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2015 Interfaith Climate Conference Workshop: Personal Transportation Options

Submitted by Cool Davis on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:31pm
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Featuring Peter Kerr, research biologist and Robb Davis, Mayor pro tem.

Finally, ethical personal transportation is a real, practical option.   What a liberating feeling to have your daily rituals decoupled from fossil fuel politics and practices!  But what is this life like and how is it different?   It may be easier and more enjoyable than you think.  Peter offers his experiences of having an electric car and Robb offers the how and why of living entirely car-free.

2015 Interfaith Climate Conference: Intergenerational Panel: Views of Effective Climate Action

Submitted by Cool Davis on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:23pm
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Craig Lundgren leads an intergenerational panel called "Views of Effective Climate Action."  
 
Featuring:
Joe Krovoza - Former Davis Mayor, Associate Director for The Institute of Transportation and The Energy Efficiency Center.
Emili Abdel-Ghany - Field Organizer with California Student Sustainability Coalition: Solidarity Organizing Program; former Fossil Free UC Intern; 2014 UCD graduate.
Sara Zaragoza-Smith- Davis High School Junior

Kathleen Dean Moore on "Moral Ground: Ethical Actions for a Planet in Peril"

Submitted by Cool Davis on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:22pm
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Kathleen Dean Moore speaks about "Moral Ground: Ethical Actions for a Planet in Peril." Introduced by Geology graduate student Julie Griffith.  
 
Recorded by Davis Media Access as part of the 2015 Interfaith Climate Conference on Saturday, March 7 at University Covenant Church.

In The Studio - Transporting Crude Oil by Rail

Submitted by Jeff Shaw on Wed, 12/10/2014 - 1:12pm
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Lin Weaver hosts Lynne Nittler, Board Member, Cool Davis, Elizabeth Lasensky, Yolo MoveOn Council and Frances Burke, Yolo MoveOn Council

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To see the map: caloes.ca.gov

Topics discussed include: The alarming prospect of a significant increase of crude oil trains running through Davis, the risks of transporting toxic and flammable materials on treacherous rail routes and outdated tank cars.

Recorded 12/09/14

Populist Dialogues - 14-21 - Yin & Yang of Methane

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 11/26/2014 - 2:46pm
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Ted Gleichman, chair of the Beyond LNG Campaign of the Oregon Sierra Club, provides us with a primer to the most elegant and tangled hydrocarbon, methane (natural gas), and details why natural gas (methane) is not the bridge to the future as we transition from fossil fuel use to renewable energies.

First broadcast November 2, 2014