St. Martin’s: Becoming a Zero Carbon Church
Editor’s Note: This text is crossposted from the Interfaith Power & Light Cool Congregations website. In 2004, the Episcopal Church of St. Martin in Davis, California, took first steps toward becoming a zero-carbon church by installing a small photovoltaic solar array on the roof of…
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…
Environmental update: The wet season and pollution prevention
The arrival of fall starts the official “wet season” in California, and whether or not we get rain (and we really hope we do!), it’s always good to remember stormwater pollution prevention tips. When rain runs off roofs and pavements from the places where we…
Environmental Update: Green Gardening and Fall Planting
Green Gardening workshops The city is offering free virtual Green Gardening classes on Wednesdays during October and November! Join from the comfort of your own home or office via Zoom! To register and see details on these classes, please visit GreenerDavis.org, and click on the…
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…
September Davis Climate Strike Drew Students and Supporters: “Still Time for Change”
Greta Thunberg and the impressive worldwide youth group she founded, “Fridays for Future,” called a second global Climate Strike on Friday, September 24th, 2021.  This was not a light-hearted publicity event, but rather a somber and thoroughly researched warning to all countries to take immediate…
Join the Zombie Bike Parade on the Bike Loop this Halloween
Sunday, October 31st between 12pm–3pm, join the Davis Zombie Bike Parade on the Davis Bike Loop! The Bike Campaign has partnered with Bike City Theatre Company and their team of sketch writers, directors and actors to provide an unforgettable experience! Join for fun, laughs, photo ops,…
Bike Campaign Unveils the “Chat” and Cycling Without Age Program
The Bike Campaign’s mission to spread the joys of cycling began, helping riders with skills training, bikes, and repairs is rolling forward. This fall, we are introducing a new program, a new chapter in Davis of Cycling Without Age (CWA), an international organization with over 50…
New “Healthy Planet, Healthy You” Exhibit Part of Explorit Grand Re-Opening
Editor’s Note: Explorit’s Grand Re-Opening is scheduled for this weekend, October 2nd and 3rd. Reserve your entry day and time. Take the Healthy Planet, Healthy You QUIZ. Explorit Science Center is excited to announce our next exhibit, opening in October! “Healthy Planet, Healthy You” will…
The CAAP Action Evaluation Process      Â
By Kerry Loux and Dianna Jensen, CAAP Project Management Team The City of Davis is continuing our work and outreach efforts for the 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP). This plan will identify a roadmap to measurable, enforceable, equitable and implementable community actions to…
Per Capita: One step forward, two steps back … or is it the other way around?
The prior column was about pieces of the puzzle, how if we raise our gaze from our own circumstance with heat, drought, flood, whatever and take in the growing ubiquity of these extreme events around the planet, we will see a picture that requires us…
Climate Demonstration Set for Sept 24
Join Fridays for Future local climate activists Friday, September 24, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm at the corner of 5th and B in Davis (northwest corner of Central Park) in a public demonstration in solidarity with the worldwide Youth Climate Strike being held the same day…
Test Driving the New Chevy Bolt Electric Utility Vehicle (EUV)
Editor’s Note: These very fine, summarizing points about the new Chevy Bolt utility vehicle and what it’s like to drive were developed and presented by DEVA member Richard Bode at the August 2021 DEVA meeting. Richard has added up-to-date information about the recall situation with…
Tocando (Touching): Writings from Summer 2021
Yo Estoy Tocando On a cool, spring day in north Davis, just east of where the houses begin, you can walk out in the open fields, barefooted, and the moist earth will stick to your soles like a sandal. In the cadence of your steps,…
Electric Vehicles at the Pavilion: National Drive Electric Week 2021
October 3 from 11am to 2 pm Davis Central Park Pavilion
Gardening with Limited Water
Most of the water used at home is used outdoors, so even small steps to save water can yield big savings. Little things like fixing a broken sprinkler or making sure that you are running them in the cool of the early morning rather than…
Want to Take on Climate Change ? Cool Davis Is Hiring!
Cool Davis is currently seeking candidates with a background in community organizing to work with households at neighborhood level, including homeowners and rental households in single and multi-family homes. Two paid staff positions will be filled first with the best candidates for either position or…
Support Davis Farm to School Programs at the Virtual Village Feast
Come to the Virtual Village Feast, Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 1-2:30pm, benefiting Davis Farm to School and Les Les Dames d’Escoffier Sacramento Chapter. Registration is free! The Davis Village Feast celebrates the Sacramento-region Farm to Fork season where we gather to enjoy and honor…
Trees Take the Stage: Greywater Showcase 2021
Water Wise Davis, a working group of Cool Davis, and Tree Davis, a Cool Davis partner, hosted a 5th annual Greywater Showcase online via Zoom on Thursday, July 29, 2021. This year’s showcase focused on trees with special guest speaker Don Shor, owner of Redwood…
Local Solutions for Climate Action and Neighborhood Resilience
The Cool Davis Coalition engaged several speakers and neighborhood leaders on the topic of neighborhood-level resilience at its quarterly meeting in August. Sascha von Meier of the UC Berkeley EcoBlock program and Mark Lakeman of Communitecture in Portland, Oregon, presented compelling projects on both ends…
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