The Electrification Path to Our Fossil Free Future
Since our founding in 2010, Cool Davis has worked alongside the City of Davis to encourage households to transition away from the use of fossil fuels in our homes, cars, and everyday life. The need for these changes becomes more urgent every day, as climate…
Help Us Connect on a Deeper Level
Greetings Cool Davis Community, As winter approaches, the Cool Davis board and staff hope that your family and neighborhood are healthy, and that you have found some stability in these economically challenging times. For over 12 years, through your generosity and support, Cool Davis has…
November Climate Movie Circle: “Gather” for Indigenous Food Sovereignty
November 20 1:30pm – 4pm Blanchard Rm Davis Branch Library
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…
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,…
Another Roaring Success: EVs@thePavilion by the Numbers 2022
This year’s National Drive Electric Week event, EVs@thePavilion, was another roaring success attracting over 350 attendees including staff and volunteers. We counted 1,500 conversations, primarly led by 55 volunteers, who showed vehicles, answered expert questions, and managed registration, prizes, and surveys, as well as set up…
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…
Davis youth strike to protest lack of climate emergency planning by city
Editor’s Note: Text below is press release from Fridays for Future Davis Youth leaders from Yolo County led a colorful all-ages march today in central Davis to protest the city’s failure to address the climate emergency. The marchers made their way from the library to…
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…
Cool Davis Invites You to the Climate Movie Circle
Sun Sept 11 1:30pm Davis Library Blanchard Rm
Local Bike Touring: A Low Carbon Alternative to a Road Trip. . . and Much More Fun
Bike touring can be a great way to take a vacation. You may be looking for an alternative to the same old car or airplane-based trip. You may want to satisfy your wanderlust in a climate friendly way. You may simply need to get out…
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,…
Traveling the East Coast (Nearly) Car Free
Airplanes emit large quantities of greenhouse gases. On my recent trip to the East Coast to visit my kids, the 12 hours of flying emitted what I would normally emit over 25 days at home. I didn’t have the time or money to avoid the…
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…
How Smart Electrical Panels Manage Loads Possibly Avoiding the Need for Upgrades
We live in a 1991 townhouse in Davis. My goal and dream has always been to move away from our current natural gas system and fully use electricity from the sun. But how is that actually achieved? Many smaller and older homes begin life with…
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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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