Welcome

 

Welcome to the Environmental Action Group

 
The Cambridge Rotary Club is planning:
A Day of Rotary Environmental ACTION
 

The Rotary Club of Cambridge will be working with Just Zero and ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group) to assemble key service providers and products which help residents and businesses reduce the use of and exposure to plastics.  Rotarians will organize the event space and serve as “hosts” to the broad and wide range of resources that will be available on tables in the Harvard Smith Center or similar Harvard Square locale which can accommodate the event indoors and/or outdoors.  The Smith Center is adjacent to the MBTA, Harvard, the Cambridge Rotary Meeting space and many other businesses in addition to schools and NGOs.

Earth Day 2026 is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22nd. The 2026 theme is “planet vs. plastic.”  The purpose of the 2026 theme is to raise awareness of the dangers of plastic pollution, encourage efforts to reduce its production and consumption, and support policies to ban single-use plastic.  

 
Past Event
The first annual clothes and book swap was a huge success and a lot of fun!  A big thank you to everyone that helped and came out to participate.  Why do a swap?  Did you know that on average we buy a new item of clothing a week?  That's a lot of clothes!  Many of those clothes wind up in landfills despite best efforts to dispose of them properly, we simply have too much.  Swaps are great ways to give your clothes a second life and keep them out of the landfill, plus get some great new-to-you items, in this case, both clothes and books/puzzles... plus a few games as well!
 
 
About the Committee
 
We are committed to supporting our clubs in the creation and implementation of environmental projects both in our local communities and around the globe. Our Action Group committee members have multiple years of experience in environmentalism and some of them are members of ESRAG, the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group. 
 
The District Environmental Action Group is up and running and wants your involvement!  If your club has an environmental committee, let's talk and discuss what you are doing and how we can work together to take your projects further.
 
Water, plastics, and pollinators ... these are the issues Ipswich-Rowley Rotary is working on.
 
Ipswich-Rowley Rotary has a Global Grant focused on Water Conservation.  We have partnered with the Ipswich River Watershed and are seeing positive results.  I will be attending the ESRAG Projects Fair at the end of January to showcase this grant.
 
Is your club looking for a speaker?  Please contact me, Andrea Lacroix!  I have been making the rounds at many rotary clubs delivering a very informative talk on plastics and I am available to speak at your club.  There are giveaways involved so book me for an in-person presentation soon!
 

Environmental Committee Members

The current members of the district environmental committee are:
 
  • Andrea Lacroix, Chair
  • Amy Lamarche
  • Ann Witzig
  • Beth Chase
  • Bob Wicks
  • Dr. Eshran Hoque
  • Judith Black
  • Katie Updike
  • Susanne Pederson
  • Pooja Singla - District Governer
You can reach the committee by emailing: environment@rotary7930.org