Master the Four-Way Test for Plastic Solutions

Master the Four-Way Test for Plastic Solutions

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Finding a Path to Plastic Solutions Shining the Four Way Test as a surgical light, ESRAG’s Plastics Solutions Task Force is illuminating ways for the family of Rotary to act most effectively to reduce the world’s...
Tiny solar lamps spotlight the urgency of energy transition

Tiny solar lamps spotlight the urgency of energy transition

by Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Solar Light Campaign striving to Leave Noone Behind Buffalo, NY, September, 2024: Founded by American Rotarian Sarah Baird, a small nonprofit is leveraging $15 solar lights into a campaign to convince global stakeholders to...
When a loss becomes inspiration

When a loss becomes inspiration

What can be more life-impactful than being on your mother’s lap many times before bed and seeing her cry for the loss of your older sister? That image, along with all the stories of how she got sick with Polio after swimming and playing in the polluted Ameca River in...
Solarizing two small homes yields giant impact

Solarizing two small homes yields giant impact

by Steve Solbrack with Twin Cities Rotary EcoClub The Twin Cities Rotary EcoClub (EcoClub) in District 5950, Minnesota, USA collaborated with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) to purchase and install solar panels for two new Habitat homes. Funding for the...
American Rotarians excited to leverage EPA Solar for All grants

American Rotarians excited to leverage EPA Solar for All grants

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor On Earth Day 2024, states, tribes, territories, municipalities and nonprofits across the United States learned that they had been awarded Solar for All (SFA) grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). One of...