ESRAG Environment Display

ESRAG Environment Display

by Kris Cameron Wenatchee Confluence Rotary recently debuted the new D5060 environmental display items at the Wenatchee Earth Fair and Apple Blossom Youth Day in April. We had five goals: Attractive & Inviting — great for membership Engaging for all ages —...
Teach Your Neighbors to Mine Their Junk Drawers!

Teach Your Neighbors to Mine Their Junk Drawers!

By Clari Nolet, ESRAG Director, and Sonja Koch, Redwood Materials Are you from the United States?  If so, Choose a date for next year to champion lithium-ion battery recycling in your community.  Here’s how to teach your neighbors to mine their junk drawers....

Rescue PCs and their vital materials

By Jorge Restrepo, Ballard Rotary Club, Seattle, USA I’m writing to offer a project that can make your club a boon for marginalized communities, low-income seniors, international service projects, non-profits, NGOs, and the environment. Here’s how...
Teach Your Community to Recycle Right

Teach Your Community to Recycle Right

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Inspired by the service ethic of Rotarians, John Perry joined the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2023 along with his wife Mary.  He had witnessed the fellowship and good deeds of members belonging to the...
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...
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,...