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By Woody Hastings September 2014 Most of Sonoma County now has some exciting new choices about where their electrical power comes from and how much they pay for it. Sonoma Clean Power, the Community Choice program that launched in Sonoma County in May of this year, offers cleaner power at rates that are 4 to … Read more
The Climate Center’s Youth Advisory Board Member, Sam Perry, beautifully described what drives her to be a young activist in the Press Democrat issue of Teen Life. “I want to be the spark that encourages others to care about the environment as much as I do.” By Martin Espinoza, The Press Democrat September 4, 2014 … Read more
SRJC internship: community-building, outreach and marketing Internship description The Climate Protection Campaign, a Santa Rosa-based non-profit in partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), is seeking a fall intern to help build the Carma Carpooling app user community. The mission of the Climate Protection Campaign is to create model programs to reduce greenhouse emissions for … Read more
Join us at the Sheraton Hotel in Petaluma for a symposium designed to answer the question “How do we cost effectively maximize the development of local, renewable resources?” Learn about the opportunities in the emerging Community Choice Energy market, discuss practical solutions with clean tech entrepreneurs, utility staff, regulators and other interested public officials. Help … Read more
Riding through the Alexander Valley outside of Healdsburg From Saturday May 17th to Tuesday the 20th, 150 riders and over 25 support staff covered 250 miles on a two-wheeled sustainability conference. Michael Jacob, who raised over $3,100 to participate and to benefit The Climate Center, had the great fortune to ride, hang out and get … Read more
California Superior Court Judge Elliot Daum raised the bar of his own personal fitness and cycling goals to benefit the Climate Protection Campaign this May. Elliot took to the road to train this Spring, and was rewarded with a four-day journey from San Francisco to Sacramento with approximately 150 riders. All riders raised funds … Read more
So…you retire, and get asked…well, what are you doing these days? I used to say, airily, oh a little of this, a little of that. But now I say that I volunteer for The Climate Center, because then I can talk about CPC if the person shows any interest…(or not). And why do I want … Read more
I attended a symposium last week hosted by Joint Venture Silicon Valley on energy storage. As renewable energy becomes an increasingly significant part of California’s generation resources, storage will become critically important. Enough solar pv has been installed in the last few years to actually change the peak demand profile of the load in California. … Read more
Building a Sustainable Enterprise in an Era of Climate Risk & Water Scarcity From Davos to New York to San Francisco, from Coca-Cola to Private Equity, to Cisco, climate change is increasingly on the minds of executives. The reason is simple: Traditional sources of business value are being eroded and new opportunities are being … Read more
The Silicon Valley Energy Summit explores best business practices, exciting technologies, government regulation and energy policy. Convened by Stanford University’s Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, SVES traditionally benefits some 400 facilities managers, regulators, researchers, investors and others dealing with energy economics and environmental impacts. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Energy efficient lighting innovations • Clean tech investment Big data analytics … Read more
