Could You Be Induced to Switch to an Induction Cooktop?
We’ve all heard you can start a fire by rubbing two sticks together. Easier said than done, but the idea has enshrined in popular culture the physical property that friction between two objects creates heat. Lesser known, but important nonetheless, is the idea that you…
Shelter-in-Place and Your Home Energy
Cool energy efficiency and conservation actions we recommend while you’re sheltering, working, learning, and playing at home.
Per Capita Davis: Seven big reasons for hope
I love getting knocked out of my bubble, where it sometimes seems to constantly rain bad news about the climate crisis that crowds out anything positive. There was a recent article in The Guardian, a news organization dedicated to “independent investigative journalism,” that brightened my…
Per Capita Davis: Freedom is not free
This column is cross posted from Davis Enterprise. An oil company executive was asked why, if he agreed that burning fossil fuels is the major culprit in climate change, he opposed any legislation or regulation to limit that burning. His response, to summarize, was that…
Per Capita Davis: Acting locally, acting globally
This regular column by John Mott-Smith, a member of Cool Davis, is reposted from the Davis Enterprise Bill McKibben, founder of the 350.org movement, spoke at the university on Monday. The place was packed, with all 400 seats full. McKibben is a writer and author…
FACEBOOK FEED
After nearly a year without rain, a series of potent Pacific storms are directed at Northern California this week, potentially bringing as much as a foot of rainfall and up to three feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada. Supercharged by a classic atmospheric river pattern, the storms could lead to flash floods and dangerous debris flows in a wide swath of the region already devastated by recent wildfires.
www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/weather/atmospheric-river-forecast-california-debris-flow/index.html
Level 5 atmospheric river to unleash flooding across drought-stricken California
www.cnn.com
After nearly a year without rain, a series of potent Pacific storms are directed at Northern California this week, potentially bringing as much as a foot of rainfall and up to three feet of snow in th...TWITTER FEED
(CNN) A series of potent Pacific storms are directed at Northern California this week ... the storms could lead to flash floods and dangerous debris flows in a wide swath of the region already devastated by recent wildfires.
Level 5 atmospheric river to unleash flooding across drought-stricken California
After nearly a year without rain, a series of potent Pacific storms are directed at Northern California this week,...
www.cnn.com
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. https://www.cooldavis.org/2021/09/15/want-to-take-on-climate-change-cool-davis-is-hiring/
UCCE Master Gardeners of Yolo Co. are recruiting for their 2022 training class. If you are interested in applying, please email or call Jennifer Baumbach, Program Coordinator at http://jmbaumbachATucanr.edu for an application. Deadline is this Friday, October 8 by 5 pm.
Our partner @thebikecampaign will have a "Chat" trishaw for the new @cyclingwithoutage chapter in #daviscalifornia on hand this Sunday at Central Park. They're recruiting for pilots! Come see what it's all about! @CityofDavis @bikedavis @ucdaviscycling
Electric Vehicles at the Pavilion: National Drive Electric Week 2021 - Cool Davis
October 3 from 11am to 2 pm Davis Central Park Pavilion
www.cooldavis.org