November 2024
2024 Fall Newsletter
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September 2022
Take Heart, Take Action Daily Acts’ Book Launch
Happy September Daily Actors! Fall is a potent time to pull in, to reflect, reconnect and replenish our spirits. It’s when Daily Acts was born out of heartbreak and tragedy with a vision [...]
August 2022
Introducing: Our New Logo!
It is with great pleasure that we introduce you to the new Daily Acts logo. After 20 years of rockin’ those playful ripples with a font hand-drawn by founder Trathen Heckman himself, it was time [...]
Empowering Communities
Daily Acts and Equity First Consulting are excited to announce the launch of the 2nd year of the Petaluma Equitable Climate Action Coalition (PECAC). You can help by spreading the word about this landmark [...]
July 2022
Youth Leadership in Action
The young leaders of the ECO2school Youth Leadership Board have a new exciting project for 2022! Last year, our Youth Board (student leaders from various Sonoma County high schools) co-designed and piloted the Green [...]
May 2022
May Match: Funding the Future
Happy spring daily actors! Powered by recent rains and spring’s verdant emergence, Daily Acts is again taking our inspiration, education and acts of transformation to the next level. And as always, we need you [...]
February 2022
Growing Gardens and Community Resilience at Carrillo Place
“This is the best day ever! Are you coming back tomorrow?” a young boy beamed as he stood in a brand-new water-wise, edible and habitat-providing garden that he helped design, prepare and plant with [...]
January 2022
Thank You for 20 Years!
Thank you for 20 years of Daily Acts! Read on for the report of some of the highlights. Download Full PDF Report "It's because of the passion that [...]
December 2021
2021 End of Year Reflection Videos
Reflecting on another year living in a global pandemic, we sure do have a lot to be proud of. Despite the incredible challenges, we have also found ways to adapt, respond, and continue forward [...]
September 2021
4 Types of Action for Greater Joy and Impact
By Trathen Heckman, Executive Director Happy fall daily actors! Wowza, I’ve missed you all. In addition to not seeing folks, I haven’t been writing for our newsletters. Though the good news is that I’m [...]
Renewable Energy Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scholarship Fund
ECO2school is proud to recognize the $1000 Renewable Energy Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scholarship recipients for 2021: Kate Simpson and Krystal Guerrero. The Renewable Energy Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scholarship Fund provides $1000 scholarships to graduating [...]
It’s our ECO2school adoption anniversary!
It’s our ECO2school adoption anniversary! This month marks one year since we adopted the ECO2school program from The Climate Center, and, with it, our fantastic Senior Program Coordinator Kevin Anderson. Much like any growing [...]
August 2021
Carbon Calculator: An Interview with Rick Taylor
Pictured: Rick Taylor (left), founder of the Landscape Carbon Calculator, and Trathen Heckman (right), founder and Executive Director of Daily Acts, measure the area of Trathen's front yard for carbon sequestration calculations on July [...]
April 2021
April Newsletter: In each of us, there is a leader
By Kerry Fugett, Leadership Institute Program Manager In each of us there is a leader. There is the ability to take the pain, grief and overwhelm at the state of the world and turn [...]
December 2020
Daily Acts Keynote at Bioneers This Weekend!
Greetings Daily Actors, Lately it’s taken extra effort to see beyond the catastrophes and find the good. It’s also felt more important than ever to do so – after all, that which we water [...]
September 2020
Leaning Into Self-Care Practices
by Nichole Warwick, Environmental Health Program Manager Dear Daily Actors, As the smoke clears and the ash settles, we are taking time to reflect on the climate crisis, ecological disasters, and complex [...]
The Good News
by Susan Price, Development Manager Thank you for your generosity! We couldn’t have done it without you! Dear Daily Actor, Because of you, we met our $75,000 matching grant! Amidst increasing crises with [...]
August 2020
Every heart brought together counts!
by Susan Price, Development Manager Dear Daily Actor, When your world has been turned upside down, every connection counts. Every bit of strength. Every heart brought together. Today, our hearts are with our first [...]
The Power of Shared Purpose
by Trathen Heckman, Executive Director Dear Daily Actors, As I write this blog, fire ash is gently raining down with an eerie PTSD-inducing familiarity and the Bay Area has some of the worst air [...]
A North Star to Guide You on Your Journey
by Marie Kneemeyer, Development and Communications Coordinator Dearest Daily Actor, Waste is the name and Zero is the game - we are talking about Zero Waste this week! And if you are [...]
Invest in our Community’s Immune Response
Dear Daily Actors, When I think about our North Bay Environmental Health Network, I think of mushrooms - mycelium to be more specific. Mushroom mycelium grows in dense networks that facilitate communications amongst plant [...]
Monthly Newsletter: We’re proud new parents!
Dear Daily Actors, After nearly a year of preparation and anticipation, we are overjoyed and proud to announce the successful adoption of ECO2school! Yes, that’s right! It’s a rockin' and rolling, youth leadership program [...]
July 2020
Launch: Building Civic Engagement
by Trathen Heckman, Executive Director Hello Daily Actors! It is clearer than ever that when we rise together to care for each other and drive positive change, we are more resilient to shocks like [...]
June 2020
Launch: Saving Water Resources
by Connor DeVane, Programs Coordinator Summer is here! I’m eagerly watching my tomatoes grow and ripen on the vine, and munching peaches in the meantime. As we settle in for a few months of [...]
How is your leadership adapting? Here’s our approach!
By Kerry Fugett, Leadership Institute for Just and Resilient Communities Program Manager There is no denying that 2020 marks a momentous transition in how we relate to ourselves, each other and our planet. Last week, [...]
Standing in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Dearest Daily Actors, We express our outrage and grief for the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin and so many Black lives lost because of racial violence. We name that [...]
