Great Deals on Electric Wheels
July 28, 2016 Looking for a new commuter car? Want something for errands in town? Thinking about the future? Mid-budget electric vehicle (EV) models are pushing 120 MPGe per charge while luxury makes have far surpassed that range. Charging stations are popping up across the…
Shade Issues No Problem for This Solar System
July 28, 2016 By Mike Kluk Richard and Linda Allison, their three daughters, and Linda’s mother live in a house on a quiet South Davis cul de sac. With six in the family, power use is going to be relatively high no matter how you…
Rain + Plants + People = Success at Cesar Chavez School Garden
July 11, 2016 By Leslie Crenna If you aren’t connected with Cesar Chavez Elementary school (CCE), you might not know about the amazing progress of the school garden program over the past few years. New energy, dedication from stalwart veterans, and support from Principal Denise…
Solar is part of a sound investment plan if you do your homework
By Aaron Nitzkin Cross Posted from the Davis Enterprise June 1, 2016. You’re sitting at home, paying bills, catching up on life and your doorbell rings. Who could that be? Yikes, it is another one of those people selling solar telling you that you can…
Solar film, fair teach us how to catch the sun
By Vanessa Errecarte Cross Posted from the Davis Enterprise May 25, 2016. Converting to renewable energy is not an option but a responsibility. At least that’s how Aaron Nitzkin, CEO of local start-up Solar Roof Dynamics, feels about the responsibility we all share to create…
Catch the Sun Davis! Solar Fair & Movie Screening
Have you been noticing shiny new solar panels popping up everywhere in your neighborhood? Interested in learning how you might benefit from a solar rooftop installation? Looking to get an installation done pronto? Maybe you’re a solar pioneer and want to bring a friend or neighbor into…
The Plant-Based Journey with Lani Muelrath
On April 10 Interfaith Meatless Monday invites the public to a talk by Lani Muelrath about her new book, The Plant-Based Journey. She divides the journey into five basic steps to guide people making the transition to a diet of vegetables, whole grains, beans and legumes, fruits,…
Radical Hope with Fred Small
Radical Hope: an Evening of Songs and Conscience with Fred Small provides an uplifting note to inspire our own continuing climate justice work. Hear him Saturday, April 9 at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis. Seating is limited. Online sign up is below.
Three Farms, Five Courses: Cooking the CSA Box
Chef Debra Chase presents a free cooking demonstration this Saturday, January 23, from 3-5pm at the United Methodist Church (1620 Anderson Road). Two lucky people will win free CSA boxes to take home! What better way to learn how to cook for a cooler planet….
Nov. 29 Climate Vigil: Think Global, Act Local
Dear friends, What a beautiful evening! Thank you all for bringing your gifts and coming together to launch the Paris Climate Talks in such a grounded way at our Interfaith Prayer Vigil at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation. How grateful I am for…
Give Cool on Giving Tuesday
This year, on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, Cool Davis, many of our partners and other local non-profits are participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving. We invite you to join the movement and to help get out the give this December 1. •…
Shop Green and Local
December 2015 Gift Ideas List: Give Green, Shop local. Grow our economy. Shrink our carbon footprint. Members of the Davis Climate Action Team, concerned citizens and Cool Davis created a list of suggestions for a greener holiday celebration. Get two for one this holiday season….
Praying and transformation in a time of Climate Change
The 40,000 world leaders from 190 countries are gathered in Paris to reach an agreement to curb carbon emissions and to find ways to support vulnerable countries and communities in adapting to the impacts of climate change that are happening right now. Our prayers are…
The Pope’s Encyclical and Climate Change: Two visitors at the Vatican
The Pope’s Encyclical on Climate Change is an amazing document. It is poetic, visionary, insightful, pragmatic, beautiful… Addressed to “every living person on this planet” it lays out the interconnected problems facing humanity and calls for urgent dialogue and action. His words will open you…
Rethink, Refresh, Rebound…The Sustainable Enterprise Conference 2015
Jennifer Ann Gordon, a writer and communications consultant and volunteer with Cool Davis attended the Sustainable Enterprise Conference in April in Rohnert Park, Sonoma County and came back inspired and motivated by businesses committed to solutions to sustainability. This is an edited version of a…
The Ecological Hopeful
Karen Klussendorf, UU Worship Associate Earth Day, April 26, 2015 I did NOT want to come up here and tell you how you can get involved in the Environmental Movement, or give you “new” ideas for recycling, reducing, reusing or even to give you statistics…
Give Cool on Big Day of Giving!
Cool Davis is joining hundreds of local organizations on May 3rd 2016 for the Big Day of Giving! This is a great opportunity for you to support our work and multiply your donation by numerous local businesses and donors. With your support we can put in motion the resources…
Pipe Dreams Greywater- New Cool Davis Partner
By Judy Moores Kent Thompson’s “Pipe Dreams Greywater” is no longer a dream. It’s Kent’s business, and his aim is to help homeowners conserve and reuse water that would otherwise “go down the drain.” Kent can help you plumb your bathroom sinks, showers and washing…
Davis Faith Groups Take Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
Story Cross-posted from Davis Enterprise. February 17, 2015 Community Invited to March 7 Conference Do we have a moral obligation to take action to protect the future of a planet in peril? By Lynne Nittler Kathleen Dean Moore posed this question to 100 world visionaries…
New Cool Davis Partner: RepowerYolo
August 26, 2016 Chris Soderquist and John Walter have lived in Davis for a combined six decades. Like many Davis residents, Chris and John’s homes are powered by solar panels. Expectedly, their PG&E bills have shrunk significantly; unexpectedly, Chris and John (gladly) field myriad questions…
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