ROTARY THEME 2017-18 REVEALED

RI President-Elect Ian Riseley from the Rotary Club of Sandringham in Victoria has unveiled the Rotary International theme for 2017-18.

The new theme Rotary: Making a Difference specifically refers to everyone taking action to protect the environment and to curb climate change.

Environmental degradation is one of the major threats listed by the UN’s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change. Mr Riseley said, “The time is long past when environmental sustainability can be dismissed as not Rotary’s concern. It is, and must be, everyone’s concern.”

The president-elect challenged every Rotary club to make a difference by planting a tree for each of its members between the start of the Rotary year on 1 July and Earth Day on 22 April 2018. Trees remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the air, which slows global warming.

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