Plant a pollinator garden.

Build and install bee boxes.

Organize a tree planting project.

Build and install bird houses.

Adopt a highway, road, or street.

Adopt a stream or river.

Clean up a highway, road, or street.

Clean up a stream bank.

Clean up a hiking or walking trail.

Clean up a community park or playground.

Plan and install a community garden.

Plan and implement a rainwater harvesting project.

Help plan and fund a solar energy project on a community building or school.

Volunteer at an arboretum.

Plant a riparian buffer.

Hold an environmental fair in your community.

Invite speakers to your club meetings to discuss environmental topics – air pollution, climate change, green buildings, reducing energy usage, endangered species, plastics, water pollution.

Encourage club members to reduce their use of plastics.

Teach club members ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

Build environmental awareness in your members and the community by sponsoring or hosting an educational hike, canoe trip, or visit to a nature center or arboretum.

Work with your Interact or Rotaract Club on projects.

Contact your neighboring Rotary Club or other service organization to see what they are doing.  Plan a joint project.

Seek out organizations like watershed groups or nature centers and collaborate on projects.   Environmental organization websites can be found here. (Link to Environmental Resources for Rotary Clubs.)

Do an international project with a Rotary club in another country.  You can apply for a Global Grant to help fund the project.  Project themes to consider: water – sanitation – recycling – reforestation – green buildings – solar energy – biodiversity – food systems – environmental cleanup – composting – waste minimization