By Yasar Atacik, ESRAG Chair-Elect Dedicated to “Climate Stability Through Environmental Sustainability,” Rotary’s Institute for Zones 1b, 9 and 10 took place 2-4 December at Abu Dhabi. This Institute put the spotlight on urgent environmental issues and...
Mass electrification demands more rechargeable batteries that require lithium and other rare minerals. Through ESRAG’s new lithium-ion recycling project, Rotarians are engaging their communities in a smart circular economy step to accelerate climate solutions. “The...
By Lori Cloutier, Co-Chair, ESRAG Plastics Solutions Task Force This article is part of ESRAG’s December focus on circular economy. Unless you live in a (plastic) bubble, you already know that single-use packaging and serving ware (SUP) make up to 40 – 50%...
By Ariel Miller In many countries, December brings an avalanche of shopping, shipping, fossil-fueled travel, and discarded packaging. It’s hard to imagine anything farther from sustainability, so ESRAG’s holiday gift to you is this newsletter reporting on circular...
If you know of any Rotarians who are participating in the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, please ask them to email ESRAG’s communication team so we can share the news! Thank you! Si vous connaissez des Rotariens qui participent dans les négotiations du...
The COP27 climate conference is over now. COP26 was much stronger than COP27 because it set clear mitigation targets and because more than 40 countries – including major coal-consuming nations like Poland, Vietnam and Chile – committed to shift away from coal....
ESRAG Board Member, Clari Nolet, established a turn-key project that Rotary Clubs can easily run in one weekend to gather and recycle lithium-ion batteries from around their communities. These projects play such an important environmental role that Forbes Magazine...
Rotary’s delegation to COP27 is Rotary International President Jennifer Jones, RI Environment Manager Keith Madden, Dean of the Rotary Representatives Judith Diment MBE, PDG Mohamed Delawar, wetland ecology specialist Terrell Erickson, and ESRAG Past Chair Christopher...
Nov. 9: RI President Jennifer Jones announces Mangrove Project with RC Sharm El-Sheikh Jennifer Jones posting breaking Rotary news from COP 27 on her Facebook page...
At the COP 27 conference in Egypt, leading global experts have released a report, 10 New Insights in Climate Science, on the urgent need to invest in mitigation before climate change exceeds the limits of our capacity to adapt. The study was compiled by Futurearth,...
