50 Leading Clubs Supporting the Environment
Clubs within Rotary South East that are Supporting The Environment
Clubs With Environment Leads
Rotary clubs appoint an Environment Lead to ensure a proper focus is given to Protecting The Environment; someone to develop a club policy on Environmental Sustainability and develop environmental goals for their clubs.
Rotary South East clubs leading the way; having appointed Environment Leads for 2022-2023, include:
- Ashford
- Beckenham
- Bexhill
- Bexley
- Bromley
- Canterbury Forest of Blean
- Chatham
- Chestfield
- Chislehurst
- Dover
- Edenbridge & Westerham
- Folkestone Channel
- Gibraltar
- Gravesend & Meopham
- Gravesham with Ebbsfleet
- Isle of Thanet Sunrise
- Langley Park
- Maidstone Riverside
- Minster on Sea
- North Downs
- Orpington
- Orpington Crofton
- Ravensbourne
- Rye and Winchelsea
- Strood
- Sittingbourne Invicta
- St Leonards on Sea
- South Foreland
- Three Castles of Deal
- Tunbridge Wells
- Weald of Kent
- West Wickham
- Whitstable
Club Environment Plans For 2022-2023
- Inviting club members to form an Environment Team
- Reviewing club activities to ensure compliance with the principles of environmental sustainability
- Incorporate an Environmental impact assessment when planning every club activity
- Invite and share speakers to discuss Environmental Sustainability
- Promote community awareness and importance of environmental sustainability
- Initiate one or more projects to enhance the environment
- Engage the local community to project Rotary's commitment to environmental sustainability
- Work closely with local council and link into council run environment events
- Working with High Street traders in eliminating single use plastics
Specific environmental activities planned include:
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Be part of a green recovery with free trees from the Woodland Trust
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Recycling projects - crisp packets, printer ink cartridges, laptop computers etc.
- Litter collections - rivers, beach, parks - Great British Beach Clean (16th-25th Sept 2022)
- Creating wild flower gardens for the pollinators
- Developing an Environment webpage on club websites
- Using social media to advocate biodiversity and environmental sustainability
- Issuing a monthly Environment Newsletter
- Supplying schools with Environmental resources
- Building ponds to increase animal and plant diversity
(Main photo with permission from Rotary Club of Maidstone Riverside)
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