Nilam Bedi, the Chair of Rotary District 7070's Environment Committee will be very active at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary:
1) Nilam is on the planning team for ESRAG’s (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group) activities in Calgary. One of these activities is a full-day, pre-conference workshop called “Building a Better World”. His responsibility was to design the program, along with a couple of other Rotarians. The workshop will be unique in that it will be a joint effort between two action groups - environment and economic development. He persuaded David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto, to be the keynote speaker. Stephanie Urchick, Rotary International President, will also speak. Even if you are not going to the Convention, there will be the opportunity to participate in person or virtually. See the link: https://esrag.org/blog/2025/
2) Nilam is also speaking at a Breakout session on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. He has been involved in designing the breakout session with David Alexander, District Governor of District 7090. Here are the details: Session title: Achieving Sustainability in Your Community ; Session day and date: Tuesday, 24 June ; Session start and end time: 15:30-16:30
At this session, Nilam's session will include information on the District 7070 partnership with York University’s Ecological Footprint Initiative. York got a $2.5 million grant from the federal government and our aim will be use the ecological footprint tracker help Rotary Clubs find what climate change solutions make sense for their clubs and communities.
3) Nilam also suggested to the conference organizers to have Katharine Hayhoe, a world-renowned climate scientist, be considered as a speaker at the general session. The suggestion was accepted and Dr. Hayhoe also accepted the invitation.
4) Watch for Nilam in the House of Friendship too. He will be participating in the House of Friendship Booths of both ESRAG and RAGCED (Rotary Action Group for Community Economic Development ).