Yolo energy discounts and rebates

Don't miss chance of a $100 dollar energy audit and 20% discounts on energy upgrades to your house. Runs until June 30th

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Help Davis become the coolest city

Davis won the first round. Now we need your help to become the Coolest California City!

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Inspire our community
Reduce greenhouse gases
Adapt to a changing climate
Improve quality of life for all. What is Cool Davis?
What can I do?
How can I get more involved?

How cool are we?

Three Davis residents share their stories on how they lowered their carbon footprint

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Project: UCD Make Davis Cool

Students at Cool Davis Initiative Rally in 2009

Make Davis Cool is the UC Davis student arm of the Cool Davis Initiative.

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Partner: Nature’s Theater, a Cool Davis Partner

Nature’s Theater produces environmentally-themed books and plays for children and is the latest to join Cool Davis as a partner

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Action: Day 2: Bon Appetit!

Food from local Davis market

The average mouthful of food travels an estimated 1,500 miles to reach us, requiring a staggering amount of fossil fuel. Check out these tips to reduce your food footprint.

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Ask the Experts: Solar Cooking at June 19 Picnic at the Park
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Visit the Cool Davis booth at the June 19th Picnic at the Park from 5:00-7:00 p.m. to Talk to the Experts about solar cooking.

Visit the Cool Davis booth at the June 19th Picnic at the Park from 5:00-7:00 p.m. to Talk to the Experts about solar cooking.

Have you ever fried an egg on the sidewalk? Come out this Wednesday to learn how to use the sun to cook eggs, bake bread, and other culinary marvels in a sun powered oven. Our featured guests – Kendall Essex and Claire Black Slotton - will bring their solar ovens and you can Ask the Experts how to use and make your own solar oven!!

Cool Davis will be hosting solar oven demonstrations at the Farmers Market, at Picnic in the Park on Wednesday, June 19th from 5pm-7pm.

If you are interested in other solar or home energy efficiency solutions, a representative will be available to talk to you about Energy Benefits Yolo, a local group buy program that provides reduced rates to Yolo County residents.

 

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Posted on: June 12th, 2013

Join the Davis Climate Advocacy Group
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Some Davisites joined 5,000 who rallied against the Keystone Pipeline in SF on Feb. 17, 2013

Some Davisites joined 5,000 who rallied against the Keystone Pipeline in SF on Feb. 17, 2013

An Invitation:  Existing climate advocacy groups as well as interested individuals are invited to the initial organizational meeting of a Climate Advocacy Group forming under the Cool Davis Coalition.  Members will meet together on a regular or occasional basis to share what each is doing, coordinate climate actions and amplify our effectiveness through improved communications and cooperation.

 

When: Tuesday, June 11, from 5:00-6:30 p.m.

 

Where: Stephens Davis Branch Library (315 E 14th St.)

 

40 UC students dramatize their plea for fossil fuel divestment at the Regents meeting

40 UC students dramatize their plea for fossil fuel divestment at the Regents meeting

One item is already on our agenda. 350 Sacramento is planning a same day response from 4-6 p.m. if President Obama approves the Keystone XL pipeline.  In order to get the message out quickly that day, we need to compile contact information and make shared transportation plans to Sacramento for those who wish to participate in a peaceful demonstration opposing the pipeline. No arrests are planned.

 

Spread the word:  If you know of other climate advocacy groups or related environmental groups or activist individuals who should be invited, please forward this email!

 

For more information contact Lynne Nittler at lnittler@sbcglobal.net or 530-756-8110.

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Posted on: June 4th, 2013

UC students ask the Regents to divest from fossil fuel investments
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40 UC students dramatize their plea for fossil fuel divestment at the Regents meeting

40 UC students dramatize their plea for fossil fuel divestment at the Regents meeting

Below is the Transcript of Testimonials at May 16, 2013, UC Regents Meeting in Sacramento.  Almost 40 UC students from UCB, UCSC, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, and several non-UC campuses worked together to create a symbolic stunt to greet the regents as they came into their meeting at 8:00 a.m.. 

At 10:00 a.m. 13 of them spoke respectfully yet passionately from the transcript below for the allowed one minute each.  They spoke of the comendable UC commitment to sustainability, the moral arguments for divestment, the factual reasons to stop CO2 additions to the atmosphere, their own compromised futures if GHG emissions continue unchecked, and of the urgency and importance of their request. 

They told the regents they would return in July, and September, and every meeting thereafter as they work toward their goal of persuading and assisting the regents to divest the UC investments from the fossil fuel industry.  Even if you don’t believe divestment is the best path, they need our support.   Lynne Nittler of Cool Davis

Transcript of UC Student Testimonials at the UC Regents Meeting on May 16, 2013, in Sacramento [Emily Williams, UCSB] (more…)

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Posted on: May 31st, 2013

Bidder 70: Tim DeChristopher’s Story
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“I thought I was sacrificing my freedom, but instead I was grabbing onto my freedom for the first time and refusing to let go of it.”  Tim DeChristopher

Tim DeChristopher spoke to UCD student of the importance of taking action even as he faced sentencing himself.

Tim DeChristopher spoke to UCD student of the importance of taking action even as he faced sentencing himself.

“Bidder 70,” a documentary on Tim DeChristopher’s story, will be shown at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis in the sanctuary on Thursday, June 20, at 27074 Patwin Road.  Doors open at 6:30.  A discussion of the rippling effects of  DeChristopher’s definitive action in the climate action movement will follow.  Suggested donation: $5 –$10. (more…)

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Posted on: May 30th, 2013

Meeting the CA Low Carbon Fuel Standard
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The state is exceeding its 2011 fuel standard so far.  California adopted a policy that requires the transportation fuel mix to reduce the carbon intensity from 0.25 in 2011 to 10 percent by 2020, and it has already reached 6 percent in 2012.  So far, so good! (more…)

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Posted on: May 30th, 2013
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