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Dec 11: Meeting of Davis safe routes to school project
The City of Davis is inviting everyone interested to attend a community meeting to review the Draft Recommendations from the Davis Safe Routes to School Walk & Bike Audit Project. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 11th, from 6:00-7:30 PM in the Davis…
How to Finance Clean Energy for your Home the Easy Way
How would you pay to make your home more energy- and water-efficient? Cash? Credit card? Home equity loan? The new Clean Energy Yolo program provides a better option for these costly improvements and is not based on personal credit.
Per capita Davis: Take a look in the mirror
This column by JohnMott-Smith, a member of Cool Davis, is reprinted with thanks to the Davis Enterprise. When we look in the mirror, we see ourselves. Or, more precisely, we see ourselves backwards: my left arm looks like the right arm of the impostor in…
Getting cooler every time: Cool Davis festival 2013
Well, our name is Cool Davis, then early this year we won the California Coolest City award, so getting ‘cooler all the time’ seemed an apt slogan to describe Cool Davis fourth annual festival. The five-hour-long event on Saturday October 12 certainly managed to live…
Travel Lite Challenge
Bike, Walk, Ride Transit, or Carpool to the First Worship of every month Yolo Interfaith Alliance for Climate Justice launched their Travel Lite Challenge the first weekend in October in seven faith groups across town. The first worship of each month they will continue to…
Protesting, Rain or Shine!
Davis protesters draw the line on tar sands oil passing through Davis by rail.
Rosemary Honey Sweet Potatoes
Shared by Bill Heinicke and rated Delicious! by Cool Davis Board. makes 6 servings Ingredients olive oil 2 tablespoons honey 1/4 cup fresh rosemary 2 tablespoons, chopped salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon sweet potatoes 3 large Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees…
I Believe in Riding a Bike to Work
By Matt Biers-Ariel I commute 180 days a year to Winters High School where I teach English. Like most people who ride a bike to work, I love it. Sometimes I think of a great lesson plan. Sometimes I obsess over a difficult interaction with…
Going for Zero Waste
Zero Waste events are fast becoming the norm in Davis, as one by one event organizers and ordinary people planning small parties weigh the pros and cons of purchasing disposables versus going sustainable. Whether small or large, organizations are looking for ways to make zero…
Clutter Busting – along the path to zero waste
By Clair Black Slotton Cool Davis is always looking for more and better ways to reduce our carbon footprint and to that end, less is definitely more. Brooks Palmer, in his book, Clutter Busting, helps free us from our attachment to stuff. He uses the…
Costume Swap at Picnic in the Park Wednesday
Wednesday Evening October 23rd, 2013 5 – 7pm
Cool Davis inspires thousands to be energy savers
Cross-posted from the Davis Enterprise, one of Cool Davis’ sponsors for the festival A rich aroma of sizzling garlic and green beans in a bubbling orange-colored curry wafts skyward from a smoking cast iron pan. An audible “mmm” is heard, emanating from somewhere within the…
Have Fun at the Cool Davis Festival!
Getting Cooler all the Time Come one, come all! The Cool Davis Festival offers loads of family fun Saturday morning, October 12, 8 AM to 1:30 PM at Central Park next to the Farmers Market. Entertainment, interactive exhibits and information about carbon footprint reduction through…
Market Team Helps get us All to Zero Waste
This article is cross-posted from the Davis Enterprise. It was written by Anne Ternus-Bellamy. When was the last time someone cheerfully welcomed you at a garbage can? If you regularly attend Picnic in the Park, probably quite recently. That’s where the Zero Waste Team,composed mostly…
Electric and Plug-in Cars Light Up the Festival
This article is cross-posted from the Davis Enterprise on Friday, October 4, 2013. It was written by Peter Kerr. Are you seeing TV ads for the Leaf and the Volt? Or hearing about them on the radio when commuting? Can the marketing campaigns be believed?…
Demonstrations Target Festivalgoers’ Carbon ‘Foodprint’
This story is cross-posted from the Davis Enterprise on October 1, 2013. It was written by Anya McCann Our food print is a significant part of our total carbon footprint. At the October 12th festival, visitors can watch two intriguing demonstrations, sample olive oil and…
Cool Davis Festival: Getting Cooler all the Time!
This article is cross-posted from the Davis Enterprise, Sunday, September 15, 2013. by Kerry Daane Loux, Cool Davis Festival Chair It’s a Festival! The City of Davis, officially named ‘Coolest California City’ in June 2013, is celebrating our One Cool City. Join neighbors and friends…
Retrofit Your Attic for Comfort and PV Readiness
By Leslie Crenna Homeowners seeking a more comfortable home environment need search no longer. Through a new partnership — Retrofit Your Attic — between Davis Energy Group and Cool Davis, two contractors are offering Davis homeowners price breaks on home energy assessments and attic retrofit…
350.org Bike Rally and Program at Central Park September 21
Tar Sands Crude in Davis Over 135 actions nationwide are planned on September 21 to urge President Obama to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline that will transport some of the world’s dirtiest oil – the Alberta tar sands bitumen notorious for its carbon footprint –…
Equinox Service to Remember Black Walnut Trees
All who love trees are invited to a special memorial service scheduled on September 22, the first day of Fall. As service organizer, Judy Moores, notes, “It is appropriate to gather on the Autumnal Equinox to honor the Black Walnut trees that once flourished along…
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The reading and discussion of the award winning collection of poems entitled "Swerve" with Ellery Akers was insightful and inspiring. Join Ellery and Poet Laureate of Davis Julia B. Levine for a poetry writing workshop this Sunday. There's still time to join us! City of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs John Natsoulas Gallery Davis Downtown Davis City #poetryindavis #daviscalifornia #daviscalifornia
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Tonight at 7pm is the time to "Swerve" with Ellery Akers and Julia B. Levine. Still space left! Register here for your Zoom link! Sunday poetry writing workshop still has openings for you to find your connection with nature. #ecopoetry #davisca #daviscalifornia #natsoulasgallery #poetryindavis City of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs www.cooldavis.org/2022/04/06/swerve-with-poet-ellery-akers/
“Swerve” with Poet Ellery Akers: Environmental Poetry Reading and Workshop - Cool Davis
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