Project Type Projects

Gardens

There is one small part of the global environmental system where rotarians often have sole control and benefit. This place is the household garden – perhaps better to be thought of as the one piece of paradise for which we have sole responsibility. There are so many...

Connecting with Nature

All the Rotary projects considered so far have environmental work as a core component of rotarian activity. Most of them, however, are deal with only one or two aspects of involvement with nature, such as tree-planting. Some projects deal with several aspects of the...

Action against Climate Change

Twenty years ago there was a lively global debate about whether or not the planet’s climate waschanging and the impact of human activity on those atmospheric changes. It is less than a year agothat some politicians were dismissing climate change as a ‘hoax’, and...

Waste & Pollution

One of the most common environmental actions taken by rotarians is to reduce waste & pollutionwithin our environment. This can be done at the individual level, with many rotarians seeing thepicking up of litter as part of their civic responsibilities. Virtually...

Connecting with Nature

by Paul Keeley | Aug 25, 2021 | Biodiversity, Featured

All the Rotary projects considered so far have environmental work as a core component of rotarian activity. Most of...

Action against Climate Change

by Paul Keeley | Aug 19, 2021 | Climate, Featured

Twenty years ago there was a lively global debate about whether or not the planet’s climate waschanging and the impact...

Waste & Pollution

by Paul Keeley | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured, Pollution, Sustainable Living

One of the most common environmental actions taken by rotarians is to reduce waste & pollutionwithin our...

Heart 4 Trees

by Paul Keeley | Aug 7, 2021 | Biodiversity, Climate, Featured

Welcome to ESRAG’s ‘Heart4Trees’ programme. This is not a single project, but rather a cluster of many projects with the unifying theme of trees. Some projects are small with work being done by a few individuals: others are large with hundreds of participants from...

SGG Rotary Tree Project

by Paul Keeley | Aug 6, 2021 | Biodiversity, Climate, Featured

Sustainable Global Gardens [SGG] has been promoting tree-planting in East Africa for several years. Most of the trees planted so far have been planted on small-scale farms and have been directly useful to the farmer. Such trees include both fruits [e.g. mango,...

Kipsaina WASH+

by Paul Keeley | Aug 6, 2021 | Featured, Sustainable Living

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene plus Environmental Impact Description Providing schools across Western Kenya with self-sufficiency in water supplies, promoting hand-washing capacity. Reducing water poverty and the incidence of water-borne and other diseases. Promoting...

Eco Stoves

by philip ross | Aug 3, 2021 | Featured, Food Systems, Sustainable Living

FUEL SAVING ECO-STOVES IN UGANDADescription Families in Uganda like those in other parts of Africa, Asia and South America cook their meals on open fires using firewood or charcoal. Due to high population growth, the country is becoming more densely populated. This...