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...
Imagine Low-Carbon Energy Security

Imagine Low-Carbon Energy Security

By Joey O’Brien, ESRAG Director Harvard philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger wrote, “at every level the greatest obstacle to transforming the world is we lack the clarity and imagination to conceive that it could be different.” Imagine if all the fears imbedded...
Rotarians Reviving Flooded Villages

Rotarians Reviving Flooded Villages

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor As the catastrophic 2022 floods devastated the homes, health, and livelihoods of over 33 million Pakistanis, the United Nations Environment Programme and the OECD warned that the growing gap in climate aid is accelerating...
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...
Catalyzing Green Jobs

Catalyzing Green Jobs

By PDG Jeff Smith, District 7170 Environmental Sustainability Chair Rotary’s Seventh Area of Focus is an enormous undertaking.  According to Bill Gates, in his recent book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, the transition to net zero carbon emissions will be the...