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. We look to engage students in adopting lifestyle and behavior changes to reduce their carbon footprint.

In Earth Week 2011, Make Davis Cool organized an apartment canvass day where students canvassed over 500 apartment units: raising awareness of Earth Week events on the campus as well as resources to get involved.Make Davis Cool has also been working with the UCD Greek Community to create the Green Greek Initiative. This initiative seeks to reduce the consumption of Greek homes, promote zero waste events, and establish sustainability coordinators in every chapter.

In Fall and Winter Quarter of 2010/2011, Make Davis Cool members created one of UC Davis’ first student run and student led classes. The Field Guide to Sustainable Living in Davis taught close to 50 students about living sustainably in Davis. The students heard from guest lecturers, planted herbs, fixed bike tires, and took field trips throughout the city of Davis.

If you want to get more involved contact Manny Rin at jerin@ucdavis.edu .

Some COOL on campus resources to become more sustainable:

Campus Center for the Environment: http://cce.ucdavis.edu/
Energy Service Corps: http://energyservicecorps.org/
ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission: https://sites.google.com/site/eppc0910/
UCD Sustainable 2nd Century: http://sustainability.ucdavis.edu/
Student Housing Sustainability: http://housing.ucdavis.edu/sustainability/
UCD CALPIRG: http://www.calpirgstudents.org/davis