Cool Home Workshop at Davis Library
Cool Davis invites Davis households to drop-in to a Cool Home Workshop in the Blanchard room, Mary L. Stephens Library on Saturday February 9th 2013 from 10:30am to 1:00pm.
The True Cost of Oil: Images of Beauty and Devastation
“Canada’s Tar Sands are perhaps the most visually compelling example of all that is wrong with our addiction to fossil fuels and why we must change or face dire consequences for all life on Earth,” says Garth Lenz in his slideshow talk, The True Cost…
Nature’s Theater, a Cool Davis Partner
Nature’s Theater produces environmentally-themed books and plays for children and is the latest to join Cool Davis as a partner.
Village Homes Joins Cool Davis
Village Homes in Davis is a passive solar community built in the 1970’s founded on the principals of sustainability.
Festival to promote learning by seeing and sampling
The upcoming Cool Davis Festival on October 13 wl brought together four passionate expert presenters in a special demonstration booth to show visitors how they can integrate low-carbon solutions into their daily lives. Have you ever wanted to learn how to make sustainable sushi, create…
How to Hold a Zero Waste Neighbors’ Night Out
What can be better than getting together on Neighbors’ Night Out for a pot-luck? The event already includes camaraderie, good food and fun…Why not challenge yourselves to go for zero waste?
How to Become a One Cool City
Cool Davis is a citizen group working to support the Davis Climate Action and Adaptation Plan goals to lower our collective carbon footprint. The organization is focused on solutions to help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in three main areas: 1) Transportation, 2)…
Festival Celebrates One Cool City
The Cool Davis Festival ran from 9 am to 1:30 pm Saturday, October 13, in Central Park, a new venue for the third annual event. A full schedule of entertainment, activities, informative exhibits and displays helped Davisites make choices that connect a low-carbon lifestyle with…
Vote now for Cool Davis and help us win $5000!
Vote today to help Cool Davis win the $5,000 Community Challenge Grant. Vote at Yolo Federal Credit Union through August 31. Competition with four other great local non-profits is stiff, so every vote for Cool Davis matters! Climate change is real, and it’s already happening. The…
Sustainable Living Tips for Renters
Four UC Davis design students have come up with an imaginative way to share tips for renters looking to save money and reduce their environmental impact. They created their own 2 x 2.5 foot model of a furnished apartment with an accompanying brochure entitled An…
Songs to Move the Earth: A Brief History of Environmental Music
Don’t miss a wonderful evening of music, desserts, wine/iced tea and a talk by environmental writer, editor & musician Lorraine Anderson from 7:15-9:30pm on Saturday September 15 at the Village Homes Community Center, 2661 E. Portage Bay, Davis. The event includes an optional walking tour…
How cool are we?
The CoolCalifornia Challenge began today on April 2 2012. In the next few months, we’ll find out just how cool we really are in Davis, one household at a time. “It’s a fun competition,” says Chris Granger, one of the key Cool Davis organizers. “Every…
Understanding our food print
By Lynne Nittler, cross-posted from Davis Enterprise Our culture teaches us to value what we put on our bodies more than what we put in our bodies. Folks who might gasp at the price of organic heirloom tomatoes will spend quite a lot on a…
Evening in honor of Planet Earth great success!
By Lynne Nittler: When 350.org announced the date of September 24 for their annual global event, I knew immediately how to put together a beautiful gathering. Our Evening in Honor of Planet Earth was created from the talent that lay all around us in this sustainable…
