Plans are underway for the District-wide, one-day community event to recycle Lithium-ion batteries. It will occur this April and is being coordinated by the District Environment Committee as part of a larger Rotary International effort.
For the event, clubs will select a drive-through location where people can drop off their batteries. The recycling company working with Rotary (Redwood Materials) will provide appropriate containers for collecting the batteries and cover shipping costs to the recycling center.Rotarians provide labor and enthusiasm!
This is a timely event, and recycling Lithium-ion batteries addresses many critical needs.Clari Nolet, the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG), North American Coordinator for the initiative, will give a Zoom presentation next Tuesday, 12/16, at the Carlisle-Sunrise Club.If you would like to see or listen to the live presentation, go to the website below and use the particulars provided no later than 7:10 am [TME1]on Tuesday, 12/16.A recording of her talk and an informational package on how a club can host an event will be made available in the next few weeks.
Planning for the event will take several weeks, and April is not far away!To allow enough time, please talk to your club members now about participating. For more information, contact Mark Tillman (Carlisle-Sunrise) or Joe McNally (West Shore) via ClubRunner.
Our meeting starts at 7:15 AM.Clari should be speaking around 7:30 AM IAW with our standard meeting template.However, trying to process others into the Zoom after we start can be problematic.Therefore, recommend everyone log in NLT 7:10 and hold for a few minutes. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87589719713?pwd=YNJcfZdfm6n8hzSoWiZLuUnGNjI82a.1
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Ed Wagman of the Rotary Club of York-North is the project Chairman of the cleanup along Greenbrier Road as part of PennDOT’s Adopt-a-Highway program. Through this program, we sign a three-year contract with PennDOT, during which we commit to cleaning a designated two-to-three-mile stretch of road twice a year—once in the spring and again in the fall.
The Rotary Club of York-North has been maintaining Greenbrier Road for about fifteen years now. We typically schedule cleanups in early spring before the foliage fills in and again in the fall after the leaves drop, which makes it easier to spot litter.
In addition to the road cleanup, The Rotary Club of York-North takes on several environmental initiatives throughout the year. Last fall, we helped plant vegetation in a rain garden along the rail trail and Route 30. We’ve also partnered with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to plant trees. These projects align with Rotary’s broader goal of environmental stewardship and making a positive impact in our community.
Positive Peace is a stable form of peace created by sustainable economic development, robust institutions, and supportive societal attitudes. It provides a framework for tackling global challenges more efficiently.
Last year, I had the privilege of participating as a Peace Activator with Rotary International and the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) strategic partnership focused on learning, facilitating, and promoting positive peace. This collaboration was grounded in IEP’s empirical research and provided valuable opportunities for the development of lasting peace.
This year, I also took and completed the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Ambassador Program, which combined the Global Peace Index (GPI), Global Terrorism Index (GTI), and the Ecological Threat Report (ETR), to confront the interrelation of the challenges, using as a response the interconnection of the eight pillars of positive peace (Well-functioning Government; Sound Business Environment; Low Levels of Corruption; High Levels of Human Capital; Free Flow of Information; Good Relations with Neighbors; Equitable Distribution of Resources; and Acceptance of the Rights of Others).
Both programs see peace as a process and a system versus a product or result, which helps to build capacity by aligning Positive Peace Activators and Positive Peace Ambassadors for building global connections and creating systemic change
The truth is that violence now costs $19.97 trillion globally—11.6% of GDP and about $2,455 per person—according to the 2024 Positive Peace Index, with $2.7 trillion spent on militarization. In fact, avoiding conflicts can lead to a boost in GDP of up to 25%. Countries that experienced increased positive peace experienced GDP growth rates more than double those of nations where peace worsened.
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