Climate Demonstration Set for Sept 24
Join Fridays for Future local climate activists Friday, September 24, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm at the corner of 5th and B in Davis (northwest corner of Central Park) in a public demonstration in solidarity with the worldwide Youth Climate Strike being held the same day…
Tocando (Touching): Writings from Summer 2021
Yo Estoy Tocando On a cool, spring day in north Davis, just east of where the houses begin, you can walk out in the open fields, barefooted, and the moist earth will stick to your soles like a sandal. In the cadence of your steps,…
Electric Vehicles at the Pavilion: National Drive Electric Week 2021
October 3 from 11am to 2 pm Davis Central Park Pavilion
Gardening with Limited Water
Most of the water used at home is used outdoors, so even small steps to save water can yield big savings. Little things like fixing a broken sprinkler or making sure that you are running them in the cool of the early morning rather than…
Want to Take on Climate Change ? Cool Davis Is Hiring!
Cool Davis is currently seeking candidates with a background in community organizing to work with households at neighborhood level, including homeowners and rental households in single and multi-family homes. Two paid staff positions will be filled first with the best candidates for either position or…
Support Davis Farm to School Programs at the Virtual Village Feast
Come to the Virtual Village Feast, Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 1-2:30pm, benefiting Davis Farm to School and Les Les Dames d’Escoffier Sacramento Chapter. Registration is free! The Davis Village Feast celebrates the Sacramento-region Farm to Fork season where we gather to enjoy and honor…
Trees Take the Stage: Greywater Showcase 2021
Water Wise Davis, a working group of Cool Davis, and Tree Davis, a Cool Davis partner, hosted a 5th annual Greywater Showcase online via Zoom on Thursday, July 29, 2021. This year’s showcase focused on trees with special guest speaker Don Shor, owner of Redwood…
Local Solutions for Climate Action and Neighborhood Resilience
The Cool Davis Coalition engaged several speakers and neighborhood leaders on the topic of neighborhood-level resilience at its quarterly meeting in August. Sascha von Meier of the UC Berkeley EcoBlock program and Mark Lakeman of Communitecture in Portland, Oregon, presented compelling projects on both ends…
Yolo Co. Emergency Drought Proclamation
Yolo County Issues Emergency Proclamation for Unincorporated Areas of the County Due to Exceptional Drought Conditions (Woodland, CA) – Yolo County has issued an emergency proclamation due to exceptional drought conditions in the unincorporated areas of the county and urges all residents and businesses throughout the…
Pride Run and Upstander Carnival Set for Oct
Davis Pride Run for Equality The Davis Phoenix Coalition board of directors and the Davis Pride planning committee invites runners and walkers alike to help raise awareness about the ongoing efforts needed by communities to prevent hate-motivated crimes. Sunday, October 10, 2021 4:00 PMÂ Â 8:00 PM…
Fall Environmental Update from the City of Davis
October to November is the fall planting season for our area and with shorter days and cooler weather, it’s the best time of the year to plant. Fall planting is best because the soil is moist, weeds are not as prolific, and cooler temperatures put…
Welcome to Bapu Vaitla, New Cool Davis Board Member!
Our newest board member, Bapu Vaitla is member of the City of Davis Social Services Commission and a fellow studying gender inequality with Data2x, an initiative housed in the United Nations Foundation. His core interest is the relationship between social cooperation and the well-being of…
Seeds of Justice Series to Study Native Resistance and Resilience
September 26, October 10, Nov 1
Two Sets of CAAP Workshops in July
Four dates in July online
Big Day of Giving 2021 Surpasses Goal
We are so grateful to our Big Day of Giving Donors! Cool Davis set a lofty goal of $30,000 for Big Day of Giving and still exceeded that goal with an amazing response from our community! Thank you to match fund donors for providing us…
Weave Your Braid: Ecology and Mental Health
We are all weavers. Ecology and mental health both depend on this weave. They are integrated systems. The challenge comes when as humans we make a choice to mute or diminish our response-ability. When this muting becomes a habit, we choose compensatory behaviors. These behaviors…
CAAP Meeting on Equity and Inclusion Highlights Ways to Center Equity
The City of Davis Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) Community Equity and Inclusion workshop, held May 27, 2021, drew over 60 engaged participants including community stakeholders, the City of Davis CAAP team, Cool Davis staff, board, and Coalition members, and panelists who related their personal…
Tuleyome Tales: Visit the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Located in California’s Central Valley, the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex is made up of six individual National Wildlife Refuges including Sacramento, Colusa, Delevan, Butte Sink, Sutter and a long stretch of the Sacramento River from Red Bluff south to Princeton. The complex adds up…
Ask Greener Davis — What goes down the drain?
Greener Davis has complied some of the most frequently asked questions they get regarding what should and shouldn’t go down the drain. If you have a question that you feel would be of interest to the community, please email it to PWWeb@CityofDavis.org, and you may…
Grassroots Coalition Rallied to Keep California a Pro-Solar State
Hallelujah. A day for celebration! I have a great story to share about how “all of us” won yesterday and killed the bill AB 1139 that wanted to kill rooftop Solar in California. This was not anything anyone expected. We were already preparing to win…
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