ESRAG Western North America

ESRAG Western North America

Welcome to the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) Western North America (BigWest) regional chapter!.. ESRAG.Org.

ESRAG welcomes Rotarians and non-Rotarians to join n take actions to sustain our environment and stabilize our climate.

Bay Area 2050: How climate change will impact region over next few decades 07/06/2024

https://youtu.be/uAtRalzXK4Q?si=KAWLEAoMl0Z8wscc

Bay Area 2050: How climate change will impact region over next few decades Climate change has already had serious impacts on the local environment. What will the Bay Area look like in 2050? Experts weigh in on what lies ahead in th...

30/05/2024

Have you heard of our Million Solar Panels initiative? If you've logged your solar panels, let us know in the comments!🌩️

Learn more about the initiative here: https://ow.ly/1c3I50ROVcH

Photos from Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group - ESRAG's post 30/05/2024
Here's What Extreme Heat Looks Like: Profoundly Unequal 30/05/2024

Here's What Extreme Heat Looks Like: Profoundly Unequal Earth is overheating. This year is poised to be one of the hottest ever. Millions are already feeling the pain, but the agony of extreme heat is profoundly unequal across the globe.

23/04/2024

ESRAG Webinar: Clean Energy Transition
Sat, April 27, 7am US Pacific Time

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol and Rotary Board Vice President Pat Merryweather-Arges will address the Clean Energy Transition on Sat 27 April at 1400 UTC, 1930 India, 1000 US EDT. Please register to attend. https://esrag.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIscu-qpj4rHdeZZUWlYECvs50HY3AvJP8O #/registration

Environmental action group deepens interest in Rotary 06/03/2024

Environmental action group deepens interest in Rotary Kris Cameron’s hens line up at feeding time. Helen peeks through the window acting as spokeshen for Betty, Martha, and Geraldine. Kris Cameron with one of her hens. By Kris Cameron, a member …

COP28 | AntĂłnio Guterres - Secretary-General of the UN | Press Conference | 11 December 2023 17/02/2024

https://youtu.be/HI74pD-zVcQ?si=GuOlVZqzVQTVYB_u

COP28 | AntĂłnio Guterres - Secretary-General of the UN | Press Conference | 11 December 2023 COP28 | AntĂłnio Guterres - Secretary-General of the United Nations | Press Conference | 11 December 2023

Climate Change: What Will Our Lives Look Like in 2050? 13/02/2024

https://youtu.be/vpt0iNE0EK4?si=rIlDKbdocq52WK8j

Climate Change: What Will Our Lives Look Like in 2050? Climate disasters, health crisis or even food shortages, the future looks bleak for the planet. Find out what our future could look like if the world populat...

19/01/2024

Last month marked the first time has hosted a pavilion at a major global event alongside governments, UN agencies, NGOs, academia, and business.

What is , and why is this important for Rotary International? Judith Diment, Dean of the Rotary Representative Network and Rotary’s senior diplomat will explain.

Wednesday 7 February
14:00 UTC
Live Translation in Spanish and Portuguese
Register here: https://ow.ly/kjef50Qr68K

w/ Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland Environmental Sustainability / ESRAG - Rotary Great Britain & Ireland

https://ow.ly/QuoN50Qr68J
https://ow.ly/CBmU50Qr68P

19/01/2024
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough; Powering Electric Vehicles; Carbon Capture | 60 Minutes Full Episodes 23/12/2023

https://youtu.be/7ZejZxjvFng?si=afBP1KaXGsz2E3IV

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough; Powering Electric Vehicles; Carbon Capture | 60 Minutes Full Episodes Scott Pelley's January report on the breakthrough in nuclear fusion made by scientists at the National Ignition Facility; From May, Bill Whitaker's story on ...

How To END The Climate Crisis In One Generation | Paul Hawken on The Rich Roll Podcast 23/09/2023

https://youtu.be/XGE_TZfTaH8?si=86-T2ugIQn2yEgVl

How To END The Climate Crisis In One Generation | Paul Hawken on The Rich Roll Podcast In this episode, Rich welcomes Paul Hawken to the studio. Paul is the author of Drawdown, and his astonishing, beautiful new work called Regeneration: Ending...

Climate Change Blind Spots with Paul Hawken 23/09/2023

https://youtu.be/KLGY8e4nffg?si=0tjTmwpUuI15H4nX

Climate Change Blind Spots with Paul Hawken "We need to change what we do and how we relate to each other down here in order to stabilize the climate and that's what 'Drawdown' is about. " - Paul Hawke...

Global Warming: The Decade We Lost Earth 01/08/2023

https://youtu.be/hvGQMZFP9IA

Global Warming: The Decade We Lost Earth The story of how one man cost us a world with less than 2°C of warming in 1989. To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https...

Taking on Record Temperatures: UN Chief's Call to Action | United Nations 29/07/2023

The new Global Boiling era started!!..

Taking on Record Temperatures: UN Chief's Call to Action | United Nations As July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that humanity is in the hot seat, urging that “leaders ...

