Choose small acts for big impact: your diet affects every SDG

Choose small acts for big impact: your diet affects every SDG

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...
Martina’s Rotary story as a Catalyst towards Youth Leadership

Martina’s Rotary story as a Catalyst towards Youth Leadership

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...
Mexican students gain safe water without plastic waste

Mexican students gain safe water without plastic waste

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? ...
Recycling Solar Panels: An Untapped Opportunity

Recycling Solar Panels: An Untapped Opportunity

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...
Tribute: Mourning MK Sivabal

Tribute: Mourning MK Sivabal

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...
Team Up with Worms to Turn Organic Waste into Treasure

Team Up with Worms to Turn Organic Waste into Treasure

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...