Act Local with Us on Climate! Message from Cool Davis Founders
Over a decade ago, a group of concerned community members responded to the call from the City of Davis to assist with the implementation of its first and groundbreaking Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. We and many others — members of the Climate Action Planning…
Cool Davis receives $6,000 for all-electric engagement
The Valley Climate Action Center (VCAC) recently provided $6,000 to Cool Davis to continue their work engaging Davis residents to adopt all-electric heating and cooling systems. The funds will also be used to develop an electric retrofit “roadmap” for existing homes, going directly to programs…
Cool Davis Summer Interns Making It Happen
Despite the challenges of shelter in place, two young ladies have been steadily adding to the knowledge base and improvement of social media tools management here at Cool Davis. We meet on Zoom and communicate via email and phone rather than in person. Despite the…
Part II: 2020 Article Series ‘Looking Back, Looking Forward’
Looking at the Cool Davis checklist through new eyes The converging crises of our present reality have changed the way we live and work and forced us to take a fresh look at the Cool Davis action checklist. On the bright side, telecommuting and reducing…
Cool Davis Welcomes Two New Board Members
Cool Davis is happy to announce the addition of two new board members in our 10th anniversary year. Johannes Troost Johannes Troost is retired from a career in Education and Human Services. His work included both policy development and program design, implementation, and evaluation. He…
Statement of Support and Commitment to the Black Community
In light of the deeply disturbing events transpiring across our nation, Cool Davis is looking inward and evaluating our work in our community and the influence we bring across the organizations and institutions with which we work. We share in the grief and anger of…
Judy Moores: A Lifetime of Dedication to the Environment
Editor’s Note: After a lifetime of dedication to the environment, primarily here in Davis but also in her home town in upstate New York, Judy Moores has moved to the University Retirement Community, where she has begun a new phase in her life. What follows…
Thank You, Davis! You’re Amazing!
Cool Davis is amazed and awed by the generosity of those who donated this past Big Day of Giving, Thursday, May 7. The giving from to our match fund, as well as online and offline gifts kept arriving over the course of the week, with…
Online Classes Great for the Environment but Student Mental Health Suffers
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of U.S. colleges have closed their campuses and switched to online classes. Around 20 million college students are watching lectures at home and taking tests online. And while this decision has been jarring for many students, it’s…
Join the Zoom-a-thon: Cool Davis on Big Day of Giving 2020
Zoom-a-thon all day May 7th
50th Anniversary of Earth Day Celebrations
April 22 2020
From Cool Davis Director and Staff: Corona Virus and Community Resilience
We here at Cool Davis are working to adapt and respond to the challenges due to COVID-19 and our shelter-in-place directive. We are well, working from home, and meeting regularly online. We are continuing to work at the service of our community as we have…
Standing Strong: A Message from our Board President, Michael McCormick
This April 22 is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and our Cool Davis 10th anniversary is coming in June. We had planned to celebrate with you in person but COVID-19 and our shelter in place directive has fundamentally changed pretty much everything. Those events…
Welcome READ-Y (Resilient Embodied Action Davis-Yolo)
Resilient Embodied Action Davis-Yolo (READ-Y) is our newest Cool Davis working group and they are committed to a big task. Formed through the energy of its two principal organizers, Gail Kennedy and Jan Beange, READ-Y will work to improve the social and emotional resilience we…
Donate Your Dirty ICE to Cool Davis
This year is the 10th anniversary of Cool Davis! We submitted our incorporation papers on June 14, four days after the completion of the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, which is now in the process of an update. We plan to celebrate! Read our…
Cool Davis Gratitude Coming Your Way
Cool Davis has been growing and learning throughout 2019. We now have four staff members and an ever increasing cadre of volunteers, advisors, and experts to help us along our way. It is no exaggeration that Cool Davis would not “be” without the volunteer support…
Giving Green, Cool Davis Style
Every year we’re faced with the choice of letting the holidays stress us out with a frenzied dash to make that list and check it twice or to allow the season to be a source of joy and inspiration. Most of us probably manage to…
The Future is Now! Act Local and Give to Cool Davis
GIVING TUESDAY IS DECEMBER 3 … ALL DAY!
Larissa Lomen: Web Editorial Assistant On Board
The Cool Davis Communications Team is proud to announce the addition of volunteer Larissa Lomen as our new Web Editorial Assistant. Larissa identifies crossposts and enters them into our content management system, otherwise known as WordPress. This involves making judgments about content, assigning appropriate categories…
Fall Interns at Cool Davis: Nayelie and Amy
Nayelie Quezada is an environmental outreach and community development intern at Cool Davis. She is an undergraduate student at UC Davis majoring in Community and Regional Development major and minoring in Environmental Science and Policy. And upon graduation from UC Davis, Nayelie would like to…
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fter a summer of heat waves, wildfires, orange skies and hurricanes, people are beginning to recognize that climate change is here now. But are we too late?
In its second season, Unfold, a UC Davis podcast, explores the solutions to and complexities of climate change. Hosts Amy Quinton and Kat Kerlin talk to researchers who think this unprecedented crisis calls for unprecedented solutions, including projects that pull CO2 out of the air.
Unfold Podcast Launches Season 2 Focused on Climate Change
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After a summer of heat waves, wildfires, orange skies and hurricanes, people are beginning to recognize that climate change is here now. But are we too late? In its second season, Unfold, a UC Davis p...1 day ago
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Unfold Podcast Launches Season 2 Focused on Climate Change - UC Davis
Unfold Podcast Launches Season 2 Focused on Climate Change
After a summer of heat waves, wildfires, orange skies and hurricanes, people are beginning to recognize that climate change is here now. But are we to...
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Climate Strike Davis Plans Central Park Camp-out to Call-out the Crisis
Climate Strike Davis Plans Central Park Camp-out to Call-out the Crisis - Cool Davis
Noon on Friday to Noon Saturday Central Park, Davis (5th and B St.)
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Protect your Prostate and Lower Your Cancer Risk by Changing Your Diet @thebeetofficial
To Lower Your Risk of Prostate Cancer, Eat More Plant-Based Foods
Diet and exercise play a major role in your lifetime risk of prostate cancer, as new studies emerge that link higher risk to a diet rich in red meat a...
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Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban
Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban
Under Newsom's order, new gas-powered cars and light trucks and medium and heavy-duty trucks must be zero-emission by 2045 where possible.
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Gavin Newsom signs order banning sales of gas-powered cars in California by 2035
Gavin Newsom signs order banning sales of gas-powered cars in California by 2035
This is the latest effort by California officials to reduce greenhouse emissions and transition to clean energy.
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