Green Finances Banking and Credit Cards: Aligning Your Money with Your Values
Looking to align your money with your values? Cool Davis is hosting two online “Green Your Finances” forums this winter, the first focusing on banking and credit cards, Wednesday, November 15 at 6pm PST online, as part of the Yolo Earth Day Pledge Challenge. Cathy…
Community Voices: the Future of Housing & Climate Action with DCAN
A messge from Davis CAN: We’re counting down to the launch of our first public series, Community Voices: the Future of Housing & Climate Action on November 12th! We hope you will join us to share your perspective on the needs, challenges, opportunities and aspirations for addressing…
Wolk Speaks Out to Defend Solar for Renters, Schools, and Farms
From SolarRights.org: Save Solar for Renters, Schools, and Farmers: Over the past month, state legislators have released two letters opposing the CPUC’s proposal to gut rooftop solar for multifamily homes, schools and farms. The letter is on the heels of significant opposition from affordable housing developers, tenants…
Join Fridays for Future in Sept: Davis March 15th, New York City Mobilization 17th
On September 15th, Fridays For Future groups will be striking all over the world to demand a fossil free future, and Davis is no different! Starting at 12pm noon, Fridays For Future Davis will lead a march starting at the front of the Veterans Memorial…
CA Senate Bill 555: Stable Affordable Housing Act
On Tuesday [August 22, 2023] in Sacramento, Senator Aisha Wahab (CA 10th District) and the Stable Affordable Housing Act (SB 555) sponsors and supporters called on the legislature to support SB 555 as an essential step in creating a pathway to sustainable and resilient housing…
Action to End Fossil Fuels: Old Sac Sunday Sept 17
This summer has seen hundreds of extreme weather records broken, many resulting in tragic climate disasters. In New York this September, the UN Secretary-General is hosting a first-of-its-kind Climate Ambition Summit to demand that nations stop the fossil fuel expansion that is driving the climate…
Green Your Finances
By Dylan Ehlers with research and contributions by Leslie Crenna The shift to a zero-carbon emission world is going to be expensive, with an estimated $9.2 trillion needed each year to make a net-zero transition possible by 2050. Will your money be used to support…
Yolo County Climate Action Commission Updates
The Yolo County Climate Action Commission (YCCAC) is dedicated to centering marginalized and vulnerable populations in the creation and implementation of the Yolo County 2030 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP). Goals include switching the county to 100% renewable sources of energy and reducing greenhouse…
Davis CAN, New Local Advocacy Group Launching in Davis
The Davis Community Action Network (Davis CAN) invites you to join them for their launch Sunday, April 30th, from 3pm to 6pm at International House Davis, 10 College Park, Davis. Connect with your community and hear from featured speakers discussing the intersection of climate and…
Davis Raging Grannies Recruiting New Members
The Raging Grannies of Davis, a group of local progressive activists who perform parody songs and street theatre in the community, is currently recruiting new members. “During the height of the pandemic our members took a hiatus from performing but have recently resumed rehearsing and…
Banking on our Future March in Davis
On Tuesday, March 21, over 100 actions by Third Act members all across the nation demonstrated the need to curb climate change by reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and dumping banks that support fossil fuel infrastructure. The matter is urgent as already our weather…
Adam Aaron Talks Social Mobilization at Avid Reader
The Essential Role of Social Mobilization in Confronting the Climate Crisis Why, despite all we know about the causes and harms of global heating, has so little effective action been taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and what we can do to change that? In…
Support Federal Rebates for E-Bikes
The recently introduced E-BIKE (Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment) Act would create a tax rebate for people buying electric bikes similar to the tax incentive for buying an electric car. By making e-bikes more financially accessible to more people, the E-BIKE Act would…
Davis Third Act Campaign: Banking on Climate Chaos
Tuesday March 21 at Central Park Davis 12pm (and others)
Local Activists Host Local March for Global Climate Strike
Friday, March 3rd at E14th and B Street, Davis at NOON
CALSSA and GRID Alternatives Statements on CPUC’s Vote to Slash Solar Net Metering
“The changes to net metering approved by the CPUC are a step backwards when we really need to be moving forward with solar and battery storage. It is a dark day in California when the utility regulators try to block out the sun.” Sacramento, CA—The…
Saving the Planet by Changing Where You Bank
Do you know what happens to your money when you put it into a bank? It may be used for fossil fuel extraction and distribution for crude oil, natural gas, coal, or tar sands — all projects and industries that banks enable through financial loans…
A carbon negative Yolo County by 2030
On Oct. 25, the Yolo County Climate Action Commission, the working body charged with guiding the development and implementation of the County’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), made its first progress report to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. The commission’s chair, N.J. Mvondo,…
CARB Approves New Climate Plan to Achieve 2045 Carbon Neutrality
At its December 15 Board meeting, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan to achieve California’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2045. While the Board has approved three previous plans to achieve incremental greenhouse gas reduction…
Cool Davis Coalition News
Annual Coalition & Partner Meeting In the past for December’s gathering, Cool Davis has convened the full Coalition to gather input on plans for the coming year and to celebrate our work together. The last time we did this in person was December 2019. This…
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Move your money to a credit union or ethical bank! Credit unions usually donate to projects that strengthen local communities, and ethical banks make a commitment to support good causes. Green America Bank For Good BankTrack and Mighty Deposits are all great resources to find ethical banks!
LEARN MORE with Cathy Becker of Green America, Wednesday, November 15 at 6pm PST online. Our moderator will be Rekha Vaitla, Cool Davis board member and officer at CalSTRS.
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