Emergency Preparedness Fair: Protecting Our Community’s Seniors
After an uncharacteristically mild June, the fear of inevitable extreme summer heat and wildfires looms over everyone’s heads. Last summer and winter are still salient in peoples’ minds, leaving everyone wondering what climate change will bring next. Pat, a resident at Rancho Yolo Senior Community,…
Tips for Making a DIY Air Filter (Consejos: Si opta por utilizar un purificador de aire de bricolaje)
Editor’s Note: Thank you to the Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District and represetative Karin Bloesch for these materials and the research behind them. If you build a DIY air cleaner, use a newer model box fan (2012 or later). The newer models have added…
Green Your Finances
By Dylan Ehlers with research and contributions by Leslie Crenna The shift to a zero-carbon emission world is going to be expensive, with an estimated $9.2 trillion needed each year to make a net-zero transition possible by 2050. Will your money be used to support…
Support the Ujamaa Farmer Collective in Yolo County
The main function and purpose of Ujamaa Farmer Collective is to provide affordable and secured access to land for existing land-ready, independently managed BIPOC farm businesses that layers in cooperative economics to encourage collaboration amongst farmers. Long-term and affordable leasing opportunities, ranging from ½ acre…
Davis CAN, New Local Advocacy Group Launching in Davis
The Davis Community Action Network (Davis CAN) invites you to join them for their launch Sunday, April 30th, from 3pm to 6pm at International House Davis, 10 College Park, Davis. Connect with your community and hear from featured speakers discussing the intersection of climate and…
Per Capita: Jonathan, Jane and Julia
Whether it’s reading it or writing it, this column can be depressing. The climate crisis is real. Describing or reading about the consequences of not addressing it with sufficient policies, actions, or urgency can paint a dark picture. It’s important to know the scope of…
CAAP Cheat Sheet: GHG Emissions, Forecast, Targets, Actions, and Timelines
Come hear Kerry Daane Loux answer questions about the CAAP at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at Davis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road. Loux is a Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Davis and Project Manager for CAAP. For a PDF of the full…
Yolo County Hazard Mitigation Plan Community Survey
Is your neighborhood ready for power outages, flood, heat, wildfire and other hazards? Answer the survey!! Yolo County is looking for community input as it drafts its next Hazard Mitigation Plan. The last few years here in Yolo County we have all experienced the new…
Renewable Energy Integration Highlights from 2022
Twelve years ago, the Integrated Renewable Energy Systems Network (IRESN) idea was to direct thoughtful, technically well-grounded attention to renewable integration, especially integration of local energy transitions. Then large solar and wind power plant investment and integration accelerated. Local energy integration and collaboration is also…
November Climate Movie Circle: “Gather” for Indigenous Food Sovereignty
November 20 1:30pm – 4pm Blanchard Rm Davis Branch Library
City Wants to Hear from You about Our Urban Forest
An Urban Forest Plan is underway! The City of Davis is working with Tree Davis and the community to develop an Urban Forest Management Plan! Visit the City website to give you input and learn more! This Plan will communicate the community’s vision for the future urban forest…
Seeds of Justice Series at St. Martin’s
Join the Church of St. Martin for the second year of their 2022 Seeds of Justice speaker series. The first event will take place on September 18 both on Zoom and in person in the church. If you plan to attend on Zoom, please use…
BlueBarrel helps battle back against drought
Although the drought remains dire and disheartening, it’s not a helpless situation. With BlueBarrel Rainwater Catchment Systems, one can harvest water — and hope — to help hydrate California’s future. Starting back in 2012, BlueBarrel was the brainchild of Davis native and DHS graduate Jesse…
The Night Market
The sun has set over Central Park in Davis but the light still lingers. A woman on her bike rolls up to the fountain-that-never-was — next to the Solidarity Space — and unloads some boxes from her trailer, setting them on the level, counter-height, faux-stone…
Per Capita: One step forward, five steps backlash
Remembering isn’t really my strong suit, but I do recall points in the evolution of my thinking about the climate crisis. There was the beginning, when it seemed that if all us individuals changed our light bulbs and rode a bike that would take care…
Students Turn Anxiety to Action, Move Out Week Tips
Turning Green Turns Anxiety to Action for College Students Worldwide Environmental nonprofit Turning Green has launched a global survey: Anxiety to Action: Insights from college and university students about climate change and pathways to action open April 19 until May 15 to empower and unify…
Increasing Energy Bills Causing Concern in Our Community
Did your energy bill skyrocket last month? Energy bills have gone up and customers are noticing! If you want to understand what’s going on, the first step is to understand that most energy bills in our area reflect two energy sources: natural gas and electricity….
Free Online Davis-Based Grief Ritual
Dr. Florie Wild invites you Sweet Humans to join her this Saturday to: Release grief to bring joy and creativity Feel deeper support and belonging Live your purpose without fear or judgment Find greater peace and meaning Florie will be using storytelling, music, and experiential…
California Senate Bill 1383: Edible Food Recovery
Editor’s Note: County Supervisor Don Saylor shared the following via email: On October 12, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors held a meeting to discuss several items, including Senate Bill (SB) 1383 Edible Food Recovery funding, the Harm Reduction Diversion Pilot Program, and COVID-19. Summaries of…
Governor Newsom Signs Climate Action Bills, Outlines Historic $15 Billion Package
SACRAMENTO – At the site of the KNP Complex in Sequoia National Park, Governor Gavin Newsom today highlighted the California Comeback Plan’s over $15 billion climate package – the largest such investment in state history – tackling a wide array of climate impacts facing the…
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