Sustainability

Envisioning the Future: What would a Localized World Look Like? Part 2 of 2

The Economics of Happiness Conference 2013 - Plenary 5

Byron Bay, Australia, March 15-17

http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/

Envisioning the Future: What would a Localized World Look Like? Part 1 of 2

The Economics of Happiness Conference 2013 - Plenary 5

Byron Bay, Australia, March 15-17

http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/

How To Make A Community Garden For Everyone

Sandpoint, Idaho’s incredible community garden flourishes and nourishes the local community in many ways.

Here’s how you to can create a beautiful bountiful community garden and also a wonderful garden at home.

From: http://betterworldfilms.com/

Alice Walker Narrates - ''Nowhere Left to Go: The Jahalin Bedouin'' - With Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Sound Track

Alice Walker, celebrated author and human rights activist narrates this April 15, 2012, documentary. Pink Floyd’s Roger Walters provides a moving sound track.

“Nowhere Left to Go: The Jahalin Bedouin” shows the daily lives of the Jahalin Bedouin community. (Runtime: 00:27:50)

Butterfly Town USA - Newly released film documents the work of citizens working to preserve a Monarch Butterfly sanctuary.

An OSCAR-nominated, EMMY-winning team kicks off 2020 by releasing a film that documents efforts to protect a threatened Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. This film had been broadcast exclusively on Public Television stations nationwide for two years. The team just received word of expanded broadcast rights to include Cable Access, PEG Media stations and personal use.

This video is a recording of our webinar hosted Sept 29, 2020. The webinar adds on to our recent Cool Davis article Backup Battery Systems: The Final Piece of the Energy Puzzle: https://www.cooldavis.org/2020/09/03/...

Water Wise Davis hosts the 4th annual Greywater Showcase with special guests and a laundry to landscape parts kit raffle at the end. Learn the basics plus more sophisticated design considerations when reusing laundry and shower water to irrigate your landscape. Webinar was held July 22, 2020. Water Wise Davis is a working group of Cool Davis. Parts kit sponsored by City of Davis.

This video goes over how to cool your home by programming your thermostat to Precool your home. Avoiding peak energy by load shifting, avoiding energy between 4-9pm.​

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This video goes over how to cool your home with the Delta Breeze and avoid peak energy cooling by load shifting. Using your windows in the evening is one of the best ways to lower your evening cooling energy.

See more cool solutions on our website:

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Cool Solutions checklist:

https://www.cooldavis.org/wp-content/...​

This video goes over the how to properly dispose of CFLs and other household hazardous waste (HHW) at the Yolo County Landfill.

For updates on the Yolo County Landfill hours of operation, Covid-19 precautions, or to schedule a home pickup of your HHW please see the landfill website:

https://www.yolocounty.org/community-...​