PEACE Club Hosts Lani Muelrath
UC Davis’ student group PEACE Club, People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty through Education, will be hosting a guest speaker, Lani Muelrath, and celebrating the Grand Opening for their Plant-Based Library on the UC Davis campus. Lani Muelrath, author of The Plant-Based Journey and The Mindful Vegan, will…
Arboretum Discovery Tours for Earth Day 2018
Celebrate Earth Day at the UC Davis Arboretum with Learning by Leading Museum Education interns and the UC Master Gardeners of Yolo County on one of three interactive Sunday tours of the Arboretum’s Environmental GATEway! WHEN: April 22, 2018 @ 10:00 am, 11 a.m., and 12…
Spring is springing earlier in polar regions
By Kat Kerlin Spring is arriving earlier, but how much earlier? The answer depends on where on Earth you find yourself, according to a study led by UC Davis. The study, published in Nature’s online journal Scientific Reports, found that for every 10 degrees north…
Consumer, industrial products overtake cars as source of air pollution
Consumer products such as shampoo, cleaning products and paint now contribute as much to urban air pollution as tailpipe emissions from vehicles, according to a new study led by NOAA and including researchers at UC Davis. The results were published on Feb. 16 in the…
Writing Program Intern Joins Cool Davis
Cool Davis welcomes Annie Merritt! Annie is an environmental outreach writing intern at Cool Davis, as an undergraduate at UC Davis majoring in Environmental Science and Management with a focus on Natural Resource Management and minoring in Professional Writing. Annie interned at the Center for…
Lewis Fulton to Speak on Transportation Trends
Davis Green Drinks Speaker Series Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017 Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Speaker: Lewis Fulton, Co-Director, STEPS Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis Topic: Three Revolutions in Urban Transportation: Vehicle Electrification, Automation, and Shared Mobility
Packed Earth Day Events for Everyone This April 22
March 29, 2017 by Kristina Miller For the Davis community, Earth Day is a big deal. Another big day for the Davis community? Picnic Day. This year, these two special celebrations land on the same date! One of our most beloved traditions — the annual…
Car Free Davis: Brush Up on Bike Safety Skills
By Jennifer Donofrio Crossposted from the Davis Enterprise From page A7 | March 22, 2017 Spring is the perfect time of year to refresh your bike skills and learn the rules of the road. The city of Davis has several bike safety education options to…
Former Davis Mayor Living the PV/EV Dream
NEWS FLASH: Rooftop solar permits were pulled for 502 Davis residences in 2016! Check out our latest newsletter and read all about it! Crossposted from the Davis Enterprise From page A9 | February 08, 2017 By Carla Arango When Joe and Janet Krovoza open their…
Explore Coast Range Geology with the Moores
Celebrate the 2016 Spring Equinox with a geology road trip through the eastern Coast Ranges with renowned Geologist Eldridge Moores and his wife Judy Moores and help raise money for Cool Davis at the same time! From newbies to seasoned rock hounds, adults and teens are encouraged…
Where would you put new EV charging in Davis?
Cool Davis is currently working alongside the City of Davis, Valley Climate Action Center, and the UCD Institute for Transportation Studies to plan the next 10 years of electric vehicle (EV) charging in Davis. We would like to extend the opportunity for you to participate in this planning….
Interested in learning about sustainability?
Join ESLP this Spring quarter at UC Davis! Engage in discussion with educators, environmentalists, students and community members from April 7 – May 26. Learn about Recyclables: the next generation. Engage in discussion on Water Conservation. Look into food justice and urban gardens. Learn the…
Don’t frack my future
Over 20 UC Davis students and a similar number of residents marched around the Capitol in Sacramento on March 15th to call for an end to fracking in one of the largest protests against fossil fuel extraction in the history of California.
UC students ask the Regents to divest from fossil fuel investments
40 UC students dramatize their plea for fossil fuel divestment at the Regents meeting.
Meeting the CA Low Carbon Fuel Standard
The state is exceeding its 2011 fuel standard so far. California adopted a policy that requires the transportation fuel mix to reduce the carbon intensity from 0.25 in 2011 to 10 percent by 2020, and it has already reached 6 percent in 2012. So far,…
Dani Lee, 2013 Eco Hero Award
Dani Lee is one of those natural beauties who sparkles all on her own. Had you seen her in the 1970s you might have thought “mellow hippy”, but Dani is full of energy and enthusiasm about her dream job.
Per Capita Davis: UC Davis is putting us on the map
This column by John Mott-Smith, a member of Cool Davis, is cross-posted from the Davis Enterprise. For years, whenever I traveled outside of the Sacramento region, whether to Europe, Asia, New York or Los Angeles, when the question was asked “Where are you from?” my…
Sustainable Living Tips for Renters
Four UC Davis design students have come up with an imaginative way to share tips for renters looking to save money and reduce their environmental impact. They created their own 2 x 2.5 foot model of a furnished apartment with an accompanying brochure entitled An…
Climate refugees film: March 14
The UC Davis Blum Center for Developing Economies in collaboration with Cool Davis and other co-sponsors is hosting an evening screening of “Climate Refugees, ” a documentary about the “human face of climate change”. It will take place on March 14, 6:30pm at the UC…
Feb 28: Amory Lovins to talk on how to eliminate US oil and coal use by 2050
Renowned physicist Amory Lovins will be speaking at UC Davis at 12pm on February 28 on the themes of his new book “Reinventing Fire” which outlines a detailed roadmap for eliminating coal and oil use by 2050. Don’t miss this chance to hear this scientist…
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