Davis, CA: Pop. 71,151 (US Census 2020)
COOL SOLUTIONS for sustainable living
BECOME A COOL HOME TODAY
Do your part, help others do theirs
- Download the full checklist
- Mark what's done and what to do next
- Post it on the fridge or at your desk
- Want to save color ink? Download greyscale versions:
ASSISTANCE, TAX CREDITS, REBATES, AND GRANTS
Discover ways to save on all-electric energy efficient systems, electric vehicles, wood stove replacements, rooftop solar, solar hot water, and apply for discounts on your monthly utility bill.
YOUR HOME. YOUR SOLUTIONS.
Make healthy choices
CONSUMPTION
CHECKLIST
HOME ENERGY
CHECKLIST
TRANSPORTATION
CHECKLIST
CLIMATE 101
Climate change is long-term changes in weather patterns resulting from global warming as well as associated impacts. Visit our Climate Basics page
We are already experiencing climate change impacts in Davis and the Sacramento region. Visit our Climate Impacts page
RESOURCES
I Like My Bike (threft prevention)
City of Davis Environmental Resources
City of Davis Solid Waste and Recycling
City of Davis Water Conservation
City of Davis Bike & Pedestrian Program
UC Davis Zero Waste and Sustainability Club @ucdzerowasteclub
Sprout Up at UC Davis @SproutUpDavis
The Climate Reality Project Campus Core at UC Davis @ClimateRealityatUCD
ASUCD UC Davis Environmental Policy and Planning Commission
TGIF The Green Initative Fund @tgif.ucdavis
UC Davis Environmental Student Sustainability Coaltion @ucdenvironmentalsustainabilitystudentcoalition
California Student Sustainability Coalition
Campus Center for the Environment
UC Davis Aggie Reuse Store (ASUCD)
UC Davis Housing and Dining Services Sustainability
UC Davis Sustainability Map
Hope
Clover Hogan: What to do when climate change feels unstoppable
Joy
Feeling stuck? (related to the Asethetics of Joy) with TED and Ingrid Fetell Lee
This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here.
Vulnerability
Compassion
Self-Help
Ideas.TED.com: “How to be a better human”
CalRecycle.ca.gov
CA Air Resources Board
CA Green Business Program (www.greenbusinessca.org)
CA Energy Commission
CA Dept of Water Resources
CA Sustainability Alliance
Cal Adapt
Our Climate, Our Future (Action for the Climate Emergency)
Bioneers (Revolution from the Head of Nature)
YouTube Channels
Planetando (UC Davis grads)
Climate Comedy – Stand Up For Climate Change 2021 LIVE From Inside The Greenhouse
Intersectional Environmentalist
Our Changing Climate (OCC)
Podcasts
Crazy Town podcast (four letter word warning) from the Post Carbon Institute
Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival podcast also from the Post Carbon Institute
Unfold podcast Kat Kerlin and Amy Quinton UC Davis
Global Weirding with Katherine Heyhoe
What Could Possibly Go Right? with Vicki Robin
Full Length Documentaries
Invisible Hand (2021)
Inhabitants (2021)
“Story of Plastic” (2020) (and all the “Story of Stuff” stars!)
Brave Blue World (2020)
A Life on Our Planet (2020)
California on Fire (2019)
Climate Warriors (2019)
2040 (2019)
The Biggest Little Farm (2019)
The Condor & The Eagle (2019)
Being the Change (2018)
Living the Change (2018)
Living Soil (2018)
An Inconvenient Sequel (2017)
Tomorrow (2017)
Chasing Coral (2017)
Before the Flood (2016)
The True Cost (2015)
This Changes Everything (2015)
Racing Extinction (2015)
How to Save the World (2015)
Cowspiracy (2014)
Chasing Ice (2012)
Craigslist Joe (2012)
Happy (2011)
Climate Refugees (2010)
Dirt! The Movie (2009)
Flow: For the Love of Water (2008)
The 11th Hour (2007)
Planet Earth (2006)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
