SacEV supports California Prop 30
SacEV concurs with the action alerts sent by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Electric Vehicle Association, and others in support of California’s Proposition 30, the Clean Cars and Clean Air Act. There are 72,000 EVs in the Sacramento region and over 1 million in the state. But…
Climate Review No. 5
Contributed by Ann E Savageau “Finding the Mother Tree,” book by Suzanne Simard. “Super/Natural,” TV series about inter-species co-operation. The poetry of Jack Gilbert and a short piece about his life that includes a few of his best poems. Gather in Poems: A Special Reading…
Welcome to Our Sacramento Valley College Corps Fellows
Cool Davis is proud to introduce our cohort of five Sacramento Valley College Corps (SVCC) Fellows who will be primarily participating in community outreach as Field Assistants over the coming academic year. All five are UC Davis students, where the program is coordinated through the…
City Wants to Hear from You about Our Urban Forest
An Urban Forest Plan is underway! The City of Davis is working with Tree Davis and the community to develop an Urban Forest Management Plan! Visit the City website to give you input and learn more! This Plan will communicate the community’s vision for the future urban forest…
Menlo Park Company Announces First 100% Landfill Biogas Pilot Project for Yolo Co
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Clean power generation provider Mainspring Energy announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Yolo County, California, to pilot a Mainspring Linear Generator running biogas at the Yolo County Central Landfill. In its first 100% landfill biogas pilot…
Unmet Transit Needs? Submit Comments to SACOG
Are bus, dial-a-ride, paratransit, or light rail services meeting your needs? Your local transit operators and the regional transportation planning agency, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, or SACOG, are looking for comments and suggestions that will help plan and improve transit services in Sacramento,…
Community Mercantile Grand Opening: Shop Here First
Following their successful soft opening on September 11th, Community Mercantile, the self-proclaimed ‘reuse hub,’ welcomed another crowd of anxious supporters and buyers to their grand opening celebration on Sunday October 30th at at 622 Cantrill Drive, Davis. An estimated 200-plus eager shoppers came to fulfill their interest in this new age version of…
October Movie: “Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World”
Sunday October 16 1:30pm
Enter the 2023 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize
The Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize is given to honor exceptional poems that help make real for readers the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment. First place receives $1,000; second place, $750; and third place, $500. Winning poems will be featured in our…
Global Climate Strike Friday Sept 23
Friday Sept 23 11am 14th and B Streets
Answers to Yolano Group Council Candidate Questionnaire
Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Introduction – As has been our custom for over 20 years, the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares a wide-ranging questionnaire and presents it to candidates in races of interest to our local membership. The questionnaire for the 2022 Davis…
EVs@thePavilion Coming Sunday Sept 25
Sunday Sept 25 11am to 2pm Davis Central Park
Cool Davis Invites You to the Climate Movie Circle
Sun Sept 11 1:30pm Davis Library Blanchard Rm
Davis Neighbors Night Out Looking for Neighborhood Event Sponsors
Sunday, October 16, 2022 – Neighborhood Locations Around Davis
Excessive Heat Warning and Places to Cool Down in Davis and Yolo County
City of Davis News posted 9/1/22 https://www.cityofdavis.org/Home/Components/News/News/7986/2985?backlist=%2f Weather Relief Station The next few days will be very hot. The City will open a Weather Relief Center in the Valente Room of the Davis Senior Center (646 A St.) for the following days: • Sat, 9/3,…
Landfill Award to Improve Waste-to-Fuel Processes
The Yolo County Central Landfill (YCCL) has been selected for an award of $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to improve the current science and infrastructure to turn waste streams into clean, renewable fuel. The DOE grant to the YCCL – one…
Seeds of Justice Series at St. Martin’s
Join the Church of St. Martin for the second year of their 2022 Seeds of Justice speaker series. The first event will take place on September 18 both on Zoom and in person in the church. If you plan to attend on Zoom, please use…
Urban Forestry for Your Neighborhood Webinar Oct 6
Join Tree Davis, the Rancho Yolo and Village Homes Homeowner associations, and Cool Davis, for a special webinar on Urban Forestry for Your Neighborhood focused on caring for our urban forest, selecting trees, and climate ready landscaping. Urban Forestry for Your Neighborhood Thursday, Oct 6, 2022…
Pakistan Emits Less Than 1% Global Carbon, Floods Devastate Millions
A message from 350.org and Anam Rathor, a youth climate activist with Climate Action Pakistan: A third of Pakistan is under water and and over 33 million people have been displaced. It’s hard to imagine, but that’s more than the entire population of Texas being…
City Opens 2020-2040 CAAP for Community Review
Comment period closes October 10, 2022
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We’re proud to present our next Climate Movie Cirlce film, “Gather” on Sunday, November 20th from 1:30pm to 3:00pm, with an optional follow up discussion until 4:00pm, at the Blanchard Room at the Mary L Stephens Yolo County Library Branch Library, 315 E. 14th Street, Davis, CA. We hope you’ll stay for sharing and learning together! #DavisCa www.cooldavis.org/2022/11/02/november-climate-movie-circle-gather-for-indigenous-food-sovereignty/
"Gather" follows the stories of Native Americans on the frontlines of a growing movement to reconnect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide. MORE at gather.film/
November Climate Movie Circle: “Gather” for Indigenous Food Sovereignty - Cool Davis
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November 20 1:30pm - 4pm Blanchard Rm Davis Branch LibraryCircle 😉 Events in Davis
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The emotional moment a chimp mum meets newborn
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Watch this extraordinary reunion between Mahle and her baby at Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas.TWITTER FEED
Seminar Series: Fire, Forests, and the Future: Advancing Rural Communities in California
Seminar Series: Fire, Forests, and the Future: Advancing Rural Communities in California
Register Now Panel: Fire, Forests, and the Future: Advancing Rural Communities in California How do rural communitie...
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Greenhouse gases in the upper atmosphere currently at 419ppm. We passed the 300ppm mark about 1920. The last time above 300ppm was 800,000 million years ago. Human generated greenhouse gas emissions are the cause of rising temperatures and #climatechange
Climate Change Basics - Cool Davis
Climate Change Basics Already know the facts? Finally getting around to digging deeper? There’s always more to ...
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