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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning October 2, 2023
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning October 2, 2023
Scroll down to enjoy the content!
Complete the form for a make-up!
Please leave a donation to assist our club to do Rotary's good works!
Greeter this week
Rotarian David
Rotarian David
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Canadiana
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Comments from our guests and members
Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring, and entertaining weekly meetings.
Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?
Deep Fake. What a packed meeting programme! With the tribute to Robbie Robertson and song, the support to Maui and moving song, the history of corn, etc....the speaker talk was almost secondary.
-- Todd Colbourne, Rotary Club of Kingston, District 7040
August 20. When I was young there was a saying " the camera never lies." With the developments of AI, it is becoming increasingly difficult to decide what is fake and what is real. How do you teach young people today what they should believe and what not to believe?
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
August 29. Great video on aging and also the video on the transition away from fossil fuels.
-- Patrick Gibson, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Archived Meetings
- For meetings before August 14, 2023, please click here.
- All meetings are archived. For meetings after August 14, 2023, please scroll to the very bottom of this page.
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Announcements
This month's Rotary theme
Economic & Community Development
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Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!
Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Kitty Bucsko.
We'd love to hear from you!
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Real-time meetings
Each 3rd Tuesday of the month is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event. Plan to join us.
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.
For further inquiries or suggestions please contact: info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca
All our videos can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
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How do you support our club?
- The Paypal button on our ClubRunner Home Page
- The donation button on the attendance form, or
- Make an Interac transfer to rotaryeclubcanada1@gmail.com
- Send a cheque to:
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
10430 135 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5N 2C6
(780) 267 4547
Environment
By Karl Gruber16th December 2015
TREES THAT CAN WALK UP TO 20M PER YEAR
It takes a whole day to travel from Ecuador’s capital, Quito, to the heart of the Unesco Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, some 100km to the southeast. The journey entails three hours by car to the edge of the forest, and then anywhere from seven to 15 hours by boat, mule and foot, mostly uphill and on a muddy road, to reach the interior. But the effort is worth it, considering you wind up in the middle of a pristine forest that houses a rather unusual find: walking palm trees.
Like the Ents from JRR Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings saga (only a bit slower), these trees actually move across the forest as the growth of new roots gradually relocates them, sometimes two or three centimetres per day. While some scientists debate whether these trees walk, Peter Vrsansky, a palaeobiologist from the Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratisla, claims to have seen this phenomenon firsthand.
Some spots of the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve host nearly 500 species of birds, 51 species of large mammals, 64 species of reptiles, 61 species of amphibians, 6,000 plant species, more than 600 species of butterflies and several very old fern trees, some hundreds of years old.
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Green cockroach crawls over a tree in the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve (Credit: Thierry Garcia) |
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A wire-crested Thorntail perched on a tree in the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve (Credit: FLPA/Alamy) |
To read and learn more, click here.
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Humour
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New members' corner
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Rotary minute
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Food for thought
If you’re interested in families, family problems and challenges, and sensitive relationship topics
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Rotary Jukebox
For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.
Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!
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Speaker Program The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Angel recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
Thank you for joining us. We appreciate your feedback and hope you will return and invite a guest.
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Attendance Links
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Please support our club!
Donate For the Meeting You Have Attended.
Please consider making a small donation in lieu of a meal
to help us help those in need.
We thank you very much!
Program Donations
Our E-Club is a dynamic club comprised of ordinary working and retired people who acknowledge that Rotarians are people who are generous with their time and their resources.
Our club and the program you have just enjoyed, either as a member or a visitor, is funded only by donations.
We are developing ideas for fundraising with our members who are scattered across Canada, USA, Central America, and Europe, but we do need your help.
As you have not had to buy lunch or travel to attend this program, please make a donation of a minimum of $10.00, considering you're saving in time and cost in appreciation for the experience you have enjoyed.
Interested in providing Rotary Service? Unable to attend terra club meetings?
Contact our membership chair for information or
or HERE to learn about Associate Membership
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