BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Rotarians Making a Difference: Three Clubs Take on Great Proje cts Three clubs will be sharing projects they are doing or have completed . Rebuilding Panamanian Coral Reefs Steve Bender\, RC Newport Beach CA Ou r coastal sinks – kelp\, coral and wetlands – provide significant carbon sequestration solutions that can help restore balance in our climate chal lenged world. A group of Rotarians have taken on rebuilding coral reefs o ff the coast of Panama. This is the kind of project that makes a dramatic difference for our environment but also brings together employment for t he local community and volunteer opportunities for Rotarians. Learn more about this powerful project. EV Charging Stations Alan Anderson and Ric k Estenson\, RC Northfield MN The Rotary Club of Northfield\, Minnesota\, started a Rotary Climate Action Team in 2017\, after our club made clima te action one of its top five priorities\, in a new long-range plan. Besi des working to educate our club members\, we also wanted to do a Rotary p roject that 1. Has an impact and 2. Is visible in the community. Since ou r small town had no public electric vehicle charging stations\, we partne red with the city of Northfield\, to install 2 sets of 2 stations each\, in our downtown area. They have been well received\, and through the comp any Charge Point\, we can track their use. We look forward to telling you more about it and answering your questions. Energize San Mateo Rick Ra ybin\, RC San Mateo CA Our target is to build a sustainable economic envi ronment by introducing clean energy with employment opportunities that su pport the community while addressing inequalities regarding access to sou nd climate practices. The project has engaged well over a dozen governmen tal\, educational\, business and non-profit entities to build awareness a nd provide resources. This effort demonstrated how Rotary clubs can bring disparate organizations together to make a difference in their community . Find out how our Club has made this happen. Share Your Project with R CAT Network Resources and Project Library A brief presentation of the new RCAT Website. Project sharing is the heart of this Network. We want to upload hundreds of projects and allowing Rotary clubs to learn from each other and to share areas of common focus. Join us for an update on this e ffort. Please join the Rotary Climate Action Teams (RCAT) Network for thi s informative view of the climate crisis. To find out more about RCAT\, t he Network\, and the Speakers Forum\, go here. DTEND:20210521T000000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T145428Z DTSTART:20210520T230000Z LOCATION:via Zoom SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:RCAT Network: Three Clubs Take on Great Projects UID:6ea11347-d203-4078-8c07-9e940701199a X-ALT-DESC:
Rotarians Making a Differenc e: Three Clubs Take on Great Projects
\n\nThree clubs will be sharing projects they are doing or have completed.
\n\nRebuilding Panamani
an Coral Reefs
\nSteve Bender\, RC Newport Beach CA
\n
Our coastal sinks &ndash\; kelp\, coral and wetlands &ndash\; provide sig
nificant carbon sequestration solutions that can help restore balance in
our climate challenged world. A group of Rotarians have taken on rebuildi
ng coral reefs off the coast of Panama. This is the kind of project that
makes a dramatic difference for our environment but also brings together
employment for the local community and volunteer opportunities for Rotari
ans. Learn more about this powerful project.
\n \;
\n
\nAlan Anderson and Rick Estenson\, RC Northf
ield MN
\nThe Rotary Club of Northfield\, Minnesota\, start
ed a Rotary Climate Action Team in 2017\, after our club made climate act
ion one of its top five priorities\, in a new long-range plan. Besides wo
rking to educate our club members\, we also wanted to do a Rotary project
that 1. Has an impact and 2. Is visible in the community. Since our smal
l town had no public electric vehicle charging stations\, we partnered wi
th the city of Northfield\, to install 2 sets of 2 stations each\, in our
downtown area. They have been well received\, and through the company Ch
arge Point\, we can track their use. We look forward to telling you more
about it and answering your questions.
\n \;
\nEner
gize San Mateo
\nRick Raybin\, RC San Mateo CA
\nOur t
arget is to build a sustainable economic environment by introducing clean
energy with employment opportunities that support the community while ad
dressing inequalities regarding access to sound climate practices. The pr
oject has engaged well over a dozen governmental\, educational\, business
and non-profit entities to build awareness and provide resources. This e
ffort demonstrated how Rotary clubs can bring disparate organizations tog
ether to make a difference in their community. Find out how our Club has
made this happen.
\n \;
\nShare Your Project with R
CAT Network
\nResources and Project Library
\nA brief
presentation of the new RCAT Website. \; Project sharing is the heart
of this Network. We want to upload hundreds of projects and allowing Rot
ary clubs to learn from each other and to share areas of common focus. Jo
in us for an update on this effort.
Please join the Rotary Clim ate Action Teams (RCAT) Network for this informative view of the climate crisis. To find out more about RCAT\, the Network\, and the Speakers Foru m\, go here. \;
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