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'''July 17''' Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes <ref>[https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-becomes-first-U-S-city-to-ban-natural-14102242.php sfchronicle.com]</ref>
 
== 2019 ==
 
'''Jun 3''' How one nonprofit is fighting hunger, food waste, and poverty with kitchen apprenticeships <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/how-one-nonprofit-is-fighting-hunger-food-waste-and-poverty-with-kitchen-apprenticeships/ Shareable]</ref>
 
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'''May 1''' Bank On [[San Francisco]]: Supporting community financial empowerment <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/bank-support-community-financial-empowerment/ Shareable]</ref><br clear=all>
 
== 2018 ==
 
California Ups Its Clean Energy Game With 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Vote, Aug 29 <ref>[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28082018/california-100-percent-clean-energy-electricity-vote-climate-change-leadership-zero-carbon-electric-vehicles insideclimatenews.org]</ref>
 
How Cooperation Richmond is empowering marginalized communities to build an equitable economy, Mar 15 <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/cooperation-richmond-qa @Shareable]</ref>


== 2017 ==
== 2017 ==


How Community Members Started a Warming Shelter Program in California, Feb 6 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-community-members-started-a-warming-shelter-program-in-california @Shareable]</ref>  
Loconomics Gives Gig Workers an Alternative to Investor-Owned Platforms, Nov 29 <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/how-loconomics-empowers-gig-workers @Shareable]</ref>
 
“Santa Monica releases second round of Wellbeing Index findings”, Sep 14 <ref>[https://medium.com/@BloombergCities/santa-monica-releases-second-round-of-wellbeing-index-findings-2731f8458613 medium.com/@BloombergCities]</ref>
 
California to pass law setting 100% renewable electricity goal, Aug 31 <ref>[http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/08/31/california-pass-law-100-renewable-electricity-goal/ climatechangenews.com]</ref>
 
Nurses Join Forces With Labor Union to Launch Healthcare Platform Cooperative, Aug 21 <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/nurses-join-forces-with-labor-union-to-launch-healthcare-platform-cooperative @Shareable]</ref>
 
Check Out Toy Cycle, a New Platform for Families to Swap Toys, Aug 7 <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/check-out-toy-cycle-a-new-platform-for-families-to-swap-toys @Shareable]</ref>
 
Sacramento Nonprofit Sol Collective Uplifts Communities Through Art and Activism, Jun 28 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/sacramento-nonprofit-sol-collective-uplifts-communities-through-art-and-activism @Shareable]</ref>
 
Bay Area Nonprofit Project Equity Transforms Businesses Into Worker-Owned Cooperatives, Apr 17 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/bay-area-nonprofit-project-equity-transforms-businesses-into-worker-owned-cooperatives @Shareable]</ref>
 
How Community Members Started a Warming Shelter Program in California, Feb 6 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-community-members-started-a-warming-shelter-program-in-california @Shareable]</ref>
 
Cool Block Shows How Neighborhoods Can Create Climate Resilience, Jan 11 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/cool-block-shows-how-neighborhoods-can-create-climate-resilience @Shareable]</ref>


Palo Alto Residents Share Dishware to Reduce Waste, Build Community, Jan 5 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/palo-alto-residents-share-dishware-to-reduce-waste-build-community @Shareable]</ref>
Palo Alto Residents Share Dishware to Reduce Waste, Build Community, Jan 5 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/palo-alto-residents-share-dishware-to-reduce-waste-build-community @Shareable]</ref>
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California Law Recognizes Meadows and Forests as Water Infrastructure, Oct 4 <ref>[https://www.americanrivers.org/2016/10/california-law-recognizes-meadows-forests-water-infrastructure/ americanrivers.org]</ref>
California Law Recognizes Meadows and Forests as Water Infrastructure, Oct 4 <ref>[https://www.americanrivers.org/2016/10/california-law-recognizes-meadows-forests-water-infrastructure/ americanrivers.org]</ref>


