“Coming Clean” Film Screening, Town Hall, Summit Events at UC Davis
“Coming Clean” Film Screening
On Friday 5/13/22 4-6 PM the College of Biological Sciences, Fossil Fuel Free UC Davis, and the Campus Advisory Committee on Sustainability are screening
After the screening, there will be an expert panel discussion on the topic of how our campuses at UC Davis and UC Davis Health can move away from fossil fuel-based energy, and how this transition can be managed in environmentally responsible and just and way. Panelists include: film makers Carolina Montejo and Andre Salehian, UC Davis Campus Sustainability Director Camille Kirk, Associate Vice Chancellor and Davis Campus Architect Jim Caroll, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lead author and Co-Director of the UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center Eric Chu, UPTE Local 6 Executive Board Member and Staff Plant Pathologist Brianna McGuirre, and UCSD professor and film producer Adam Aron.
The event is free and will take place on May 13 from 4-6 at 1020 Teaching and Learning Complex. Attendance and participation via Zoom will be supported. A valid Covid19 symptom survey will be required for entry.
Please register and to learn about this very important topic and participate in the discussion!!
Town Hall Meetings
2022 Sustainability Summit
The yearly UC Davis Sustainability Summit honors the sustainability achievements of the university, recognizes leaders who help create a more sustainable campus as Sustainability Champion Award recipients, and provides student programs and groups with an opportunity to share their accomplishments over the last academic year. At this year’s sustainability summit, Chancellor May will lead the delivery of the Sustainability Champion awards followed by a conversation with Leah Thomas, eco-communicator, activist and founder of the organization Intersectional Environmentalist. She will be speaking with our campus’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative fellows, fielding audience questions and sharing her perspectives on environmental justice and its intersection with cultural and racial identities.
- Date: May 20, 2022
- Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
- Location: Student Community Center, Multi-Purpose Room
- RSVP by May 15 @ midnight!
FACEBOOK FEED
Please join the Davis Electrical Vehicle Association on Wednesday, August 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a virtual meeting open to newbies and owners alike.
Agenda: Welcome & introductions
Hot topics – Share recent EV news that you’ve heard
National Drive Electric Week – Planning for Davis’s September 25 event
New Valley Clean Energy EV rebate program – Sierra Huffman, Valley Clean Energy
EVs for the long haul: the future for heavy-duty trucks – Ash Dalal, DEVA
Highlights of Norway EV symposium – Katrina Sutton, DEVA
We’ll end with a general discussion of EVs and also open the meeting to questions, especially from people who are new to EVs.
Please register in advance for this meeting.
Your DEVA Leadership Team
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www.cooldavis.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=16389&qid=283181
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The city’s pilot project could include 500 e-bikes and 300-e-scooters — the prospect of which did not necessarily sit well with all council members."
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Davis votes to bring back electric bikes and scooters after banning during pandemic
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UC Davis still needs to approve them on-campus after City Council voted to pave the way for a pilot program that would bring rental e-bikes and e-scooters back this fall.It would be fine if people used them responsibly. But Jump bikes were left around randomly and I dread the scooters being used by adolescents.
TWITTER FEED
The community review period for the City’s draft 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) is open to the public for an extended 60-day period that will close on Oct 10.
To read the CAAP, visit: https://buff.ly/3SC9XmM.
Submit comments at : https://buff.ly/3wfFv8H.
DEVA invites you for their Aug 10 6pm virtual meeting open to newbies and owners alike.
Hot topics – National Drive Electric Week planning - New @VCleanEnergy Electric Vehicle rebates – trucks updates.
#davisca #electricvehicles
Register for Zoom link https://www.cooldavis.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=16389&qid=283181