Scaling Biochar to Restore Soils

Scaling Biochar to Restore Soils

By Joey O’Brien, ESRAG Director As a Rotarian and ESRAG board member I have become far more aware of the impending climate and food production crises that the world faces. I serve as CEO of SustainAgro, which is building Canada’s first pyrolysis facility to...
ESRAG Funds Go Green

ESRAG Funds Go Green

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...
Environmental Action Summit Showcases Powerful Projects

Environmental Action Summit Showcases Powerful Projects

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...
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,...
Aur Beck Honored for Habitat for Humanity Solar Work

Aur Beck Honored for Habitat for Humanity Solar Work

by Ariel Miller American Rotarian Aur Beck has won the 2023 Walt Ratterman Award from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners for providing free solar systems to Habitat for Humanity homeowners for whom this technology would otherwise be impossible...
Dr Prakash Tata and RC Naperville Win Engineering Grand Prize

Dr Prakash Tata and RC Naperville Win Engineering Grand Prize

by Ariel Miller The innovative plastics recycling social enterprise designed by Rotarian Prakasam (Prakash) Tata, PhD has won the 2023 Grand Prize for Small Projects from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists for the Rotary Club of Naperville,...