Meet your 2025-26 Rotary president, Mário César Martins de Camargo. After a day of interviews with the committee vetting candidates for 2025-26 Rotary International president, Mário César Martins de Camargo returned to his hotel and waited. And waited. “It’s an elimination process,” he says. “The anxiety level is sky high.”...
Make Calgary the first of many
We hear it over and over from members: Everyone needs to experience the Rotary International Convention at least once. (And grab a discount while you’re at it! The last day to register before prices increase for the convention in Calgary is March 31.) Convention newbies, from Rotaractors to new club...
Testing novel marine technology on the Great Barrier Reef
By Vic GrosjeanRotary-UN Young Innovator Award Recipient New technologies are helping address increasing threats to the Great Barrier Reef – the world’s largest coral reef, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish, 4,000 types of molluscs and more than30 species of marine mammals. The Great Barrier Reef, one...
Andy’s top tips for exploring the Gold Coast
In the lead-up to the 2025 Zone 8 Conference on the beautiful Gold Coast, Past District 9640 Governor Andy Rajapakse shares his top 10 tips for exploring the city beyond the Conference walls. Embrace the beaches: Relax on world-famous beaches like Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Burleigh Heads and Coolangatta. Swim, surf...
Young Rotaract leader driving change in the Pacific
By Amy Fallon President of the Kiribati Rotaract Youth Club, Miriam Moriati, is advocating for gender parity and climate stability in the Pacific. As a 21-year-old who was born and raised in Kiribati – a small, isolated Pacific Island, which the UN has warned will become the globe’s first to...
Connecting communities through conservation
Supported by the Rotary Club of Christchurch, NZ, the School Biodiversity Education program is inspiring young minds through hands-on environmental education, fostering a deeper connection with nature and empowering communities to protect local ecosystems. The School Biodiversity Education Project is a collaboration between the Community Action for Fresh Water (CAFW)...