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Carbon footprint mapping: A powerful tool for revealing climate solutions

You don’t have to be a climate nerd to appreciate a good carbon footprint map. Measuring carbon emissions is a little like counting calories and steps. Just as data collection has emerged as a winning tool for achieving better, life-saving health (think FitBit), so too can data inform species-saving strategies for the health of the planet. … Read more

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Symposium inspires innovation and camaraderie

Innovation, inspiration, and camaraderie emerged as themes defining The Climate Center’s second Business of Local Energy Symposium, held March 4, 2016. Titled “Creating the Clean Energy Economy,” the Symposium’s keynote speakers and panel discussions focused on Community Choice energy and how to optimize competition and choice for significant greenhouse gas reduction, energy resiliency, and local … Read more

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YES Conference Empowers Youth Climate Activists and Inspires Hope

Twenty-three students from Sonoma County attended the Youth for Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference on January 30 at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. The conference is organized Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to bring together middle and high school students from the greater Bay Area to talk … Read more

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Southeast Greenway 2016 Planning Meeting | Feb. 20, 2016

2016 is a pivotal year for the Southeast Greenway. Come find out how you can play a role in creating a vibrant Greenway in Santa Rosa and share in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for community imagining during the coming year. Event: Southeast Greenway 2016 – The Time Is Now! Where: Montgomery High School Cafeteria, 1250 Hahman Drive, … Read more

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2016 Business of Local Energy Symposium | March 4, 2016

Creating the Clean Energy Economy: Optimizing Community Choice The Climate Center is organizing its second all-day Business of Local Energy Symposium to accelerate California’s shift to a clean energy economy, driven by local government and business. The Symposium provides a forum to exchange ideas about Community Choice Energy programs and to learn about current energy policy, regulations, … Read more

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The Forks in the Road after the Paris Agreement

by Mike Sandler Without a doubt, the Paris Agreement is historic. It provides some much-needed relief to the UN process and the leaders of the world who suffered a major setback after the UN’s Copenhagen breakdown in 2009. It lets a term-limited President of the United States claim to have set laudably ambitious goals, and … Read more

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Climate Ride 2016!

Registration for 2016 Climate Rides is now open. Choose from a variety of scenic bike routes or hikes, see below. What could be better than taking an active vacation through some of the county’s most scenic lands, with a couple hundred like-minded folks committed to climate solutions, and raising money for your favorite climate action … Read more

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YES Conference | Jan. 30, 2016

YES (Youth for Environment and Sustainability) convenes students from around the San Francisco Bay Area to discuss transportation issues, learn how our personal decisions impact climate change, and share ways of encouraging everyone to walk, bike, take transit, or carpool to school in order to improve air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area. The … Read more

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Green Teen Gathering | Nov. 13, 2015

The Green Teen Gathering is an event for teens who care about the future of our planet. It’s an opportunity to meet other like-minded, green teens and learn about how to get involved in the community. When: Friday, November 13, 2015, 5:30-8:30pm Where: Montgomery High School Cafeteria Food will be available for purchase. Proceeds benefit Middletown … Read more

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Don’t Block the Sun: Solar Rally at PG&E | Oct. 14, 2015

California’s large utilities are aiming to add fees and make rooftop solar a bad deal for their customers.  If you’d like to stand up and raise your voice in defense of solar energy, join the rally. Tell PG&E to stop blocking solar progress and start acting in the interest of the Californians it’s supposed to serve. Tell PG&E: “Don’t block … Read more