Community Partners

Our Strategic Partners

Business Partners

NonProfit & Community Partners

Neighborhoods Partners

Cool Davis partners are non-profits, businesses, community groups and institutions at work in Davis, Yolo County or the region that are committed to building community resilience,  addressing Climate change and its impacts locally.

Cool Davis partners support the mission of Cool Davis and work together promoting each other’s programs, events and activities.

Partners participate in the Cool Davis Coalition

Partners often mentor each other in greenhouse gas reduction strategies, organize educational forums, advocate on climate issues, or lead events and projects.

Apply to become a partner now!

  • Partner article in the Cool Davis e-newsletter and  website with a link to yours.  And use of Cool Davis Partner logo
  • Mentor & Problem solve around issues, barriers or organizational challenges to reducing green-house gas emissions and resilience in an environment of cooperation, and active support.
  • Connect with customers, residents and other organizations that might be interested in your programs, services or products. Link these through the Cool Davis communication networks.
  • Host, shape and co-sponsor collaborative events and community education forums. Work with Cool Davis to reinforce your organization’s goals, services and programs .
  • Shape Cool Davis goals and activities through the Coalition & Cool Davis Programs & Campaigns.

For new partners this online partnership application and a member of our partner outreach team will contact you.  We want to understand how we can help you reach your goals for carbon reduction. If it’s a good fit, you will be welcomed to join! We will send you a link to the Partner Confirmation form where you can sign up and make a Partner contribution.

Then Cool Davis will officially recognize you as a new partner and notifies the Cool Davis Foundation Board of Directors. You will be added to our list of partners online and contacted for a profile article for the Cool Davis website and newsletter. Your organization will be featured on  our partners profiles page along with our other partners.

Sponsorship. Cool Davis also offers sponsorship as a separate arrangement for year round programs and specific events. Sponsorship brings the added benefit of high profile publicity to your organization or business and is crucial for enabling Cool Davis programs to flourish at household level. If you can afford to and are interested in sponsorship, check out our Sponsorship options.

Coalition. As a partner, your organization is considered a member of our Cool Davis Coalition. If you’re interested in stepping up and learning more about Coalition activities and leadership, check out the Coalition page.

Working Groups. Cool Davis Working Groups follow their passion with extra support and guidance from Cool Davis. Look into joining an existing group or forming your own on the Coalition page.

Certifications. Businesses or community institutions are encouraged to go further and pursue certifications with Partners for a Greener Davis, a City of Davis program as well as a regional certification offered by BERC (Business Environmental Resource Center).

PARTNER  PROFILES

Unitarian Church Green Sanctuary

The Unitarian Church in Davis has put its faith into practice on sustainability for many years – and is an active member of the Cool Davis initiative. In 2005, the UUCD embarked on the important and daunting task of becoming a Green Sanctuary: a church whose members truly live with “respect for the interdependent web of which we are a part.”