Clubs who have achieved Bronze Status and their projects - see left hand column

Bronze Award

This is the basic award, simply requiring a club to appoint an Environment and Sustainability Chair or contact person and document its current and planned initiatives.

Steps

  • Appoint a Club ES Chair or nominate a contact person (Suggest that this person joins ESRAG https://www.esrag.org/)
  • If feasible form a small committee or working group of 2 or 3+ members with the aim to meet either formally or informally several times a year to review the environmental initiatives of the club and to consider future possible projects
  • Have these initiatives recognised by the club Board and shared with the rest of the club members
  • Once this has been achieved, submit an application for the Award to the District Environment and Sustainability Chair

Examples of initiatives

Club actions

  • Litter clean-ups (as with Clean up Australia Day)
  • Build a vegetable garden at local schools
  • Participate in tree planting events
  • Sell bee friendly plants at local markets
  • Install renewable energy systems in schools or community centres in developing countries
  • Support projects that build water tanks for homes in developing countries
  • Collect foreign coins and notes and return to UNICEF
  • Include an environmental column in your club newsletter
  • Organise a club social night to attend a movie with an environmental focus

Individual actions by club members and/or their families

  • Install environmentally friendly systems in their homes, such as solar PV systems, solar hot water, water tanks, composting systems or vegetable gardens
  • Use public transport or cycling or drive low carbon emission vehicle such as hybrid or electric cars