Cool Davis // Cool Davis is an active network of residents, community organizations, businesses and community institutions committed to reducing Davis' carbon emissions.

Double Up to Cool Down

Sign Up! Pledge Now! JOIN the CAMPAIGN to reach new 2020 Solar goals! Double the number of single family home systems! Double the power our community produces in rooftop solar!

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Big Day of Giving 2016

THANK YOU! What a challenging but amazing day + ! Donations in our region totaled over 5.7 million and counting. Cool Davis reached a new high of nearly $7000.

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Inspire our community
Reduce greenhouse gases
Adapt to a changing climate
Improve quality of life for all

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Become a Cool Home

Help our community reach its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050

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Donate Your Used Car

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Want to support Cool Davis?

Learn more about making a CARS donation

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Volunteer with Cool Davis

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Special thanks to our sponsors

Cool Davis wants to give a huge thank you to our sponsors that help us do our crucial work.

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Partner: “What brings you to Soups & Stews?”

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Action: The Impact One Person Can Have on Climate Change: Why Eat Less Meat?

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Circle of Bees’ Hives Tackle Bee Crisis Locally

September 29, 2016

by Judy Moores and Leslie Crenna

Welcome to our new Cool Davis partner, Circle of Bees!

Circle of Bees, or CoB for short, promotes care for both domestic and wild bees, which are currently threatened nationwide. This non-profit group, headed by Board President Christian Coulon, works to help people understand that humans and bees are part of the same ecosystem.

Why is this important? We need bees as pollinators if we want our front and backyard fruit orchards and even veggies like prized tomatoes to ripen successfully.

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Tags: Christian Coulon, Circle of Bees, Derek Downey, Explorit, Slow Food Yolo, urban beekeeping
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Posted on: September 29th, 2016

Local Leaf Dealer Moving 40 Best-Selling Electrics a Year

September 26, 2016

By Mike Kluk

I recently test drove the all-electric Nissan Leaf at our local Nissan Dealer, Hanlees. This car runs entirely on the electric power stored in a lithium ion battery with no gas engine at all.

My wife and I were shown around the vehicle by Josh Herron, a personable young man who is working his way through UC Davis by selling cars. As the certified Leaf Specialist at Hanlees, Josh has received special training and did a good job answering all of our questions.

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Tags: electric vehicles, Hanlees Nissan, Nissan Leaf, Rebates and incentives
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Posted on: September 26th, 2016

Report from Richmond on Soil Not Oil Conference

September 26, 2016

by Scott Ragsdale

The second Soil Not Oil International Environmental Conference, held at the Richmond Memorial Convention Center at Civic Center Plaza, this past August 5^th and 6^th, 2016, promoted in simplest terms the idea that we can mitigate climate change and reap numerous other benefits by returning carbon back to the soils.

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Tags: Andrew Kimbrell, CA, Center for Food Safety, conferences, Richmond, soil is the solution, Vandana Shiva
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Posted on: September 26th, 2016

Holmes Planning for 500 Bike Parking Spaces Amid Reconfigurations

August 30, 2016

By Sophia Lodigiani

Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High recently converted their larger bike rack area into additional vehicle parking for the staff members. According to Holmes Junior High Principal Derek Brothers, the new parking lot was long overdue, since the junior high “had more staff members parking in the neighborhood.”

While this is a win for the staff, what was displaced to give them that lot? The land they used previously held the larger of the two bike rack areas at Holmes.

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Tags: Bike parking, Car parking, Holmes Junior High School
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Posted on: August 30th, 2016

Our Renewable Future

The Post Carbon Institute is located nearby in Santa Rosa, and the fellows there are wholeheartedly committed to leading “the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world.” All of them are serious about understanding what is happening to our planet with climate change well underway, slowing the damaging impacts, and making transitions easier. Check out the array of issues the institute addresses and their strategies. (more…)

Tags: David Fridley, Richard Heinberg
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Posted on: July 30th, 2016