Cool Davis Festival 2011 Program
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This is a provisional program, as of October 5 2011 and subject to change. Please return before the Festival to download the latest schedule. 

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16 2011

11:30am:  Picnic Lunches for purchase from Caffé Italia Pizza, Monticello Seasonal Cuisine,  Silvina’s Basket, Fat Face Popsicles

12:30pm: Veterans Memorial Theater Opens

12:40pm  DHS Baroque Ensemble with slide show: Heavenly Music, Earthly Picture

1:00 p.m.    What’s on your plate event?
Music, Poem, Mayor’s Words, Panel of Food Experts, and Eco-Hero Awards

M.C.: Laura Sandage
Poem: Allegra Silberstein, Davis Poet Laureate
Music: Tree-O with George Haver, Jamie Knapp, and Rick Paokovic – What is Our Print? & Fire Dance

Panel:  Practical Ways to Eat Healthy, Spend Less, and Reduce Your Food Print
City Host and Moderator: Mayor Joe Krovoza
Panel of Food Experts:
Chris Jones – Cool California, UC Berkeley Research Associate
Danielle Lee – Manager of Sustainability, UCD SODEXO
Farmer/Educator – Spring Warren, Author of Quarter-Acre Farm

Please register and book your free tickets now at http://cdwhatsonyourplate.eventbrite.com/

1:45pm:   Bakuhatsu Taiko Dan of UC Davis plays and Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor Officially Opens the Festival 

2:00-5:30 p.m: All exhibits open
Free Food Tasting: Caffe Italia, Dos Coyotes, Monticello Seasonal Cuisine, Davis Food Coop, Ciocolat )

  • Low carbon living: bicycling, transportation, solar solutions, gardening
  • Household solutions: carbon cafeteria, dinner plate economics, energy upgrade CA
  • Health rewards for a low carbon footprint: health providers, Bo Tree, coaches
  • Climate Impacts Update
  • Demonstrations: Green and Sustainable (see schedule for times)
  • Bike rodeo: (see schedule for time)
  • Children’s activities
  • Pledge cards: Take a personal stand
  • T-Shirts
  • Drawing at 5:00 p.m.

2:30-4:30pm: Full theater program including a special performance by Nature’s Theater, music by the Vocal Art Ensemble and Music to our Ears, dance by the Ecokinesis Dance Company, presentation of the Climate Group Solutions Awards

A Zero Waste Event!
Please bring your own water bottle

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Cool Davis Initiative thanks the following sponsors for making the festival happen!

Environmental Hero

City of Davis Davis Enterprise Cool Davis Foundation

Environmental Guardian

Yolo Federal Credit Union Davis Food Co-Op

Environmental Sentinel

Caffè Italia
Church of Saint Martin
CoolCalifornia.org
Davis Media Access
Davis Waste Removal
Dos Coyotes Border Café
Monticello Seasonal Cuisine
Silvina's Basket
Yolo Clean Air

Environmental Defender

Lutheran Church of the Incarnation
MAK Design and Build
West -Yost Associates
William & Nancy Roe

Environmental Protector

Brower Mechanical
Church of Scientology, Mission of Davis
Macedonian Charitable Trust
Morse Remodeling, Inc.
Nugget Market Inc.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis
Alan & Dorothy Peterson