoly, Australian world leader in climate dynamics and climate change science, spoke on climate change and how Rotarians can...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
