COOL Cuisine Burger Battle Surpasses Goal of 5000 Burgers Sold
The COOL Cuisine Burger Battle energized the Davis dining scene with some Earth Day friendly food this past March when downtown and UC Davis campus restaurants sold over 5,000 planet-friendly burgers to enthusiastic locals and a surprising number of out-of-town visitors. There were table tents…
Burger Battle Focuses Attention on the Impact of Meat
The COOL Cuisine Burger Battle wrapped up March 31 with an amazing 5,110 plant-based burgers sold according to event organizers. That’s an average of 161 burgers per day. Compared to consuming that many beef burgers, diners together prevented 15.5 tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
Earth Day Events 2019
Beecharmers Earth Day Festival Saturday April 13 11am to 2pm Alhambra (PASSED) The Beecharmers is partnering with the Urban Village Community at Alhambra Mace Ranch, located at the Alhambra at Mace Ranch Apartments, 4500 Alhambra Dr, Davis, for a FREE afternoon of fun including music,…
Building Sustainability: Ideas from Our Canadian Neighbors
Thursday April 25 7pm Davis Community Chambers
Sperling to Speak on the 3 Transportation Revolutions at Davis Library
Join the Sierra Club for a potluck and presentation by Dr. Dan Sperling of UC Davis on “The 3 Transportation Revolutions and What it Means for our Future” Thursday, May 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Blanchard Room at the Yolo County Library,…
Methodist church focuses on environmental stewardship
Davis United Methodist Church is offering three forums in April on the theme of environmental stewardship. These presentations will be on Sunday mornings April 7, 14, and 28 from 9:45 to 10:50 at the church, 1620 Anderson Road in Davis. April 7: Cool Climate Diet, with…
Why I Ride: The Bike Campaign Promotes Biking Throughout Yolo County
The Bike Campaign has commissioned a series of articles about a wide variety of local people who ride their bikes and why they do it. While these stories are presented here in honor of National May Is Bike Month, The Bike Campaign plans to continue…
Commentary: Register for interfaith climate conference
“Fires should occur in Hades, not Paradise. Climate change is changing everything!” Jim Cramer, conservation chair for Sierra Club Yolano Group, mixes fact with fiction to make the point that climate change is contributing to extreme events like the recent floods in North Carolina, hurricane…
Chefs Feeling Competitive and Creative for the COOL Cuisine Burger Battle
By Linnea Patterson Plant-based eating is growing faster than ever in 2019. For this we can thank the many creative chefs whose innovations allow more and more people to become comfortable with meat alternatives. The COOL Cuisine Burger Battle is a month-long contest where chefs…
Per Capita Davis: The great Burger Battle is on!
First things first: the “COOl Cuisine Burger Battle” is coming to Davis. For the entire month of March, we can chomp on a hamburger without the ham (not that it had ham in the first place) — a burger without the meat, replaced instead with…
Teams Registering Now for March Burger Battle
Tasting Team Registration now (Feb) through March 31
City Seeking Nominations for Environmental Awards
The City of Davis is accepting nominations for the annual Environmental Recognition Award. This program recognizes efforts in the community that benefit the environment and overall Davis sustainability efforts. Davis businesses, residents and community-based organizations are encouraged to submit nominations in three categories: businesses; non-profit…
Cooler Together: Shared Visions for Action
Saturday, March 16, 1-4 p.m. Doors open 12:30 p.m.
Cool Cuisine Preps for Burger Battle Set for March
BURGER BATTLE Month of March Deadline for restaurants: Feb 1 Chef’s tasting event: Jan 23
Davis Futures Forum: Let’s Talk About Food
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 7:00pm to 8:30pm at Davis Community Chambers
Make “Sustainable Food” the Economic Engine of Downtown Davis
Many communities around the region, such as Sacramento and Woodland, have jumped on the “farm to fork” bandwagon to promote their relationships with agriculture. Davis can distinguish itself from the crowd by taking this a step further to promote itself as the center of “sustainable food.”…
Spooky Science Nights Return to Explorit
Spooky Science Nights return to haunt Explorit this October with an all-new, immersive sci-fi mystery. Travel back in time to Explorit’s wild west, ghost town past to solve a gold rush mystery and help the Mace family save their horse ranch! Use physics to open…
Screening of “The Bicycle Revolution” at Bicycle Hall of Fame
Wednesday, October 10 at 6:00 pm
What does affordable housing have to do with climate change?
Throughout California, we are seeing two critical priorities converge: affordable housing and climate resilience. While daunting on their own, these intersections may offer helpful direction about how we might solve both problems. Adequate supplies of high-quality affordable housing and climate resiliency are inextricably linked. Any…
Coalition Meeting to Feature Panelists with Bee-utiful, Sustainable & Edible Practices
Wednesday, August 15, 4:30pm-6pm (before Picnic in the Park)
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