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Beat the Heat! Energy Efficiency and Solar Discounts for Davis Households Extended to July 31st !

by Lynne Nittler April 16, 2013

The discounts with Energy Benefits Yolo (EBY)– Group Buy have been extended to run through July 31st. Households through-out Yolo County can participate in the program. REC Solar and Brower Mechanical were selected by EBY last March to provide discounts in Solar PV, Household Audits, Energy Efficiency, & Solar Hot water based on the numbers of people who sign up and contract for upgrades.

Cool Solutions, Energy

Cool Davis at Picnic in the Park

by Cool Davis Staff March 13, 2013

Cool Davis is excited about this year’s first “Picnic in the Park” at the Farmer’s Market in Central Park from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. on Wednesday, March 20. Come find our booth near the caterpillar. Our Community Action Team (CAT) will be on hand…

Cool Solutions, Events

Cool Home Workshop a Success

by Lynne Nittler February 28, 2013

Organizers, volunteers, and participants gathered to take action towards lowering Davis’s carbon footprint.

Consumption, Cool Solutions, Energy, Events

First Steps to Smaller Footprints: Interview with Asha Byrd

by Lynne Nittler February 7, 2013

Cool Davis is developing a campaign to engage 75% of Davis households in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2015.

Community, Cool Solutions, Energy, Inspiration

Learning about your energy usage at the PG&E website

Cool Home Workshop at Davis Library

by Lynne Nittler January 28, 2013

Cool Davis invites Davis households to drop-in to a Cool Home Workshop in the Blanchard room, Mary L. Stephens Library on Saturday February 9th 2013 from 10:30am to 1:00pm.

Consumption, Cool Solutions, Energy, Events

The True Cost of Oil: Images of Beauty and Devastation

by Lynne Nittler December 19, 2012

“Canada’s Tar Sands are perhaps the most visually compelling example of all that is wrong with our addiction to fossil fuels and why we must change or face dire consequences for all life on Earth,” says Garth Lenz in his slideshow talk, The True Cost…

Climate Impacts, Community, Events, Inspiration

Per capita Davis: Cool Davis gets festive

by John Mott-Smith October 4, 2012

John Mott-Smith is a member of Cool Davis and a regular columnist at the Davis Enterprise from which this article has been cross-posted. It’s that time of year again, when the folks at Cool Davis put on the annual funfest to make real their organization’s…

Community, Events, Transportation

Per Capita Davis: Acting locally, acting globally

by John Mott-Smith April 20, 2012

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…

Advocacy