Schedule

The RotaryXperience at Earthx2025

Monday, April 21st, 2025

08:00 – 09:00 AM – Breakfast

09:00 09:05 AM – Welcome – Steve Bender, President of the Rotary Global Service Club 

09:05 – 09:45 AM – Girls Save the World – Chonnie Richey, Founder of Independence Gardens

09:45 – 12:00 PM – The Climate Initiative: John Mathers Climate Action Leadership 

12:00 PM – Welcome – Steve Bender, President of the Rotary Global Service Club 

01:30 – 01:45 PM – Rotarians for Civic Participation: How to ‘Rotarize’ Your Message to Connect Your Vision with the Mission of Rotary, and Create New Opportunities for Rotarians to Increase Membership. 

01:45 – 02:00 PM – Student speakers: Winners from Girls Save the World – Food Waste to Food Access Sustainability Challenge, Rotaract-Interact essay contest, and American Promise scholarship awardees.

02:00 – 02:15 PM – Keynote speaker addressing environmental sustainability and democracy. – TBD

02:15 – 02:30 PM – Women in Civics and Sustainability: An Intergenerational Panel 

02:30 – 03:15 PM – Is It Sustainable? | An intergenerational workshop using Rotary’s legendary Four-Way Test.

03:15 – 03:40 PM – What in the world do Rotary, democracy, and sustainability have to do with each other? | Mini TED Talk-style presentations, featuring student speakers and leaders from Rotarians for the American Promise and Rotarians for Civic Participation seminars.

03:40 – 04:05 PM – Deeper Dive with the Speakers – Breakout for small group networking with the speakers of your choice.

04:05 – 04:30 PM – The five winning teams from Girls Save the World will have their Food Waste to Food Access prototypes judged by a panel of global leaders.

04:30 PM – Project 2025: What Now?

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

08:00 – 09:00 AM – Breakfast

09:00 – 10:00 AM – Interact Presentations 

10:00 – 11:00 AM – Rotaract Presentations

11:00 – 12:00 AM – Rotary Club Presentations

12:00 – 01:30 PM – Lunch

01:30 PM – Eliminating Waste with The Four-Way Test

(More afternoon programming to be announced soon)