Save Money and the Planet: Make Your Cell Phone Last
Who knew upgrading your cell phone contributes to the rise of carbon emissions, leading to the destruction of our planet? The manufacturing of phones and mining for the metals that make up the phone are contributors to a warming planet. So why not make the…
Harvesting the Bounty We Have in Woodland
A message from Woodland Community Harvest: Do you have fruit trees? Or did you go to bed hungry last night ? Woodland Community Harvest is a nonprofit volunteer organization that harvests extra fruit and vegetables from backyards and small farms, then passes it along to local…
Trash Talk Webinar: Climate Change and Recycling
Monday, April 10, 2023, at 7pm Online
Rising Bills: Action on Home Energy More Urgent Than Ever
Everywhere Cool Davis goes these days — online, NextDoor, in-person at the Davis Farmers Market — everyone is talking about their high energy bills. We all are experiencing the impacts of higher natural gas rates implemented last year but not felt until this winter when…
2023 Environmental Recognition Awards Nominations Sought
Nomination form: Environmental Recognition Award Nomination (PDF). Nomination Deadline: Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Each year the City of Davis recognizes community contributions to Davis’ environmental quality of life in three categories: individual/group, a business, and non-profit organization, agency or school. Additionally, a special category, the Environmental Legacy…
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…
Fossil Fuel Pension Divestment Bill Reintroduced
Editor’s Note: A message from Miriam Eide, Coordinating Director, Fossil Free CA follows below. Late January 2023, Senator Gonzalez with joint authors of Senator Wiener and Senator Stern reintroduced the divestment bill! SB252 Fossil Fuel Divestment was introduced as part of a Climate Accountability Package that also includes:…
Davis Third Act Campaign:Â Banking on Climate Chaos
Tuesday March 21 at Central Park Davis 12pm (and others)
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Actually a Climate Change Busting Bill
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA for short) would be more aptly named the Climate Change Mitigation Act. At $369 billion, it is easily the biggest investment in US history aimed at slowing climate change. A significant amount of this total will be directed…
Local Activists Host Local March for Global Climate Strike
Friday, March 3rd at E14th and B Street, Davis at NOON
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…
CALSSA and GRID Alternatives Statements on CPUC’s Vote to Slash Solar Net Metering
“The changes to net metering approved by the CPUC are a step backwards when we really need to be moving forward with solar and battery storage. It is a dark day in California when the utility regulators try to block out the sun.” Sacramento, CA—The…
Climate Review No. 7
Remember to get your books from local and/or independent booksellers or request/borrow from our local Yolo County library! Shop Small! Recommended by Brittney Nial Ecosia.org search engine. They use the profit they make from searches to plant trees. Get the free browser extension and plant…
February Climate Movie Circle: “The Invisible Vegan” (in person)
Sunday, February 12, 1:30 to 4:00pm Mary L Stephens Davis Library
Journey into the Field with Ecology Film Festival
A message from Emily Longman: Dear Eco-Socialities, Please join us for an Ecology Film Festival on Wednesday February 1st at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center Theatre. We will be premiering twelve short 4-minute films produced by graduate students at University of California, Davis. These films…
Saving the Planet by Changing Where You Bank
Do you know what happens to your money when you put it into a bank? It may be used for fossil fuel extraction and distribution for crude oil, natural gas, coal, or tar sands — all projects and industries that banks enable through financial loans…
January Climate Movie Circle: “Eating Our Way to Extinction” (online)
Discussion Sunday, January 15, 1:30 to 3:00pm Online via Zoom
A carbon negative Yolo County by 2030
On Oct. 25, the Yolo County Climate Action Commission, the working body charged with guiding the development and implementation of the County’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), made its first progress report to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. The commission’s chair, N.J. Mvondo,…
Living Lightly Strategies: New Cool Davis OLLI Course
Thurs Feb 9 10:00am to 11:30am online
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…
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