Rotarians Foster Green Housing

Focus: North America

Build Membership with Sustainability Projects!

Hold onto your hat! This month, Rotarians from Canada to Mexico report how winds of hope and change are sweeping across their continent. They share several ways to make housing greener and cheaper to run, and invite you to take advantage of an array of conferences and free technical assistance to help you design excellent environmental projects.

In this issue:

Cause for hope: new laws in US and Australia, and your role in Rotary!
Guidance for green building: ESRAG’s Solar Habitat handbook, Near Zero Energy Design, and the Aug. 19 Small Wind webinar
RIP Jennifer Jones champions pollinator projects in India and North America
Aug. 20 Workshop: how to develop a Rotary Global Grant project
“Big West” Rotarians’ September 10 summits on soil, water, and green transportation
September citizen science for platypuses in Australia
How ESRAG’s Climate Task Force can help you plan powerful projects
Environment’s starring role in the August Rotary Magazine (including ESRAG celebrities)

Photo by Jeff Heie: Solar panels going up on a Habitat duplex in Harrisonburg, Virginia, US. Shared with permission of GiveSolar.