Facing the Future Together: The Fierce Determination of Local Action
As election day came and went and wins and losses continue to emerge, the United States quietly completed the process of exiting from the Paris Climate Accords. In the midst of acts of racial violence and injustice throughout the summer and another season of record…
Driving on Sunshine 2020 Highlights the EV/PV Connection
Starting September 26th through October 4th, Cool Davis combined National Solar Tour and National Drive Electric Week events into our own local extravaganza — Driving on Sunshine! The combination and connection to these events allowed us to feature our local activities on national platforms in…
Per Capita Davis: Fork in the road
Today, as I write this, is Nov. 2. When The Enterprise prints it, and you read it, it will be Nov. 4. Between now and then is Nov. 3, a day of great consequence for the climate crisis. I’m not sure how to characterize the…
Could You Be Induced to Switch to an Induction Cooktop?
We’ve all heard you can start a fire by rubbing two sticks together. Easier said than done, but the idea has enshrined in popular culture the physical property that friction between two objects creates heat. Lesser known, but important nonetheless, is the idea that you…
Building a Resilient Community: Cool Davis Coalition Hosts Bob Doppelt
Wed November 18, 4:30-6:30pm
Beat the crowds: Shop the Davis Farmers Market early
As UC Davis students return, the Davis Farmers Market is busy — especially on Saturdays. Executive Director Randii MacNear reminds patrons that the best way to beat the crowds is to shop early. Though Saturday hours are advertised as 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., most…
City asks residents to take bicycle survey
The city of Davis is asking residents and anyone familiar with biking in Davis to take the League of American Bicyclists survey to help rank the city’s bicycle friendliness. This survey is meant to provide context for the LAB’s decision-making process, as well as valuable…
Per Capita Davis: Reimagining the railroads
Back in 2016, Bill McKibben wrote the foreword for a book, the principal author of which is Bill Moyers, titled “Solutionary Rail — A people-powered campaign to electrify America’s railroads and open corridors to a clean energy future.” My neighbor across the street, a train…
Tuleyome Tales: Virginia opossum
Have you ever looked out your window at night and seen a long pointy nose and two eerie green reflective eyes staring at you? Did your heart skip a beat? Did your dog go berzerk? Not to fear, it’s just North America’s only marsupial, the…
Per Capita Davis: When innovation goes off the rails
For some time now the columns I’ve been writing were born out of the urgent discussion that started in the spring over how we earthlings will move forward from the pandemic. Would we learn anything from our experience about the value of and need for…
Environmental update: Pollution prevention in the wet season
With the arrival of fall, the wet season commences in California, bringing rains that recharge your garden. Substantial rainfalls saturate the ground, which creates runoff on to streets and sidewalks, and ultimately into city storm drains. Runoff flows into this stormwater system from the places…
City adds more bike lockers at train station
The city has added 12 more BikeLink lockers at the Davis Depot. The new lockers provide secure parking for bikes up to 84 inches long, serving many of the longer-style bicycles, according to the city. The two-story lockers feature a lift-assist so bicycles can easily…
Per Capita Davis: More about hydrogen
The prior column was about hydrogen, specifically hydrogen as a fuel for vehicles, but there wasn’t room, only 900 words, to talk about both the obstacles hydrogen faces and also some of the potentially positive developments for the future of hydrogen as a fuel. So, this…
Environmental update: Help protect stormwater quality by keeping water onsite
The fall is a good time to consider landscaping projects that will prepare your yard for the winter rainy season by reducing the amount of rainwater that runs off your yard and into the storm drains. Keeping rainwater onsite and allowing it to soak into…
Yolo Co Sups Declare Climate Emergency, Fund Climate Advisory Committee
With smoke still rising from one of California’s most massive wildfires on record, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to accelerate local climate action and to fund a climate advisory committee tasked with helping the county achieve just and equitable outcomes for marginalized…
Tuleyome Tales: Recovering from Gold Fever — and Fire
Mercury, which occurs naturally in many parts of California’s Coast Range, was mined during three eras in our region: the Gold Rush for recovering gold flakes (late 1800’s), the two world wars for munitions (early- to mid-1900’s), and most recently for products such as hearing…
Climate Strike Davis Plans Central Park Camp-out to Call-out the Crisis
Noon on Friday to Noon Saturday Central Park, Davis (5th and B St.)
Council favors short-term ban on leaf blowers
Davis City Council members on Tuesday night directed city staff to work with city commissioners and the community at large to craft a revised leaf-blower ordinance that would likely include a ban on gas-powered blowers. But while such an ordinance wouldn’t be ready for council…
Julie Sze: Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger
March 10th 7pm to 8:30pm St Martin’s Church 640 Hawthorn Lane Davis
Per Capita Davis: Whatever happened with hydrogen?
Every few years or so there seems to be a renewed excitement about the potential for using hydrogen as a non-fossil fuel. Usually, the conversation is about cars. Once you get it into a car’s fuel tank, it can power the car without producing any…
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