January 2018

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! THE RODNEY HUGGINS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD ENTRIES FOR THE 2017/8 RIBI ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE END OF JANUARY! The Award seeks to recognise Rotary Club projects which benefit the Environment – full details, including an entry form, are on the Rotary in Great Britain & Ireland (RIBI) website: https://www.rotarygbi.org/medi a/members/2017/02/RodneyHuggins-Award-Entry-Form2017-8.pdf or contact the Group Secretary (see below). For the final time this year a Bursary of £250 is being offered by the Rodney Huggins Family Trust for the best and most original environmental project, and we thank the Trust for their generosity. Previous winners of the Award have carried out projects such as the renovation of Railway Station Gardens (RC Denby Dale in 2015) or have demonstrated sustained environmental commitment over a number of years (RC Sudbury in 2017). Other winners have included large

International Projects such as the Sustainable Global Gardens project in Africa (RC Newcastle Gosforth in 2013) (There is an extended report on this project later in this Newsletter.)

Some food for thought from Bruce Boucher, the District 1210 Environmental Officer:

So get writing and submit your entries by the end of January!

The thermostat controlling your heating is responsible for much of the cost of heating your home, and, of course, has a major impact on your carbon footprint.

In addition, this Rotary year there will be a new, and one off, award for the best Tree Planting Project. Entries for this will need to be submitted to Rotarian Terry Knowles (contact details on page 2) by the end of April, and we will feature this in a later Newsletter.

ESRAG ESRAG is the acronym for the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group and our congratulations to RIBI member Peter Moralee, who has taken over as Interim Chair following the resignation for Health and Family reasons of the previous Chairman Karen Kendrick-Hands. (More about ESRAG on page 3)

Save Money, Save Energy and protect the Environment

Most homes even today have traditional bi-metal contact thermostats as opposed to a more modern Digital thermostat. Most homes have the thermostat in the hall, because it was always assumed that this location and the height of it from the floor, would give the best temperature result, for the whole house which is a myth! (continued on page 2)

On other pages:

If you need any help or advice, please contact John Sayer, Secretary of the GB&I Environmental Sustainability Group by e-mail on [email protected] or telephone 01785 815580

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An Update on the Tree Planting Challenge Sustainable Global Gardens

January 2018

THE TREE CHALLENGE IT IS NOT TOO LATE! Although the last date for orders for FREE COMMUNITY TREES from the Woodland Trust ended on the 7th January it may still be possible to get some of the larger trees from the Woodland Trust Shop under the ‘45 trees for £62’ special offer.

HOW HAVE WE DONE IN ROTARY IN GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND? We don’t know for sure, but anecdotally we hear that momentum is gathering.

STILL WANTING TO PARTICIPATE?

In order to get the facts District Governors will be given a questionnaire at the February General Council to send out to all Clubs in their District, asking Clubs how many trees they will have planted by the 22nd April, the closing date for the Challenge. This they MUST have back by the 30th April.

If you cannot get free or 45 trees for £62 from the Woodland Trust, you will need to source your trees from a local supplier.

District Governors will be asked to report a summary of their results to Terry Knowles by the 6th May

If you do not have anywhere to plant your trees, you can still participate. For £2.50 per tree (including stake and sleeve) you can have your trees planted in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty through the Rotary Club of Harrogate, but money must be received by 31st March to allow time for the trees to be ordered and planted before the 22 April. Contact Terry Knowles

Districts will also be asked to identify exceptional tree planting schemes for entry for the Rodney Huggins Tree Challenge Award. Entries for this Award must reach Terry Knowles by the end of April.

Home Heating (continued from page 1) The Temperature Difference is simply a factory set entity which for older non digital thermostats will allow anything from 2-5 degrees Celsius error, before either switching your heating on or off. This Temperature Difference is far too wide, with the consequence of long periods of time before the action happens to meet the heat loss, or heat gain. The longer the period of “heating off” the more energy that is used to replace the heat losses. Digital Thermostats are far more accurate to within less than 1 Degree Celsius. TopTips:

For more information on the Tree Challenge Award (or indeed on any aspect of our Tree Planting programme – contact Terry Knowles on 01423 525014 or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]

If you need any help or advice, please contact John Sayer, Secretary of the GB&I Environmental Sustainability Group by e-mail on [email protected] or telephone 01785 815580



Have your heating system flushed and replenish the Inhibitor, the benefits are less corrosion, longer boiler life, more efficient heating of your water in the Boiler, and less energy used to move the hot water around your system.

January 2018



Check your Thermostatic Radiator Valves – they should be changed periodically as they do quite often malfunction, as a result of being set in a constant position.

In a future Newsletter: •

Outdoor weather compensation for your heating system and possible energy savings.



Time clocks and how when these are poorly set they can cost you and the environment dearly! ======================

ESRAG ESRAG is the Rotarian Action Group for Environmental Sustainability – and we have previously encouraged members to take a look at the website: www.esrag.org and even if you don’t wish to join do sign up to receive the Newsletters. They are full of interesting articles

concerning the Environment and Sustainability. The latest edition features articles on Tree Planting and other subjects, but the one that caught the eye was one asking ‘Are Electric Vehicles for you?’ The article can be found at www.esrag.org/blog/renew able-energy-andtransport/why-driveelectric-vehicle and whilst it is written from an American perspective many of the benefits translate to this part of the world. If you would like to join ESRAG the cost is just $30 (approximately £23) for the year

Leaflets The RIBI Environmental Sustainability Group is currently reviewing and updating the environmental leaflets on the RIBI website. As part of this process we are making them more web friendly so they can

If you need any help or advice, please contact John Sayer, Secretary of the GB&I Environmental Sustainability Group by e-mail on [email protected] or telephone 01785 815580

be read easily on a mobile device and so do not need to be printed – although, of course, that facility is still available to you. This is a long term project which will probably take until the end of this year – so please bear with us! Sample leaflets will be available at the RIBI Conference in Torquay between 6th and 8th April. The Environmental Sustainability Group will have a table in the House of Friendship – do come along and find us there.

