1. Environmental Awareness and
Sustainability

2. Today we will be discussing…
Environmental Services
• Environmental Chairperson Duties
• Local Partnerships
Insights
• Reported Environmental Service Activities
• Environmental Needs Assessment Survey Results
Resources
• Green Team Planning Materials
• Environmental Photo Contest
Discussion
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3. Asking Questions
Using the control panel:
1. Raise your hand using the
icon during the Q & A
segment
2. Type your question in the
“Questions” box during
the presentation
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4. Poll Question
Are you currently involved with projects or
activities that are focused on environmental
sustainability?
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5. Environmental Chairperson Duties
• Motivate clubs to undertake hands-on
environmental service projects
• Inform clubs about available activity planning
resources
• Encourage clubs to participate in the
“Protecting Our Environment” global service
action campaign
• Promote club/district participation in the Lions
Environmental Photo Contest
• Award the Lions Green Team Certificate of
Appreciation to individual Lions who have
played a key role in organizing club or district
environmental service projects
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6. Develop Local Partnerships
•RESEARCH
•Identify key environmental
organizations in your region
•COMMUNICATE
•Contact them and introduce yourself
as the Environmental Chairperson for
Lions Clubs International
•Communicate potential opportunities
for collaboration and discuss a
potential partnership
•COLLABORATE
• Work together on future
environmental projects
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7. Lions Environmental Services Activities
During the 2011-12 fiscal year,
reporting clubs dedicated over
1 million hours to environmental
projects.
The top three reported projects
were:
 Tree planting (48%)
 Recycling (18%)
 Community Clean-up (13%)
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8. So how many trees did Lions plant?
Lions planted over 15 million trees
worldwide!
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9. Lions In Action
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10. Poll Question
Which of the following Environmental
Service projects has your club participated in
the last 4 months? (check all that apply)
Tree Planting
Community Clean-Up Projects
Environmental Awareness
Recycling
Water Sanitation Services
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11. Needs Assessment Survey Results
Enhanced Communication
 Quarterly Newsletters are needed (77%)
 Means to share ideas and best practices with other
chairpersons (61%)
 Communication efforts between LCI and chairpersons
should be enhanced in order to engage in dialogue,
exchange ideas, and share best practices (55%)
Activity Planning Resources
 Relevant activity planning resources for clubs (69%)
 The ability to promote and increase visibility of clubs’
service to the community was identified as a need (65%)
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12. Ways Lions can Help!
The Lions Green Teams program supports and
promotes Lions Clubs in carrying out
environmental service projects.
Lions Green Teams are ready to help save the
planet by:
•Cleaning the environment
•Planting trees
•Recycling
•Raising Awareness
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13. Lions Environmental Resources
There are many great resources
on our website that will help you
plan environmental projects for
your club or district.
Lions Green Team materials
 Green Team Planning guide
 Environmental Project ideas
 Event flyers
 Press Releases
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14. Environmental Photo Contest
The Lions Environmental Photo Contest
provides a way for Lions to portray, through
an original photo, their pride and commitment
to improving, protecting, and preserving their
environment.
Lions can submit one photograph of their
environment in one of the following five
categories:
 Animal life
 Plant life
 Urban or natural landscape
 Weather phenomenon
 Special theme: Beauty of the rural
environment
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15. Environmental Photo Contest Rules
Keep in mind:
• Multiple districts can submit only one
photograph
• Photo must measure 8” x 10” (20.3 x
25.4cm)
• Photo should not include images of
people, with the exception of the special
theme
• Deadline for multiple district
submissions is March 1st
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16. Discussion Session
 What are the most pressing environmental issues in your
community?
 What are the clubs in your area doing to address these
needs? What are the most common projects?
 What are some of the challenges that your clubs are facing
in organizing environmental projects?
 What are some of the best practices related to Lions role in
protecting the environment?
 If environmental projects are not very common in your
area, what are some of the obstacles?
 Where are areas where Lions may need more support?
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17. We would like to thank you for your participation
in todays webinar
For more information please email me at:
vanessa.avila@lionsclubs.org
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