California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law, Sep 14 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/california-seed-sharing-bill-signed-into-law @Shareable}</ref>  
California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law, Sep 14 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/california-seed-sharing-bill-signed-into-law @Shareable]</ref>  


California is about to find out what a truly radical climate policy looks like, Aug 29 <ref>[http://www.vox.com/2016/8/29/12650488/california-climate-law-sb-32 vox.com]</ref>
California is about to find out what a truly radical climate policy looks like, Aug 29 <ref>[http://www.vox.com/2016/8/29/12650488/california-climate-law-sb-32 vox.com]</ref>
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Harvest Club Looks to Backyard Groves to Feed the Hungry, May 25 <ref>[http://seedstock.com/2016/05/25/harvest-club-looks-to-backyard-groves-to-feed-the-hungry/ @Seedstock]</ref>
Harvest Club Looks to Backyard Groves to Feed the Hungry, May 25 <ref>[http://seedstock.com/2016/05/25/harvest-club-looks-to-backyard-groves-to-feed-the-hungry/ @Seedstock]</ref>


How Transition Palo Alto Brings Sharing and Community to Silicon Valley, Apr 25 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-transition-palo-alto-brings-sharing-and-community-to-silicon-valley Shareable]</ref>  
How Transition Palo Alto Brings Sharing and Community to Silicon Valley, Apr 25 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-transition-palo-alto-brings-sharing-and-community-to-silicon-valley Shareable]</ref>


== 2015 ==
== 2015 ==
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== Comment ==
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'''2019'''
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'''Apr 6''' [[Funding community action]]: The next egg: Investing our retirement savings in our local communities <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/the-next-egg-investing-our-retirement-savings-in-our-local-communities Shareable]</ref><br clear=all>
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'''Feb 9''' [[San Francisco]]: Tiny neighborhood libraries worth checking out <ref>[https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Tiny-libraries-in-SF-neighborhoods-something-more-13603261.php sfchronicle.com]</ref><br clear=all>
California’s rooftop solar mandate will normalize clean energy, Jan 8 <ref>[https://www.fastcompany.com/90289334/californias-rooftop-solar-mandate-will-normalize-clean-energy fastcompany.com]</ref>


'''2017'''
'''2017'''
Will Public Banking Bring More Clean Energy Programs to California? Sep 28 <ref>[https://www.shareable.net/blog/could-a-public-bank-spur-the-creation-of-more-community-energy-programs-in-california Shareable]</ref>


What Would a Community-Owned Food System Look Like? Mar 6 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/what-would-a-community-owned-food-system-look-like Shareable]</ref>
What Would a Community-Owned Food System Look Like? Mar 6 <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/what-would-a-community-owned-food-system-look-like Shareable]</ref>
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Revision as of 15:35, 19 July 2019

July 17 Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes [1]

2019

Jun 3 How one nonprofit is fighting hunger, food waste, and poverty with kitchen apprenticeships [2]

2009 BrooksPark SanFrancisco 3899032980.jpg

May 1 Bank On San Francisco: Supporting community financial empowerment [3]

2018

California Ups Its Clean Energy Game With 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Vote, Aug 29 [4]

How Cooperation Richmond is empowering marginalized communities to build an equitable economy, Mar 15 [5]

2017

Loconomics Gives Gig Workers an Alternative to Investor-Owned Platforms, Nov 29 [6]

“Santa Monica releases second round of Wellbeing Index findings”, Sep 14 [7]

California to pass law setting 100% renewable electricity goal, Aug 31 [8]

Nurses Join Forces With Labor Union to Launch Healthcare Platform Cooperative, Aug 21 [9]

Check Out Toy Cycle, a New Platform for Families to Swap Toys, Aug 7 [10]

Sacramento Nonprofit Sol Collective Uplifts Communities Through Art and Activism, Jun 28 [11]

Bay Area Nonprofit Project Equity Transforms Businesses Into Worker-Owned Cooperatives, Apr 17 [12]

