February 26th and 27th were great days for Sonoma County’s students. The county finally got some rain to help the grass turn green and we had five high schools going green as well with Cocoa 4 Carpools. Student leaders came together to encourage their peers to carpool, and reduce their carbon footprint by bringing the … Read more
In January of 2014, the City of San Rafael released a white paper on sea level rise to address the needs of their Climate Change Action Plan, which was adopted in 2009. Anais Hall, who currently works for Climate Protection Campaign as a Project Coordinator for the Carma Carpooling program, helped with this report as a consultant … Read more
Last year Amy Jolly, The Climate Center’s ECO2school’s Program Manager, was one of twenty-five people nation wide to serve on a best practice work group to advance climate education. The Climate Change Environmental Education POLCA (Project-based Online Learning Community Alliance) group was formed in the spring of 2013 as part of the U.S. EPA-funded project … Read more
The Climate Center has just released “Local Energy Resources Development – Planning Concepts.” It is a living document intended to help stimulate a growing conversation about local energy resource development enabled by Sonoma Clean Power. The document describes The Climate Center’s vision, approach, and other thoughts about the best ways to advance a local clean … Read more
I am very excited to introduce our new ECO2school Program Coordinator Paola Alvarado. Paola brings nearly five years of experience educating students K-12 through engaging presentations to the ECO2school team. Prior to this, Paola worked and volunteered as a Marine Science educator at multiple aquariums in California, including The Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. … Read more
Maybe you’ve seen all those articles about driverless cars under development by Google,Carnegie Mellon and a slew of other smarty-pants organizations. When I talk to people at the office about what driverless cars mean, I hear about not wanting to give up control or worries about making the car into a complicated piece of consumer technology. I imagine the … Read more
Over the summer I visited my sister and her family in Minneapolis with my 6-year-old daughter Eden. While I was there, we all watched the documentary Chasing Ice one afternoon when the kids needed a break from the heat and storms outside. Chasing Ice follows a National Geographic photographer around the Arctic who is capturing … Read more
During WWI and WWII, the government ran a campaign called Meatless Mondays to aid the war effort. There was not enough meat to go around. Nowadays, the Meatless Monday movement is resurfacing for a very different reason – too much meat. The average American eats 270 pounds of meat per year. The devastating health and … Read more
Monopoly utilities have always dominated the electricity market, leaving us little to no choice in where we get the power for our homes. For another energy need, however, electricity is the upstart. Gasoline is the monopoly fuel for the transportation sector. But electricity is starting to stage a challenge. Newly released sales figures show that … Read more
As I was taking my laundry off the line on Sunday, I felt a rush from that special smell of sun dried clothing. No toxic fabric softener can duplicate it. I also remembered hearing that this Friday is National Hanging Out Day, when we are all supposed to hang our clothes on the line and … Read more
