Environmental Action Group

Rotary International is asking Clubs to work collaboratively with other service organizations in your communities to undertake a service project on EPIC Day May 16th this year. Rotary Club Ann Arbor (RCAA), with Rotary North, Huron Watershed Council, Ann Arbor Parks Dept., and Washtenaw Parks Dept. has organized a Huron River Day of Events May […]

The Club’s Environmental Action Group and the U of M student led non-profit organization Blueprints for Pangaea offered an opportunity for community members to donate new or used medical equipment and supplies Saturday, May 2, 2026 at a local self-storage facility. The event was promoted in the Rotarian Newsletter and online by several social media […]

Last Wednesday, EAG presented an analysis of our Club’s Carbon Footprint for our weekly meeting. 1232 pounds CO2 per meeting (The charts and the graphs are now available on the RCAA webpages.) Our carbon footprint is not bad actually compared with similar meetings. But it’s still a lot of hot air. Rotary International is encouraging […]

March is recycle month at Rotary. Bring your batteries, plastic bags, and printer cartridges to a Rotary meeting in March. EAG will have bins and will see that these are properly recycled. We thank you. Our Mother the Earth thanks you!

February 25 Keep books from the landfill • Bring a book or 2 or 3 • Browse; Discuss; Take a Book or 2 or 3 Non-fiction, mystery, historical fiction, fiction. Not desirable, encyclopedias, textbooks. Questions: Dennis Burke, EAG Chair – dburke130533mi@comcast.net

March is recycle month at Rotary. Bring your batteries, plastic bags, and printer cartridges to a Rotary meeting in March. EAG will have bins and will see that these are properly recycled. We thank you. Our Mother the Earth thanks you!

Rotarians – take action! If you read only the headlines it would seem that solar power in America is in decline. But in fact, solar power in the United States is experiencing one of its strongest growth periods ever. In the past quarter, the U.S. installed 11.7 GW (gigawatts, that’s a lot) of new solar […]

Hey ROTARIANS: When you are ready to change out your kitchen stove, hot water heater or HVAC systems, or improve your home insulation, you can go Green AND save money. There is no longer a “Green Premium” for climate conscious actions, but market prices are coming down anyway. AND there are also rebates available locally. […]

Throughout the month of November EAG will recycle your batteries, plastic bags, and printer cartridges for you. Bring them to a Rotary meeting. We’ll have bins and will see that these are properly recycled. When it comes to the environment, we can’t do everything, but we can do SOMETHING! Thanks.

On Saturday, September 27, Fifteen Rotarians gathered early in the morning and took action for our local environment. As a part of the State of Michigan’s Adopt-A-Highway Program, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor sponsors a section of I-94 between State St. and Platt Rd, and we conduct a semi-annual cleanup. This time we were […]