How Community Members Started a Warming Shelter Program in California, Feb 6 [13]

Cool Block Shows How Neighborhoods Can Create Climate Resilience, Jan 11 [14]

Palo Alto Residents Share Dishware to Reduce Waste, Build Community, Jan 5 [15]

How free solar panels for the poor are ushering California toward a carbon-free future, Jan 2 [16]

2016

These Workers are Celebrating 20 Years of Shared Bread and Shared Ownership, Dec 19 [17]

For Homeless in Santa Cruz, California, Garden Project Offers Hope, Stability, and Jobs, Dec 12 [18]

California Law Recognizes Meadows and Forests as Water Infrastructure, Oct 4 [19]

California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law, Sep 14 [20]

California is about to find out what a truly radical climate policy looks like, Aug 29 [21]

Nation’s first K-8 urban farm school teaches kids how to grow their own food, Aug 1 [22]

The County-By-County Fight Against Fracking In California Had A Good Night On Tuesday, Jul 20 [23]

Harvest Club Looks to Backyard Groves to Feed the Hungry, May 25 [24]

How Transition Palo Alto Brings Sharing and Community to Silicon Valley, Apr 25 [25]

2015

The successful Black Urban Growers conference, November 22 [26]

Energy Democracy: Inside Californians' Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power, November 16 [27]

University of California Begins Fossil Fuel Divestment, September 10 [28]

The Nation’s Most Populous State Just Voted To Divest From Coal, September 3 [29]

Davis, California – the American city which fell in love with the bicycle, August 3 [30]

California passes ambitious laws on emissions and energy efficiency, June 4 [31]

California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth, April 4 [32]

2014

California Becomes First State To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags, September 30 [33]

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 [34]

California Experiencing Most Severe Drought Ever Recorded, August 1 [35]

Pasadena ShareFest Goes Big, June 3 [36]

Oakland will upgrade 30,000 street lights with GE LED fixtures, May 7 [37]

California City Becomes First To Vote To Ban Fracking, April 24 [38]

How A Well-Being Index For Cities Is Taking Shape In California, March 31 [39]

Living with Climate Change: Joanne Poyourow in Los Angeles, March 2 [40]

5 Shocking Drought Facts to Make You Rethink the Golden State, Febraury 14 [41]

As Drought Persists, 17 California Communities Almost Out Of Water, January 29 [42]

California added more rooftop solar capacity in 2013 than in the past 30 years combined! January 8 [43]

2013

Legalizing Sustainability? Santa Monica Recognizes Rights of Nature, April 11 [44]

Santa Monica street goes green with bike-friendliness, January 13 [45]

2011

Nevada City Energy Solutions Task Force Report Accepted by City Council, [46] March 17

2009

California Energy Commission approves the nation's first energy efficiency standards for televisions, [47] November 18

California decree requires electricity companies to generate a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020, [48] September 12

Government shuts off water to California farms in controversial effort to help threatened species, [49] August 13

Warming climate threatens California fruit and nut production, [50] July 21

California in drought emergency, [51] February 28

A solar deal to put mirrors in the Mojave, [52] February 11

2008

Berkeley approves city-backed loans for solar panels, [53] September 17

California offers rebates for alternative fuel vehicles, [54] April 3

Dam removal proposal for Klamath River, [55] January 17

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CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from CASwiki's California article and is for news and comment in that context.

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2019

AlleeImFruehling.jpg

Apr 6 Funding community action: The next egg: Investing our retirement savings in our local communities [56]

2009 BrooksPark SanFrancisco 3899032980.jpg

Feb 9 San Francisco: Tiny neighborhood libraries worth checking out [57]

California’s rooftop solar mandate will normalize clean energy, Jan 8 [58]

2017

Will Public Banking Bring More Clean Energy Programs to California? Sep 28 [59]

What Would a Community-Owned Food System Look Like? Mar 6 [60]

News sources

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