Protestors on the levees threatened by climate change. Credit: Sac Bee
Davis proudly took part in a powerful and moving global event that US environmental journalist Bill McKibben called “one of the last best chances to educate our civilization about climate change.”
With thousands of communities worldwide, Davis joined Climate Impacts Day to draw attention to the impacts that are already taking place because of climate change, and to connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather. Read more
Jeff Mailes deadheads some of the marigolds in the Segundo residents garden.
Fifth year UC Davis Senior, Jeff Mailes’ experience with cancer at a young age led him to explore producing organic good food and to promoting sustainability to his fellow students.,
50 States. 1 Year. Zero Garbage? The YERT or Your Environmental Road Trip film documents an extraordinary journey. Come share the adventures, the innovations and the laughs! Cool Davis invites the public to a YERT showing at the Veterans Memorial Theater on Tuesday, March 20 at 6:15 pm. Space is limited; RSVP to guarantee your tickets at http://cooldavisYERT.eventbrite.com/Read more
“You’ve been negotiating all my life,” a Maine student shouted out to a room packed full of climate experts and experienced diplomats at the United Nations climate conference earlier this month. “In that time, you’ve failed to meet pledges, you’ve missed targets, and you’ve broken promises.”
At the U.N. climate negotiations I attended in South Africa, there was no shortage of expertise and knowledge about global warming, but it was the passionate words of a student, Anjali Appadurai, that resonated most with me. Read more
Residents and visitors celebrated the opening of UC Davis West Village on Oct. 15, 2011. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)
Cross-posted from Davis Enterprise. UC Davis researchers are plotting how the city of Davis might use the lessons of West Village to reach its goal of net zero energy consumption by 2050.
The report will lay out what technology, funding and programs it might use so the city could reach net zero energy consumption and net zero carbon emissions, both of which are part of its climate action plan. The nonprofit Valley Climate Action Center is bankrolling the work with $25,000. Read more
By the end of the year, Davis could be selected as one of six cities that can save the world.
Or at least to act as a model on just how to save it.
David Gershon, former White House and United Nations adviser, has embarked on a tour to invite select cities to apply for the Cool City Challenge, a program he believes will demonstrate to the world what it needs to do to become sustainable and ultimately a carbon-neutral planet. Read more
Cool Davis Eco-hero Julie Cross enjoys her work at the Davis Food Co-op.
Great piece published in the Davis Enterprise today: cross-posted here.
Passion, conviction and humility sum up the four Davis residents who will be honored as Eco-heroes at the 2011 Cool Davis Festival. All four have made careful decisions about how they wish to live in order to reduce their personal carbon footprints and “do the right thing” for the Earth and themselves.
The awards will be presented by Davis Mayor Joe Krovoza during “What’s On Your Plate?,” a special Cool Davis Festival program scheduled for 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Veterans’ Memorial Center, 203 E. 14th St. Read more
Wangari Maathai, an inspiring Kenyan environmentalist died on September 25 2011. On World Environment Day in 1977 she planted the first trees on the outskirts of Nairobi, which marked the launch of a national movement to plant trees across Kenya and eventually across Africa. Read more
