Trash to Table: Making Plastic Precious in Bangkok
Precious Plastic Bangkok encourages local communities to relook at plastic as a valuable resource in an attempt to reduce plastic waste and increase plastic recycling in Thailand.
Acting together and acting now is key to combating climate change, but it is hard to know where to start. Luckily, you are in the right place. Here, you will find various blog series put together by our team of climate change communicators which help unpack the complexity of the problem. Helping connect humanity and the environment through inspirational stories of individuals, to research based articles, we show how you can join the movement and make a difference.
Through the eyes of players and fans, our Sports Team takes an alternative perspective on climate change and sustainability.
Precious Plastic Bangkok encourages local communities to relook at plastic as a valuable resource in an attempt to reduce plastic waste and increase plastic recycling in Thailand.
In the middle of Belize’s Maya Mountains lies an oasis of sustainability – an off-grid, groundbreaking distillery that is rewriting the norms of spirit production. Meet Ben Bloodworth and Dawna…
Zero waste and true circularity are important efforts on higher education campuses that college students care more and more about. However, very few campuses are meeting the mark, and research…
EarthX is the largest green gathering in the world, and the Global Climate Pledge joined forces with Rotary and associated teams to present on climate action for EarthX 2023.
Over the course of my time as an urban planning student, I found that I became more interested in the ways sustainability overlaps with urban planning. With my growing interest,…
Is your campus’s climate goal or net zero target meaningful enough that we can tell when it’s achieved? Are we all talking about the same thing when using terms like…
Is your campus’s climate goal or net zero target meaningful enough that we can tell when it’s achieved? Are we all talking about the same thing when using terms like…
What is zero waste, how to we break it down from an end goal to tangible concepts, and what does it take to achieve it on college campuses?
Joseph Bizimungu has always had a love and appreciation for nature, which led him to his current position as the executive director of Association Burundaise pour la protection de la…
Around 40 participants took a pledge to act on climate change by choosing one among 7 focus areas.
It is a program in Borneo/Indonesia with the following goals: rescue animals, protect forest, support the locals.
On Sunday, October 10, 2021,the Rotary Club of Georgetown along with IICA planted 175 plants.
Increasing the ease of implementing sustainable agricultural practices through the use of smart technology.
25 Rotarians joined forces with City of Novato to protect SF Bay from dumping & pollution.
Hosted educational tour & demonstration for over 100 students & science teachers from several Bay Area.
4 Rotary Clubs & the College of Marin’s master gardener planted 57 Oak trees on campus.
Protect remaining rainforest, animals like Orangutan, local community of Dajaks.
Rueda con Rotary (Ride with Rotary) promotes the use of bicycles as a means of everyday transport.
The project will reduce the number of people who use wood for cooking or other energy-related needs.
A cold storage refrigeration project to aid local farmers who practice regenerative agriculture.
Restore and repair reefs damaged by ocean acidificThe project will contribute to restoring the ecosystem through public education and Tree Planting.ation and heating.
Restore and repair reefs damaged by ocean acidification and heating.
Energize San Mateo is a coordinated effort to bring clean energy to the local community.
Inspire people to take action in flattening the curves of species extinction, deforestation, pollution, and population growth, and find solutions to save the planet.
Part 2 of maveshi-project: RC POONA with Watershed Organisation Trust.
Part 3 of maveshi project: RC POONA with Watershed Organisation Trust
Plant 1,500 trees and plan to coordinate with other clubs to do even more.
Bees support our pollinators so that they can help nature fix the planet.
Rotary Clubs, Interact, Rotaract and others, planting native 1M trees.
Educational, Environmental movie every 4th Saturday of each month from 7-9 pm PST on Zoom
“QUARANPLANT: Nurture Your Own Garden” during the quarantine and beyond.
Remove invasive English ivy from the trees in our parks and green spaces, saving one tree at a time!
My small step to help the planet: reducing plastic use in my life, including Rotary.
Join us for the first annual Global 30-Day Plant Rich Diet Challenge.
I joined the Twin Cities Rotary EcoClub… because no man is an island.
Feral Freon Pilot Program to collect CFC refrigerants such as Freon, a potent greenhouse gas.
By reconnecting to nature we becomes more willing to care about climate change and biodiversity.
The Salk Institute has a bold idea: coach plants to reach their full carbon storage potential.
Connect to Nature, support pollinators and make your voice heard.
Solar cooking eliminates fossil fuel, pasteurizes water, reduces lung disease.
100-acre Rotary Forest becoming hub for environmental education
Collaborate with SchoolNetMali-Mokoya Juru, Id Sahel, govt to plant trees.
Gail Woon’s childhood fascination with marine life and nature has lead her to becoming a marine biologist and founding the environmental organization EARTHCARE. Gail is dedicated to educating the younger…
Planting trees, beach cleanups, picking up litter, encouraging beehives
Cleaner cities, cheaper electricity are possible with specially shaped buildings & new technologies
Working with local schools to improve our environment and bio-diversity
Islands are disappearing under rising sea levels. How long until entire nations cease to exist?
Introduction Land conservation is one of the most critical efforts undertaken by environmental changemakers in our world today. Efforts to conserve land help pave the way for habitat restoration, indigenous…
One indigenous language is lost every two weeks. But what does that have to do with climate change?
Lew Blaustein started as just a guy from New York who loved sports and his country. Now Lew gets the opportunity to collaborate with MLB and NFL players on how…
How much water do you really use every day?
Jenny Smith did not realize what the how severe the personal consequences of her activism efforts in Costa Rica could be until the tire fell off her car and her…
Agroecology could be the key to sustainable farming. Find out how.
