Preserving Our Environment Chat

CHAT FROM BREAKOUT SESSION

SPEAKER Pat Armstrong RC Doncaster Vic to Everyone (2:17 pm)
https://www.esraganzpi.org/
Milena Dunn to Everyone (2:43 pm)
We had a working bee this morning on Rocky Hill Kooringal using two whipper snippers. One of our volunteers asked "Is there a sustainable replacement for whipper snipper line replacement cord?"
Jennifer Scott to Everyone (2:48 pm)
we would all like to know if there is an alternative. Good question
Milena Dunn RockyHill Regeneration to Everyone (2:49 pm)
BBQs generate much waste. How can we minimise this?
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (2:50 pm)
Follow us on https://oceaninnovators.org/
Melissa Hebbard Bangerang land to Everyone (2:51 pm)
I wonder if the original violin strings animal gut be a suitable alternative for whipper snipper string.
SPEAKER Pat Armstrong to Everyone (2:51 pm)
https://www.thebluecarboninitiative.org/ The Blue Carbon Initiatve.
Jeremy Wright to Everyone (2:52 pm)
What happens to old tennis racquets & strings?
Milena Dunn RockyHill Regeneration to Everyone (2:59 pm)
could land holders in the path of the Hume Ii power connection be able to use the perpetuity to protect nature on our National Parks?
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (3:00 pm)
BBQ generate plastics, but soon you won’t be able to buy single use plastics… You can buy reusable plates, glass and cutleries
Ian Riseley to Everyone (3:01 pm)
Any suggested ways in which Rotary clubs can work with TLC or its equivalent in Australia and NZ?
Jennifer Scott to Everyone (3:04 pm)
Ian Riseley, how can we leave a legacy for the Environment through the Rotary Foundation?
Milena Dunn RockyHill Regeneration to Everyone (3:04 pm)
how can we replace single use water bottles at Rotary events?
Ian Riseley to Everyone (3:05 pm)
There is an endowment fund for our new 7th Area of Focus
SPEAKER James Hattam to Everyone (3:05 pm)
https://tasland.org.au/
https://tasland.org.au/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/
Don to Everyone (3:06 pm)
In D9510 we have had a working relationship over 20+ years with Calperum Station near Renmark which is under the manangement of the Australian Landscape Trust.  https://alt.org.au/    This organisation has similar ideals.
Lora Central Blue to Everyone (3:09 pm)
Coffee pods, what can be done with them?
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (3:09 pm)
Jennifer - Rotary is already leaving a legacy in the environmental space. Rotary via ESRAG is getting involved in COP-26, UNEP projects and many Projects in the environmental space: https://www.esrag.org/esrag-unep-handbook
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (3:12 pm)
Lora - Coffee pods - We interviewed TerraCycle last year which recycle what is not recyclable. Check it out: https://oceaninnovators.org/sdgs/goal-17-partnerships-for-the-goals/terracycle-global-foundation-recycling-the-non-recyclable/
 
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (3:15 pm)
Cleanups are great, but don’t forget to look at the bigger picture: Where is the pollution coming from? Can you stop it at its sources? Often supporting local businesses to make the right transition is the solution, not the cleanup. But cleanup attracts new members :)
David Dippie Keilor East to Everyone (3:17 pm)
Think about supporting your local DIK Store.  This is our largest recycling project in our Zone
Lesley McCarthy to Everyone (3:18 pm)
Flemington Kensington rotary are working with our local council and other clubs to develop a wildlife habitat and pollination corridor along the Maribyrnong river - a multi year, multi event activity which includes local environment groups and schools.
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (3:18 pm)
 
Keith RyallCarltonRotary to Everyone (3:19 pm)
There are also the Emergency Relief Networks like EERN, WERN and most recently-RIMERN- the Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Networks ..the home of Residential Recycling. Saving so many re-useable household items going to landfill.
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (3:22 pm)
Anyone interested to volunteer/get involved to help make Melbourne RICON convention very sustainable, contact me: vic@esrag.org
ted waghorne Canterbury to Everyone (3:23 pm)
see the Carbon exchange bank being set-up in esrag oceania
SPEAKER Vic Grosjean to Everyone (3:23 pm)
How do you make your events greener? Watch our Green Events conference: https://www.esrag.org/green-events Green event Handbook coming soon
David Dippie Keilor East to Everyone (3:25 pm)
David Dippie ESRAG Oceania and D9800 ES Committees solatube@bigpond.com