This page brings together news 2008-2021, from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across California.
Images show decline of California's 'life source', Aug 17, 2021...[1]
- Berkeley’s Ohlone Park Crop Swap builds community through food, Jul 6, 2021...[2]
- Guaranteed Income Increases Employment, Improves Financial and Physical Health, Mar 3, 2021...[3] People spent the SEED money on basic needs, including food (nearly 37%), sales/merchandise (22%, on home goods, clothes/shoes and discount/dollar stores), utilities (11%) and auto costs (10%). Less than 1% was spent on alcohol and/or tobacco. Full research spanning the two years of the project will be available in 2022. SEED led to the founding of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, an initiative that includes several pilots and 40 mayors across the country advocating for a guaranteed income.
- "Doughnut Economic" model arrives in California, Jan 26, 2021...[4]
References
- ↑ BBC News
- ↑ berkeleyside.org
- ↑ Press release, stocktondemonstration.org
- ↑ shareable.net
2018-2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011-2013, 2008-2009
2020[edit | edit source]
Global warming driving California wildfire trends say scientists[1] Sep 25, 2020
- California and Oregon 2020 wildfires in maps, graphics and images.[2] Sep 18, 2020
- California wildfires: Smoke turns skies orange.[3] Sep 10, 2020
- The SEED grows: after 2 years of a basic income experiment, the residents of Stockton, Cal., are on the uplift.[4] Jul 15, 2020
- Blue-sky thinking: how cities can keep air clean after coronavirus.[5] Jun 7, 2020
- Eco Vista: Building a Transition Town in a Student Community in California.[6] Apr 20, 2020
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2018-2019[edit | edit source]
- New California legislation passes to benefit Community land trusts.[1] Dec 3, 2019.
- Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes.[2] Jul 17, 2019.
- How one nonprofit is fighting hunger, food waste, and poverty with kitchen apprenticeships.[3] Jun 3, 2019.
- Bank On San Francisco: Supporting community financial empowerment.[4] May 1, 2019.
- The next egg: Investing our retirement savings in our local communities.[5] Apr 6, 2019.
Tiny neighborhood libraries worth checking out.[6] Feb 9, 2019
- California's rooftop solar mandate will normalize clean energy, Jan 8, 2019...[7]
- California Ups Its Clean Energy Game With 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Vote, Aug 29, 2018...[8]
- How Cooperation Richmond is empowering marginalized communities to build an equitable economy, Mar 15, 2018
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2017[edit | edit source]
- Loconomics Gives Gig Workers an Alternative to Investor-Owned Platforms, Nov 29, 2017[1]
- Will Public Banking Bring More Clean Energy Programs to California? Sep 28, 2017[2]
- "Santa Monica releases second round of Wellbeing Index findings", Sep 14, 2017[3]
- California to pass law setting 100% renewable electricity goal, Aug 31, 2017[4]
- Nurses Join Forces With Labor Union to Launch Healthcare Platform Cooperative, Aug 21, 2017[5]
- Check Out Toy Cycle, a New Platform for Families to Swap Toys, Aug 7, 2017[6]
- Sacramento Nonprofit Sol Collective Uplifts Communities Through Art and Activism, Jun 28[7]
- Bay Area Nonprofit Project Equity Transforms Businesses Into Worker-Owned Cooperatives, Apr 17[8]
What Would a Community-Owned Food System Look Like? Mar 6[9]
- How Community Members Started a Warming Shelter Program in California, Feb 6[10]
- Cool Block Shows How Neighborhoods Can Create Climate Resilience, Jan 11[11]
- Palo Alto Residents Share Dishware to Reduce Waste, Build Community, Jan 5[12]
- How free solar panels for the poor are ushering California toward a carbon-free future, Jan 2[13]
References
2016[edit | edit source]
These Workers are Celebrating 20 Years of Shared Bread and Shared Ownership, Dec 19[1]
- For Homeless in Santa Cruz, California, Garden Project Offers Hope, Stability, and Jobs, Dec 12[2]
- California Law Recognizes Meadows and Forests as Water Infrastructure, Oct 4[3]
- California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law, Sep 14[4]
- California is about to find out what a truly radical climate policy looks like, Aug 29[5]
- Nation's first K-8 urban farm school teaches kids how to grow their own food, Aug 1[6]
- The County-By-County Fight Against Fracking In California Had A Good Night On Tuesday, Jul 20[7]
- Harvest Club Looks to Backyard Groves to Feed the Hungry, May 25[8]
- How Transition Palo Alto Brings Sharing and Community to Silicon Valley, Apr 25[9]
References
2015[edit | edit source]
- The successful Black Urban Growers conference, November 22, 2015[1]
- Energy Democracy: Inside Californians' Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power, November 16, 2015[2]
- University of California Begins Fossil Fuel Divestment, September 10[3]
The Nation's Most Populous State Just Voted To Divest From Coal, September 3[4]
- Davis, California – the American city which fell in love with the bicycle, August 3[5]
- California passes ambitious laws on emissions and energy efficiency, June 4[6]
- California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth, April 4[7]
References
2014[edit | edit source]
California Becomes First State To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags, September 30[1]
- Governor Jerry Brown signs California's Neighborhood Food Act, and several other bills seeking to promote local and sustainable food systems in California, September 29[2]
- California Experiencing Most Severe Drought Ever Recorded, August 1[3]
- Pasadena ShareFest Goes Big, June 3[4]
- Oakland will upgrade 30,000 street lights with GE LED fixtures, May 7[5]
California City Becomes First To Vote To Ban Fracking, April 24[6]
- How A Well-Being Index For Cities Is Taking Shape In California, March 31[7]
- Living with Climate Change: Joanne Poyourow in Los Angeles, March 2[8]
- 5 Shocking Drought Facts to Make You Rethink the Golden State, Febraury 14[9]
- As Drought Persists, 17 California Communities Almost Out Of Water, January 29[10]
- California added more rooftop solar capacity in 2013 than in the past 30 years combined! January 8[11]
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2011-2013[edit | edit source]
2008-2009[edit | edit source]
- California Energy Commission approves the nation's first energy efficiency standards for televisions,[1] November 18, 2009
- California decree requires electricity companies to generate a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020,[2] September 12, 2009
- Government shuts off water to California farms in controversial effort to help threatened species,[3] August 13, 2009
- Warming climate threatens California fruit and nut production,[4] July 21, 2009
- California in drought emergency,[5] February 28, 2009
- A solar deal to put mirrors in the Mojave,[6] February 11, 2009
- Berkeley approves city-backed loans for solar panels,[7] September 17, 2008
- California offers rebates for alternative fuel vehicles,[8] April 3, 2008
- Dam removal proposal for Klamath River,[9] January 17, 2008
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