"The era of global boiling has arrived:" UN chief warns amid hottest month in recorded history 29/07/2023

https://youtu.be/ax8bjZa592I

"The era of global boiling has arrived:" UN chief warns amid hottest month in recorded history UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres warned on Thursday that the era of global warming has ended and "the era of global boiling has arrived," after scientis...

Nuclear Fusion breakthrough; Powering Electric Vehicles; Carbon Capture | 60 Minutes Full Episodes 24/07/2023

https://youtu.be/7ZejZxjvFng

Nuclear Fusion breakthrough; Powering Electric Vehicles; Carbon Capture | 60 Minutes Full Episodes Scott Pelley's January report on the breakthrough in nuclear fusion made by scientists at the National Ignition Facility; From May, Bill Whitaker's story on ...

Climate change - A verting catastrophe | DW Documentary 17/07/2023

Climate change - A verting catastrophe

Climate change - A verting catastrophe | DW Documentary In the last 30 years, CO2 emissions have increased by 60 percent worldwide. The most pressing problem facing our civilization is global warming. What solutio...

Artificial Intelligence, Democracy, & the Future of Civilization | Yoshua Bengio & Yuval Noah Harari 06/06/2023

https://youtu.be/TKopbyIPo6Y

Artificial Intelligence, Democracy, & the Future of Civilization | Yoshua Bengio & Yuval Noah Harari What does the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) look like and how will it impact democracy and society? This question was explored by Prof.Yoshua Bengio...

“Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton Warns of the “Existential Threat” of AI | Amanpour and Company 21/05/2023

The "Existential Threat" of AI...

“Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton Warns of the “Existential Threat” of AI | Amanpour and Company Geoffrey Hinton is considered the godfather of Artificial Intelligence and made headlines with his recent departure from Google. He quit to speak freely and ...

AI and the future of humanity | Yuval Noah Harari at the Frontiers Forum 20/05/2023

AI and the future of Humanity

AI and the future of humanity | Yuval Noah Harari at the Frontiers Forum In this keynote and Q&A, Yuval Noah Harari summarizes and speculates on 'AI and the future of humanity'. There are a number of questions related to this disc...

Climate change technology: is shading the earth too risky? 22/11/2022

https://youtu.be/dFMMssyRsWo

Climate change technology: is shading the earth too risky? If the world is getting too hot, why not give it some shade? Solar geoengineering could halt global warming, but there are risks to this controversial techno...

đź”´ COP27: Launch of Recommendations of Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Actors 10/11/2022

https://youtu.be/S5F2dJ4ITw4

🔴 COP27: Launch of Recommendations of Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Actors At COP 27, countries come together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement and the Conventi...

Al Gore at the Opening of the #COP27 World Leaders Summit | UN Climate Change 10/11/2022

UN COP27 Nov 6-18, 2022
https://youtu.be/qLTcC7srnLw

Al Gore at the Opening of the #COP27 World Leaders Summit | UN Climate Change Al Gore gives his speech at the opening of the world leaders summit at the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27).--At COP 27, countries come together to ...

UN Secretary General AntĂłnio Guterres at the Opening Ceremony of the World Leaders Summit | #COP27 10/11/2022

United Nations COP27 Conference on Climate Change, Nov 6-18, 2022 Egypt.
https://youtu.be/YAVgd5XsvbE

UN Secretary General AntĂłnio Guterres at the Opening Ceremony of the World Leaders Summit | #COP27 United Nations Secretary General AntĂłnio Guterres at the Opening Ceremony of the World Leaders Summit at COP27.At COP 27, countries come together to take act...

An Energy Plan the Earth Can Live With | Daniel M. Kammen || Radcliffe Institute 20/10/2022

An Energy Plan the Earth Can Live With...

https://youtu.be/nxSf4gjbO24

An Energy Plan the Earth Can Live With | Daniel M. Kammen || Radcliffe Institute Daniel M. Kammen examines the pace of scientific change, the problem of sustained innovation and deployment, and the tremendous array of benefits that could ...

I've studied nuclear war for 35 years -- you should be worried. | Brian Toon | TEDxMileHigh 04/09/2022

https://youtu.be/M7hOpT0lPGI

I've studied nuclear war for 35 years -- you should be worried. | Brian Toon | TEDxMileHigh For the first time in decades, it's hard to ignore the threat of nuclear war. But as long as you're far from the blast, you're safe, right? Wrong. In this so...

02/09/2022

ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMITS, Saturday, September 10 (in-person or virtual)
Green Transportation and Clean Energy Hybrid Summit, San Jose, CA
REGISTER at https://events.humanitix.com/2022environmentsummit
PROMO: https://youtu.be/UVxGHYkOgZU

Water: From Source to Sea Hybrid Summit, New Port Beach, CA
REGISTER at https://rotarysummits.com/water/
PROMO: https://vimeo.com/680521003

Healthy Soils Virtual Summit, Fort Collings, CO
REGISTER at https://rotarysummits.com/soils/
PROMO: https://vimeo.com/680521003
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Glasgow Breakthroughs | Day 2 World Leaders Summit at COP26 23/07/2022

Glasgow Breakthroughs | Day 2 World Leaders Summit at UN COP26 - November 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFvqvK8YB8M

Glasgow Breakthroughs | Day 2 World Leaders Summit at COP26