Launch Your Climate Action!

Launch Your Climate Action!

by Dr. Pat Armstrong, ESRAG Chair, and Dr. Yasar Atacik, ESRAG Chair-Elect Pakistan’s catastrophic 2022 floods, Europe’s deadly wildfires, and the titanic cyclones slamming Africa are just three of the rising global toll of disasters which justify the urgency of the...
Living Within Our Planetary Means

Living Within Our Planetary Means

Our planet’s capacity to sustain human life is in dire danger. That’s a fact, and so is this: every Rotarian has the power to increase humanity’s ability to survive. Actions you take – from your kitchen to international summits – can help humankind return to...
Remember Your Mom This Valentine’s Day

Remember Your Mom This Valentine’s Day

A love letter from ESRAG’s Plant-Rich Diet Task Force We call her Mother Earth and she is our life support system. But our eating habits are stressing her to the point of collapse. This Valentine’s Day let’s show her a little love by leaving unsustainable animal...
Reducing methane critical, NOW, says UNEP report

Reducing methane critical, NOW, says UNEP report

This summer the UN Environment Programme issued a report stating that reducing methane emissions is essential to keeping global warming within survivable limits. Changes in farming practices and human diet can make a huge contribution.  Livestock and rice farming...
Protecting Forests by Eating Less Beef

Protecting Forests by Eating Less Beef

By Jojy Michael, Fremont Morning Rotary Club, California and Andrea Wotan, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North, Michigan (US) From Jojy: On a cool, serene night of early spring, I watched the PBS documentary, Can We Cool the Planet, with over 25 Rotarians from clubs all...