How 80% of the clubs in D 9705 embraced environmental action

By David Brawn, ESRAG Director and PDG of District 9675 In November, 2023 District 9705’s Environmental Envoy Outreach Program won an award for Communication and Engagement in the prestigious Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Contest for New South Wales. Judges...
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....
Zambian Girls and Boys Team Up to End Period Poverty

Zambian Girls and Boys Team Up to End Period Poverty

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Girls and boys in Zambia are discovering their power to help each other succeed in school and prevent terrible dangers including HIV/AIDS, thanks to Ending Period Poverty for Equal Access to Education, launched by the Rotary...

From Rust Belt to Green Economy

By  Jeff Smith, PDG D 7170 The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) will take place from November 30 to December 12 in Dubai.  This annual summit is the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change, drawing representatives from almost...
Eat Plants and plant trees

Eat Plants and plant trees

ESRAG’s new three-part video on sustainable food systems By Doug White, ESRAG Interim Task Force Coordinator I wanted to make you all aware that the ESRAG Plant Rich Diet Task Force has produced a new video, Eating For Tomorrow:  Restore the Environment and Feed the...
Indian Women Prosper with E-Taxis

Indian Women Prosper with E-Taxis

By Rtn. Jaideep Malavia The city of Indore in the state of Madhta Pradesh has ranked as India’s cleanest city for six consecutive years.  In tune with that achievement – and proof that Indian women prosper with e-taxis –  I came across a lady driver who...