Paging Earth is a climate communications blog dedicated to demystifying, depolarizing, and educating the public about climate activism and climate science. Now that we’ve discussed the nuances of the climate…
Agroecology is much more than an environmental intervention. It’s a social movement; one that helps to build, defend, and strengthen our complex food and agricultural systems in the process.
Agroecology could be the key to sustainable farming. Find out how.
Local community members in the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica had always felt apart from the environment, until the Corcovado Foundation gave them the perspective and tools they needed to…
Fast fashion is a cute and easy way to spice up our wardrobes. But how does fast fashion really impact our planet and our people?
ReconAfrica’s oil project jeopardizes not only the Indigenous San of Namibia, but also the sacred Okavango Delta and its endangered species. Empathy & Equity outlines historical and modern flaws that…
Climate change is actively threatening global food security. Let’s talk about why.
The year 2020 was a crazy year for everyone, and that definitely includes the federal government. Many agree that the shift from the Trump administration to the Biden administration was…
Paging Earth is a climate communications blog dedicated to demystifying, depolarizing and educating the public about climate change activism and climate science. Each week, one of our GCP team members…
Zip code matters when it comes to quality and length of life. Along with factors like pollution and healthcare, this disparity is driven by access to green spaces.
Formula 1 is perhaps the most globally coveted racing event ever held. Each race garners hundreds of thousands of viewers and fans, all gathered to spectate an unrivaled competition on…
Empathy & Equity outlines historical and modern flaws that leave marginalized communities disproportionately vulnerable in the face of climate change. In highlighting healthier solutions, E&E weaves environmental justice into the…
With each round of the Olympic Games comes new promises of advancements in sustainability. We have the legacy of the 1964 games, held in Tokyo, as a foundation to pursue…
Have you ever had to cancel your trip to a baseball game because smoke made the air quality too unhealthy? Or watched your favorite team play in the pouring rain?…
When it comes to environmental justice, most of us automatically think of very visible problems like toxic waste or pollution. While these undoubtedly qualify, environmental injustices present themselves in various…
Global solutions, like climate change itself, are multifaceted — one policy does not, and cannot, fit all. Solutions that outline multiple routes toward achieving the same goal are often better…
Whether or not you believe in climate change, environmental degradation is uncomfortable, distressing, or downright depressing to think about.
School systems around the world have not integrated environmental education into curriculum. What can educators do to connect students to issues like climate change?
With the COVID-19 pandemic, our world has shifted dramatically — for some more than others. Despite all of the distractions and problems we are all facing right now, climate change…
Paging Earth is a climate communications blog dedicated to demystifying, depolarizing and educating the public about climate change activism and climate science. Each week, one of our GCP team members…
Paging Earth is a climate communications blog dedicated to demystifying, depolarizing and educating the public about climate change activism and climate science. Each week, one of our GCP team members…
Fields are an important part of everyday life. They are where people gather to watch recreational sports, exercise, and even to just sit and relax. Especially during the pandemic, fields…
Sports have undoubtedly become one of the most commonly shared activities in human history. Played across the globe on expansive fields, an aspect that is not typically covered within environmentalism…
With the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics rescheduled for July of this year, we can expect the most sustainable Olympics yet. While sustainability is a relatively new aspect of the Olympic…
Only an environmental culture shift — on both sides of the political aisle and around the globe — can help environmentalism transcend polarization through education.
Through their tireless activism, these five Black environmentalists deconstructed the harmful narrative that climate action is exclusive to white folks. Their work spans across generations, great distances, and various environmental…
Paging Earth is a climate communications blog dedicated to demystifying, depolarizing and educating the public about climate change activism and climate science. Each week, one of our GCP team members…
Your alarm sounds. You roll over, reach for your phone, and check social media. Scrolling past a surprising headline, you share it with your friends. And each day, the ritual…
Through climate media and communications, we have the power to empower, and we have to take this role seriously.
Scientists are bad at translating jargon, and politicians are great at spinning facts. Enter the climate communicator, playing a key role in educating the public on climate change issues.
The South is stereotyped as uneducated and close-minded, but if we approach informing Southerners with this mentality, then they are not going to want to hear what we say about…
Ryan Hickman, age eleven, enjoys collecting coins, riding his bike, and playing the violin. But unlike most middle schoolers, he’s also been running a business for eight and a half…
I was a small, quiet girl — afraid to be heard. But that was not who I wanted to be.
As it rained heavily outside, eight-year-old Anm Safiqul Alam Shaheen crouched on the floor of his grandfather’s house to hear his daily tales. Shaheen’s heart was beating rapidly as the…
While I was tearing up during a documentary about the slow but steady loss of our planet’s coral reefs, my peers were on their phones.
As a mother, food engineer, urban farmer, cook, individual with alopecia and the owner and founder of Kynza Food, Maria is an inspiration to those around her and a cultural…
“Because I’m country!” Said Catherine Coleman Flowers when asked why she was passionate about working for rural communities as an environmental justice advocate. Growing up in the “Black Belt” region…
“At the beginning, everything was so confusing and their words sometimes didn’t make any sense at all, especially from the elders — they speak nature’s language.”
This is the unusual journey of Steve Bender, who came from the typical, hard-working Midwest to lead one of the most creative and effective Rotary clubs, the Rotary Club of…
Before my first meeting call with Jussa Kudherezera, the founder and Coordinator of the Manica Youth Assembly (MAYA), I was excited, but nervous. This was my first interview on behalf…
At 101, Marian Sachs is unlikely to personally encounter many of the most challenging effects of climate change. These days, according to Gulf News, most of the journey’s she goes…
We are just getting started in launching our Global Climate Pledge Website, so thank you for your patience in delivering our blog articles related to climate action, climate science and…