Choose small acts for big impact: your diet affects every SDG By Dawn A. Byford ESRAG Plant-Rich Diet Task Force Co-Chair September, 2024 Ever wonder how far-reaching your environmental actions truly can be? When I first joined Rotary, my focus was on the little...
by Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Youth Leadership front-and-centre An extraordinary young leader, Martina Lastikova, has joined ESRAG’s communications team as a Content Creator. In just a few weeks, she has already significantly increased the reach of...
by Natalia Luque Sánchez, ESRAG Correspondent for Latin America Preventing Plastic Waste How can we prevent 500 plastic water bottles from being bought and discharged every day and become the inspiration for a circular economy project to bring water to a community? ...
By Elizabeth Henke, MD, Lead, Million Solar Panel Campaign Reusing older solar panels qualifies for ESRAG’s Million Solar Panel Challenge. Rotarians and Rotaractors: whether you buy new or used solar panels for yourself or those less fortunate, please log your solar...
by Geert Jan Pastoor, ESRAG Renewable Energy Task Force Empowering Communities with Repurposed Solar Panels Solar panels are gradually becoming an indispensable part of our society. Clean energy is an important answer to the climate problem and an indispensable link...
by SK Gupta, Director, ESRAG South Asia Chapter Erase E-Waste The IT industry alone is responsible for around 2% of greenhouse gas emissions, as much as the entire airline industry. Indian Rotary clubs in Rotary District 3131 are taking action to reduce the...
By Kris Cameron and Dawn Angela Byford, Co-Chairs, ESRAG Plant-Rich Diet Task Force Plant-friendly foods to lower your Carbon Footprint For those of us who live in colder climates, warmer weather means cooking outside or barbeque season. While barbeques and cook-outs...
Mourning MK Sivabal by Dr. Mina Venkataraman, ESRAG Chair for Community Action for Fresh Water MK Sivabal, Co-Chair of ESRAG’s South Asia Chapter, died May 24, to the shock and grief of our colleagues. He was 58. Past President of the Rotary Club of Erode in...
by Alex Arancibia Quintana, DVM, Past President, Rotary Club of Los Angeles, Chile, D 4355 A Low-Cost Solution for Organic Waste Recycling “Feliz como una lumbriz,” or “Happy as an earthworm:” that’s what the Rotary Club of Los Ángeles calls our...
by Ariel Miller, ESRAG Newsletter Editor Circular Economy in Milan: Turning E-Waste into Opportunity The Rotaract Club of Milano Sforza is winning international recognition for RigeneraMI, its high-impact, low-cost solution to the growing crisis of e-waste. ...