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ESRAG at RICON 2024: Volunteer, Meet, Greet, Eat, Explore, Engage, Learn
There will be many opportunities to learn and network about environmental projects at the 2024 Rotary International Convention in Singapore May 23–29.
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Rotarians fill huge need at Port Harcourt Airport
Rotarians fill huge need at Port Harcourt Airport by providing its first public lavatory for non-travelers.
COP28’s giant breakthrough on sustainability reporting
Learn about COP28’s giant breakthrough: institutions that manage $120 trillion committed to embedding sustainability in their financial decisions. Rotaractor Rob Sisson reports on the significance of the new International Sustainability Standards and the February 2024 IRFS Sustainability Forum.
January webinars showcase agri, conservation, and pollution solutions
ESRAG’s January webinars showcase agri, conservation, and pollution solutions. Join us for exciting speakers and conversation with Rotarians worldwide.
Rotary scales up sanitation
As Rotary scales up sanitation, WASH advocates challenge Rotarians to tackle poverty with vision and daring. Partnerships will be vital.
Seven 2024 Pollution Solution Resolutions
Choose your 2024 Pollution Solution Resolution: adopt plant-rich diet, reduce food waste, buy solar panels and second-hand goods, and offset your air travel!
How Rotary’s Environment Area of Focus is evolving
Keith Madden, The Rotary Foundation Manager for the Environment, explains how Rotary’s environment area of focus is evolving and how to develop a successful Rotary Global Grant proposal.
Central American Rotarians unite to save Rio Motagua
Central American Rotarians unite to save the Rio Motagua by organizing a coalition to capture and divert the massive solid waste pollution it carries to the Caribbean.
ESRAG Project Fair in Sarasota in January
Join Rotarians from North America and the Caribbean at the ESRAG Project Fair in Sarasota in January! Discover projects through talks and field trips, showcase yours, and learn about funding.
Celebrate the holidays with planet friendly recipes
Here’s how you can celebrate the holidays with planet friendly recipes, plus five easy ways to be a climate champion through your food choices.
Yale maps climate views around the world
Rotarians: consult Yale’s data on climate views around the world as a resource for your climate advocacy. Yale’s free course on climate communication fits US audiences.
Turning waste into wealth
Finger Lakes ReUse is turning waste into wealth by diverting tons of useful material from the landfill to new users. It’s a thriving business earning over $2,000 per ton in retail sales – more than ten times what recycling earns in the region. It also employs 78 people, provides career training, $200,000 a year in sales tax and $100,000 in in-kind donations to families in need.
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...
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