How Rotary’s Environment Area of Focus is evolving

How Rotary’s Environment Area of Focus is evolving

Insights from Keith Madden, The Rotary Foundation Manager for the Environment By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor We’re delighted to provide an update on Rotary’s expanding environmental action, thanks to Keith Madden, The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Manager for the...
Planting hope in Lebanon

Planting hope in Lebanon

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Undaunted by hyperinflation, last year’s wildfires, and the horror of widening war in the Middle East, the Rotary Club of Beirut Cadmos succeeded in planting 2,000 cedar seedlings this year on deforested slopes of Mt. Lebanon....
Citizen Science Defends the Baltic

Citizen Science Defends the Baltic

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Through hands-on service and irresistible special events, Finnish Rotarians are expanding the ability of scientists to protect the Baltic Sea.  Their work includes measuring and categorizing marine trash, monitoring blue algae...
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...