The Environmental Sustainability Group is part of the RIBI Home Committee – and much more information about Environmental matters can be found on our webpage: https://www.rotarygbi.org/m embers/humanitarianserviceprogrammes/community/env ironment-sustainabilitygroup/

January 2018

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL GARDENS TREE-PLANTING IN EAST AFRICA Paul Keeley (RC Newcastle-Gosforth) provides an update on this exciting Project: In this year of Rotary International President Ian Riseley’s Tree Challenge Rotarians throughout the country have been considering tree-planting as part of their Rotarian activities. That is excellent news. As a member of Newcastle-Gosforth Rotary, I have also been thinking about tree-planting, but perhaps with a slightly different focus to many of my Rotarian colleagues. That different viewpoint stems from my main work as Director of Sustainable Global Gardens [SGG]. This African development charity [reg.no. 1116243] was established in 2005 as part of ‘Making Poverty History’. Our stated purpose was to contribute to Millennium Development Goal No. 1 i.e. the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. You can check what we do by browsing our website www.sustainableglobalgardens.org.uk. What has this got to do with tree-planting? It may surprise some readers to know that after some 17 projects implemented over the last 12 years in East & Southern Africa, in which we have engaged thousands of farmers & their households, we have come to the conclusion that agroforestry, the planting of trees on farmland as part of a farmers planting programme, is one of the very best ways of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. What is our evidence for this assertion? In the past SGG has constructed a dispensary in Tanzania at the cost of approximately £15,000 while we also planted some 4,500 trees nearby. In West Kenya SGG has constructed two classrooms at a cost of about £3,500 each, and also planted about 35,000 trees in the same area. Which of these 4 schemes gave greater value for the donations we had received? Health centres and schools are certainly needed, and I applaud those who have funded such projects, but I also believe tree-planting has given better value for money. Both the construction projects are followed by high running costs, which in the case of the classrooms the local community struggle to pay. By contrast, trees increase in value by perhaps £1 per year and provide a “reserve bank” for cash-poor households. Thus, for humanitarian reasons SGG is increasingly focused on Project 11 ‘Tree Planting and Conservation in Africa’. We are planting primarily for humanitarian reasons.

If you need any help or advice, please contact John Sayer, Secretary of the GB&I Environmental Sustainability Group by e-mail on [email protected] or telephone 01785 815580

January 2018

Here is agroforestry for humanitarian purposes at its best. On this small plot, not much larger than a prosperous suburban garden half a dozen farmer are growing vegetables & fruit to provide better nutrition & a regular income for 3 orphan groups with a total of 150 underprivileged children. Here [see left] two farmers show their sukumawiki crop, but within the plot there are also yams, tomatoes, onions, bambara nuts, gourds, sweet potatoes and spinach. Behind the farmers is a Moringa tree. Moringa is important for its medicinal use and as a source of highly nutritious food for the orphans. Within this plot more than 100 trees have been planted, including 43 multipurpose Grevillea robusta, 28 Moringa, 30 pawpaw, 21 lemon, and 24 bananas. More than 30 trees have been planted there this rotary year. Has this Rotary year helped SGG’s humanitarian causes? It certainly has. This year SGG has given 16 talks to Rotary clubs: nearly all are planting locally, but in addition we have received so far 21 donations for planting in Africa. What has been the motivation for this overseas planting? Many Rotarians have noted the low cost of planting- £2 for a banana, £1 for fruits but only 20p for other trees – but the crucial attraction is the humanitarian benefits of tree-planting. For example, Newcastle-Gosforth’s tree-planting scheme will provide 5 trees for some 350 orphans in West Kenya. Rhondda’s tree-planting donation will help support a centre for the disabled in Same, Tanzania.

Here is another example of tree-planting for humanitarian reasons. This [see left] is the tree nursery of Dr Kweyu of Machame Rotary. Here there are an estimated 1,500 avocado to help improve nutrition in the local community. He also is promoting Moringa oleifera both to improve local health, but also to provide a new cash crop in a locality where coffee is no longer profitable.

If you need any help or advice, please contact John Sayer, Secretary of the GB&I Environmental Sustainability Group by e-mail on [email protected] or telephone 01785 815580

January 2018

Most of these donations to support overseas planting involve Tanzanian schools. I would not like to say how many young people are thereby involved in such tree-planting, but supporting & upgrading local schools is a favourite activity of Tanzanian clubs. My guess is that in total more than 20,000 young Tanzanians will somehow be involved in “our” tree-planting.

Whatever else has been achieved in this project, we have managed to engage thousands of young Tanzanians in treeplanting activities. Does not that in itself make our efforts worthwhile? Is not helpful contact the whole basis of what Rotarians are trying to do?

If you wish to read a more detailed version of this article, please contact Paul Keeley at [email protected], or 0191 2530687.

Paul Keeley digging a hole during his recent time in Africa prior to planting a banana sucker. The local children are watching intently!

If you need any help or advice, please contact John Sayer, Secretary of the GB&I Environmental Sustainability Group by e-mail on [email protected] or telephone 01785 815580

Environment and Sustainability Group Newsletter - January 2018.pdf

Newcastle Gosforth in 2013). (There is an extended report. on this project later in this. Newsletter.) So get writing and submit. your entries by the end of. January!

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