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By Charles Bartlett   A meeting at the UN Water Conference between Susan Gardner, Director of UNEP’s Ecosystems Division, and Barry Rassin of Rotary International, sparked the idea for UNEP and Rotary’s Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group to hold a side event at the Rotary

By Charles Bartlett   A workshop for Rotary District 9212 clubs was held in Nairobi on 5-6 November 2022 to share the lessons learned from their Clean-Up+ projects and to discuss future plans for their Adopt-a-River programmes. During the workshop, Rotary clubs, from Kenya and

This story was first published on the United Nations Environment Programme website.   In China, Asia’s longest river, the Yangtze, saw record low levels last month and hydroelectric power stations along its course had to reduce or stop operations, causing power outages for millions of

By Charles Bartlett   Rotary International President Jennifer Jones visited the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters on 30 August 2022 and met Executive Director Inger Andersen. The two leaders reaffirmed their joint commitment to scaling up collaboration on environmental action to promote the Sustainable

This article was first published in The Timeline.   By PP Sharon Ashton   In Rotary, we know through our partnership with the Institute for Economics and Peace and their Positive Peace Ambassador Program that Peace is a product of resilient and strong communities and building

This article was first published in The Timeline.   By President Eric Ombok   The Rotary Clubs of Syokimau, Kitengela, Athi River and Stoni Athi on September 18 embarked on a project dubbed Adopt a River, to remove all solid waste along the water body. The

By Charles Bartlett – United Nations Environment Programme   The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is developing a collaboration with Rotary International, a global network of 1.2 million neighbours, friends, leaders, and like-minded problem-solvers to tackle river pollution. As an initial step, a year ago

This keynote speech was presented at the Rotary 9211 District Conference in Kampala, Uganda on the 24th of April 2021. By Joe Otin I am particularly delighted to be speaking about the environment in a country that is the source of the longest river in

Reprinted with permission from https://joeotin.com/ By Joe Otin It is no wonder that Rivers have a special place in culture within art, music and legend. The founders of mighty cities secured foundations mostly where the life blood of mother nature offered a continuous supply of