How to Talk about Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference

Dr Rebecca Huntley, one of Australia’s leading researchers on climate communication, provides a roadmap for talking about the climate crisis in ways that will inspire and equip enough people to make a difference.  She gave a fabulous overview as the keynoter for...
Sardinians Scale Up Solar Safe Water

Sardinians Scale Up Solar Safe Water

By Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Fresh from winning support from clubs throughout Rotary District 2080 in Italy, Mario Figus, a member of the Rotary Club of Cagliari, and his District are ready to expand their impact exponentially by inviting industry to...
Tools to Restore Sustainable Living

Tools to Restore Sustainable Living

By Nilam Bedi, PhD, ESRAG Cadre Liaison to The Rotary Foundation The accelerating impacts of climate change are driving increasingly urgent calls to action, with the goal of sustainable living at their core. Sustainability means living within the limits of the planet...
Flourishing Partnership with Trees that Feed Foundation

Flourishing Partnership with Trees that Feed Foundation

By Natasha Norris, Communications and Program Manager, Trees that Feed Foundation When like-minded people join forces, the impossible becomes possible. One Rotarian’s search for a solution to climate change has now impacted thousands of lives in the Caribbean and...
ESRAG Booth A-Buzz with Joyful Activity

ESRAG Booth A-Buzz with Joyful Activity

By Lesley McCarthy, Newsletter Editor, ESRAG Oceania Chapter The ESRAG booth at RICON 23 encouraged visitors to imagine and hope as they connected with volunteers and discussed environmental projects. The engagement, connections, stimulating conversations, project...
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...
Let’s salute the ESRAG Volunteers at RICON 2023

Let’s salute the ESRAG Volunteers at RICON 2023

By Dr. Patricia Armstrong, ESRAG Chair 2022-23 By all accounts, the Rotary International Convention (RICON 2023) in Melbourne, Australia was a wonderful success. Regrettably, I came down with Covid two days before the Convention began and so was only able to attend...
Environmental Action Summit Showcases Powerful Projects

Environmental Action Summit Showcases Powerful Projects

By Lesley McCarthy Sixty-six people attended the ESRAG Action Summit on May 25 at the Melbourne Town Hall! Our first guest speaker, Prof David Karoly, Australian world leader in climate dynamics and climate change science, spoke on climate change and how Rotarians can...
Environment Global Grants Webinar

Environment Global Grants Webinar

by Dr. Mina Venkataraman, ESRAG Director and Projects Division Chair ESRAG’s Projects Division is offering this introductory webinar to help your club develop a Global Grant project under The Rotary Foundation’s Environment Area of Focus. Saturday 17 June, 3 pm UTC,...
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...