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Kindness: An unsung climate change tool
When you think of climate change and community resilience, visions of seawalls, renewable energy projects and other physical things may come to mind. But there’s another powerful tool that anyone of any age at any time can act upon to help their community weather the…
Per Capita Davis: The ‘tipping point’ revisited
Back in 2007 when I began writing these articles there were a few terms that captured the discussion about global warming. One was the term in the prior sentence: “global warming.” It may have been adequate at the time, but the soft, fuzzy, cozy, under-a-blanket…
Regional report: Climate change threats, solutions for Sacramento Valley
Over the next few decades, climate change is expected to make the Sacramento region hotter, drier and increasingly prone to extremes like megadroughts, flooding and large wildfires. This is expected to strain the region’s infrastructure for water and energy transmission, agricultural systems, plants and wildlife,…
Per Capita Davis: Power companies may be motivated by the ‘X’ factor
Long before there was an X Prize there was an Orteig Prize. According to Wikipedia, way back in 1919, a French hotel owner offered a prize of $25,000 for the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic from New York to Paris. Charles Lindberg…
Ecotherapy reduces stress, anxiety, and depression
Have you availed yourself of ecotherapy lately? Harvard Med School maintains that research in the growing field of ecotherapy has shown a strong connection between time spent in nature and reduced stress, anxiety and depression. We live in troubled, divided, conflicted times. So — this…
Pope Francis Renews Call to Care for Our Common Home
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MARKING THE 3rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENCYCLICAL ‘LAUDATO SI’ Clementine Hall Friday, 6 July 2018 Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome all of you assembled for this International Conference…
Cool Davis partner Tuleyome to offer two naturalist classes
Tuleyome’s 2018 Certified California Naturalist course was such a resounding success that the organization will be presenting two courses in 2019, one in the winter and one in the summer. The Certified California Naturalist courses presented by Tuleyome in partnership with the University of California…
Resilience Is Key to a Livable Future
We live in a time of change. The impacts of climate change are affecting populations around the world as well as here at home. Whereas in the past the somewhat singular focus of the environmental community has been on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability,…
Indigo Architects win zero-net energy award
Indigo Architects was notified that Indigo | Hammond + Playle Architects studio and office is officially Zero Energy Certified by the International Living Future Institute. This award is the only zero-net-energy certification based on actual, rather than modeled, results, requiring at least 12 months of…
Sacred Grove Performance Art to Connect Community with Greenbelt Trees
A small patch of Davis greenbelt will be transformed into a “Sacred Grove” for three evenings this weekend. It may change your relationship to your local greenbelt and its living community long after. Sacred Grove is an outdoor interactive live performance and art installation created…
Davis Makerspace repair cafe set for Earth Day 2018
The Davis Makerspace presents an Earth Day repair cafe at its space in the Tim Spencer Alley from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 22. A repair cafe is where people get together to help each other repair or improve an item they are…
Downtown Davis Plan Team to Host 4-Day Participatory Design Workshop
From April 24 to April 28, the Downtown Davis Plan team will host a four day Participatory Design Workshop including presentations and open studio events. The workshop is a four day opportunity for community members to collaborate with the team to craft the 2040 vision for…
Per Capita Davis: A few positive signposts
Hopefully we haven’t leapfrogged from winter into summer, and we’ll get to enjoy spring weather for a while. Spring always brings with it a burst of life energy as dormant trees begin to leaf out, the hills and fields are covered with an intensely beautiful…
Per Capita Davis: Speaking about the climate crisis
A consistent theme in these columns has been an ambiguity from the author over how to talk about the climate crisis in a way that motivates rather than depresses. Two recent news reports take on this topic directly. First, a study published in the Journal…
Environmental update: City marks Arbor Day milestone
“Trees Are Simply Amazing. They clean air and water, slow climate change, ease poverty and hunger, prevent species loss, and feed the human soul. All we need to do is plant and care for them. Let’s work together to make it happen around the world.”…
Per Capita Davis: I will be a hummingbird
Wangari Maathai started the Green Belt Movement in her native Kenya in 1977 in order to, as the GBM website indicates, “respond to the needs of rural Kenyan women who reported that their streams were drying up, their food supply was less secure, and they…
City of Davis Environmental Recognition Award Nominations
The City of Davis is accepting nominations for the 24th annual environmental recognition awards. Each year this award recognizes a Davis business, a non-profit organization, and an individual or group who have demonstrated outstanding efforts to improve the environmental quality of life in and around Davis….
2018 Arbor Day Celebration in Davis Central Park
Saturday, March 17, Central Park from 9 a.m. to noon
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