Saving the World Is Cheaper than Ruining It
Meeting for the week of September 26, 2022 - October 2, 2022
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: Saving the World Is Cheaper than Ruining It
Speaker: Angus Hervey
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Welcome to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Here’s a message from our Club President
Hello members!
As you know, September is Basic Education and Literacy Month for Rotary. This is one of Rotary's six priority areas. Promoting Basic Education and Literacy is critical for fighting poverty, improving health, boosting community and economic growth, and supporting peace.
So, what can we do?
As Rotarians, our job is to encourage initiatives, such as teacher training, student mentorship, and literacy support; however, it is equally important to remember that education has a broad range of applications. We may find education opportunities through various avenues, and we should constantly strive for continuous development and learning.
An example? You!
We can learn a lot from our members' guidance, leadership, passion, and friendship. We are the greatest learning opportunities we can give each other because of the common bond we share, but also because of the variety of our individual professions, vocations, and experiences. Starting this month, consider how you can serve through education and become a mentor to our members and communities. Focus on empowering others by using your unique skills and expertise to address community needs and help others discover new professional opportunities and interests. You can also share this value with friends and professionals in your life - by inviting them to attend our programs and social or service events to learn more about what we do and the difference we can make working together.
Finally, many thanks to those who have worked hard to make these initial months of transition easier. It is your ideas, help, thoughts, and feedback that are essential to our success.
Yours in service,
Angelica Marotta, PhD
President 2022-2023 Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley, Rotary International District 5170
Guests, we are happy to have you join us this week!
As we see it, our flexibility as an online, asynchronous club allows a special type of service to Rotarians around the world: we make it easier for anyone to strive for and maintain 100% attendance. That keeps you engaged with Rotary's events and ideas, and provides a moment of inspiration for devoting your creativity, talents, and resources to good causes.
You are certainly not required to pay anything in order to attend our meetings. However, if you would like to make a small contribution to our service efforts, you are welcome to do so in our secure Happy Dollars section down the page. This could be what you normally pay at your own club's meetings for lunch, for example. Any amount is welcome, but first and foremost, we're happy you've joined us, and hope you will share with others who we are and what we do to help inspire Service Above Self.
And don't forget to fill out our attendance form so you get an email you can pass on to your club's secretary!
The Four Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
Of the things we think, say or do
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Weekly Funny with Shags.
We believe laughter is an important part of life, and we should all make time to laugh a little. This segment of our meeting is meant to tickle you just enough. These funnies are curated by member Steven "Shags" Shagrin !
The Deli Man
The owner of a small deli was being questioned by an IRS agent about his tax return. He had reported a net profit of $80,000 for the year.
"Why don't you people leave me alone?" the deli owner said. "I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, the place is only closed three days a year...and you want to know how I made $80,000?"
"It's not your income that bothers us," the agent said. "It's these deductions. You listed six trips to Bermuda for you and your wife."
"Oh, that," the owner said smiling. "Didn't I mention? We deliver anywhere..."
Weekly Inspiration
Every week we share a short video highlighting innovation, education, entrepreneurship, or whatever we think might inspire you to see the world in new ways.
Rotary has seven causes it focuses on for its service. This short video is designed to help people understand the importance of one of them - clean water. Are there water issues in your community? Learn more about Rotary's seven causes at: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes
Through a Rotarian's Lens
Sometimes a photo can capture an amazing moment. In this section Member Keith Marsh shares his incredible photography!
If you'd like to submit a photo for this section please contact Keith.
This photo by Aman Chokshi from NASA's APOD is really amazing. It is actually the earth taken at the South Pole as a nadir centered panorama and then digitally warped to cover 360x180 degrees.. A display of the Aurora Australis is at the bottom of the sphere.
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Our Events & Projects
We hold our meetings online, but we do regular service projects and social events in the Silicon Valley! The section is updated every week with our upcoming events. We welcome guests to all of the events and service projects listed here.
Upcoming Events:
All times are Pacific Time! (San Francisco time)
District 5170 Events
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More events coming soon! All events are open to guests, unless otherwise mentioned. Feel free to join us! If you ever have questions, please email inquiries@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Happy Dollars: Do Good by Sharing Something Good
Each week we ask our members to share stories with the club and toss in a few dollars to support our efforts. The primary goal of this section is to provide a fun way of getting to know each fellow members and guests, while giving back to a good cause.
Happy dollars is an opportunity to share something positive that has happened in your life whether it is personal or business. Think of it as your opportunity to brag a little, but also put a little bit into a karma jar. The money donated through happy dollars is put to charitable use, and the message that you leave for happy dollars will be posted in our online meeting the following week for the entire week for folks to see! (Pending that it’s appropriate!)
Here are the happy dollars contributions from last week!
This section is usually updated in the early hours of Saturday, so contributions made over the weekend may not be listed here.
Program: Saving the World Is Cheaper than Ruining It
Speaker: Angus Hervey
Every week we bring to you a new program on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education, and how those contribute to service to others.
The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley seeks to explore perspectives on service from across the world. The views of the speakers in our programs are their own, and unless stated otherwise, are not necessarily reflective of the views of our eClub nor Rotary International.
If you have an idea for a cool speaker, please feel free to reach out to them directly or submit THIS FORM so our Program Committee can contact them!
If you think the digital revolution was a big deal, wait until the energy revolution gets going. Humanity is currently in the foothills of the largest industrial transformation in our species' history - the move from fossil fuels to clean energy - and the stakes couldn't be higher. In this talk, political economist Dr Angus Hervey provides members with a quick snapshot of where we are globally, and where we're going next. Are we all doomed, or is there still hope? The answer might surprise you.
Angus is a political economist and a journalist specializing in the impact of disruptive technologies on society. He is a co-founder at Future Crunch, and was the founding community manager of Random Hacks of Kindness, a global initiative from Google, IBM, Microsoft, NASA and the World Bank to create open-source technology solutions to social challenges. He was also the first editorial manager for Global Policy, one of the world's leading international policy journals. He holds a PhD in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, where he was the Ralph Miliband Scholar.
Members and guests, please welcome Dr Angus Hervey!
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Upcoming Program Recording Schedule
All of our guest speakers and programs are recorded live online over Zoom video conference. We welcome members and guests to join us in one of these upcoming recordings. Recordings are approximately 30 minutes long and are subject to change without notice.
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If you can’t join the live recording, please send your questions for an upcoming speaker to programs@siliconvalleyrotary.com.
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