Cool Davis festival will have no shortage of activities, music and entertainment, exhibits, cooking demonstrations, and top tips on how to save money and reduce your carbon imprint. Here are some of the highlights of the festival.
Cool Solutions Center
A chance to see how far along your household is toward carbon neutrality, and to assess your next energy- and cost-saving steps. Completing the questionnaire could win great prizes. Free Cool Davis Veggie Bags to replace the plastic bags offered in the produce aisles
Local experts in home energy, water conservation, transportation and reducing waste will answer individual home project questions. Garden experts will chatabout irrigation, planting, composting, and mulch.
Food and household product demonstrations
Learn the how-to and tastes of great recipes, solar cooking, olive oil tasting and more…
8:00am-1:00pm Julie Greene, Solar Cookers International – solar oven demonstrations
10:00-11:15am Chef Sal Gagliano, Tercero Dining Commons, UCD – Dishes for Low budgets and small households with samples
11:30-12:45pm Chef Debra Chase, Pheasant Hollow Farms – Unplugged Kitchen; Sample fruits with spices
10:00-12:00pm Dan Flynn, UC Davis Olive Center – Discuss flavors, grades, etc; Taste local oils
10:00-12:00 Amina Harris, UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center – Honey tasting
Bike Circus and Plug-in Electric Vehicle Show & Tell
On Third Street, Davis Bicycles! is creating a bike circus with a bike safety course and other cycling activities such as bike polo for everyone to join.
8:00 AM-12 Noon Free Bicycle Maintenance
9:00 AM Davis Bike Polo exhibition game
10:15-10:30 AM (Rotary Stage) Jeopardy: Cool Questions
10:45 AM Elected Officials Whymcycles
11:00 AM-1:00 PM Fun for all! Obstacle courses and Whymcycles
At the other end of the park, Plug-in Electric Vehicle Show & Tell will feature Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, plug-in vehicles from Ford and many others, with local owners and car dealers answering any question under the sun about electric cars.
Music and Entertainment
Rotary Stage in Central Park, Davis CA
8:45-9:15am Mm Mm Good
9:15-9:45am Sam Alfaro Native American Folk Music
9:45-11:00am No Bones About It! Jazz Ensemble
10:15-10:30am Jeopardy: Cool Questions
11:00-11:30am The Spokes
11:30 am-12 Noon Tha Dirt Feelin
12 Noon-12:30pm Bakuhatsu Taiko Drummers
12:30-1:00pm Fiesta Dance N’ Fitness