May 2020
Week 5: Let’s reach 300 gardens by the end of the month!
By Connor DeVane, Programs Coordinator The other day I was having an emotional pile-up. Frustrations related to COVID-19 snowballed with grief for climate breakdown and other crises that we’re all facing together, and I [...]
Week 4: Harvest Abundance
By Brianna Schaefer, Programs Director Welcome friends, this week's focus is: Harvesting the moment With the wonderful late season rain and the sunny days that followed, gardens are springing to life and full to [...]
Week 3: Transformative Transplanting!
by Sarina Consulter, Programs Coordinator Dearest Daily Actors, As we enter the third week of our Be the Change Campaign, we are excited to announce this week’s theme for Growing a Garden: Transplanting! Meet [...]
Week 2: Plant Seeds of Hope for a Better Tomorrow!
by Annie Silverman, Senior Programs Coordinator We have a riddle for you: I appear dead before I am alive I can survive for thousands of years in the right conditions without food or water Although [...]
April 2020
Week 1: We’re Launching a New Campaign!
by Trathen Heckman, Executive Director It’s official, our Be the Change Campaign starts today! Join us as we reclaim the power of our daily actions to positively transform our lives, gardens and communities. For [...]
Be the Change Campaign Launches Next Week!
by Brianna Shaefer, Programs Director Every day is Earth Day. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an example of how civic engagement sparked legislation for many of the environmental protections that are [...]
Who will you be in this moment?
by Susan Price, Development Manager April Greetings, dear Daily Actor, Breathe. Rest. Repeat. This is the mantra for the moment. Its hard to know what to do and how to plan. We do know [...]
March 2020
3 Insights on Systems Change, upcoming events and more!
by Trathen Heckman, Executive Director Happy Spring Daily Actors! It is the way of our times that beauty and hurt, inspiration and urgency abound. It’s hotter and dryer than it should be, already bringing [...]
February 2020
Resilience and the Emergence of Spring
By Nichole Warwick, Environmental Health Program Manager The beginning of February marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox and is a time of celebration in earth-based traditions. During this time, [...]
November 2019
Kincade Fire: How to stay healthy and give back
Hearts & Hands Health and Emergency Information, Sonoma County Kincade Fire Dear Daily Actor, Our hearts are with our community in these challenging times; with those evacuated, hosting friends, and processing the emotions that swell as [...]
October 2019
Rippling the world, a climate success and more!
Happy Fall Daily Actors, If there was ever a month of important climate action at all scales, September was it. Let’s keep the momentum rolling because the urgency is growing and our collective efforts [...]
September 2019
3 Ways to Be Part of the Solution This Week
If there is a place to take heart in the face of so much hurt, it is in the power of small – of small daily acts and small groups of people that have [...]
August 2019
Dine for the future, dance for climate, and dig for a better tomorrow!
Grateful greetings dear Daily Actors, August already? And so much goodness literally underfoot! From mapping your property, to the insects that play a vital role in our ecosystem, to carbon farming through food – [...]
May 2019
3 Things to Do for Climate Action! Will you join us?
Happy May Daily Actors! Ten years ago tomorrow, Sonoma County came together for the 350 Garden Challenge to plant and revitalize a whopping 628 gardens to grow food, save water, build community and address the [...]
February 2019
Building the Will for Real Climate Action
Happy almost spring daily actors!!! With blossoms popping and green growth all around, can’t you just feel spring’s verdant emergence? There’s also something else in the air, a sense of urgency and importance, as we [...]
November 2018
Rainy Day Delays, Gardens for Fire Survivors, and Donate to Daily Acts!
Rainy Day Greetings Daily Actors, The rains have come and we couldn’t be more grateful for every drop that sinks into the ground feeding trees, rivers, and aquifers. We can consciously choose to make a [...]
Veterans Healing Gardens, the Rains are Coming, and Gratitude Galore!
Installations are for the whole family! Driving down the road in our local cities, we can’t help but notice the blazing red blush of the Chinese Pistache leaves or the fiery crimson of [...]
October 2018
Rebuild Events, Ripple the World, and 3 Things for Great Courage
Fall greetings Daily Actors, Happily the rains have arrived, quenching parched lands and sending leaves swirling on their yearly descent to the ground. Speaking of swirling, Daily Acts has been engaged in a whirlwind of [...]
August 2018
Graywater Oases, Swales to the Rescue, Creek Science, and JAM-tastic Times!
Happy Autumn Daily Actors, Can you believe the Fall Equinox is just a couple weeks away? As summer breathes a sigh of relief and we slide slowly into fall, we feel so much gratitude for [...]
June 2018
Upgrading your mindset, skillset and community of support
Happy summer daily actors! Wow, can you believe we are halfway through the year? Now is a great time to reflect and re-center, making sense of life’s ups and downs and putting our attention to [...]
Community Resilience Challenge
In this 9th year of the Community Resilience Challenge, we are humbled by the ways YOU have shown up to build our community more resilient, one act at a time. We have extended registration just [...]
May 2018
Are you ready to Rise and Shine and Step to the Times?
Happy May Daily Actors, Yowza! Has spring sprung and sprung or what? If you’re looking for inspired action and education, May is Community Resilience Challenge time and we all know there is a SERIOUS [...]
April 2018
The Community Resilience Challenge is Back and Better than Ever!
Happy Spring Daily Actors, The Community Resilience Challenge is back for its 9th year – and more inspired, powerful and important than ever! With increasingly erratic weather and more communities like us recovering from devastation, [...]
March 2018
Life Lessons from the Garden
Happy almost spring Daily Actors, After such painful losses in the fires last fall and from tragedy-impacted communities across the world, the new growth of spring is a vital balm. To further nurture healing, [...]
February 2018
Reconnect to the Awe
February greetings Daily Actors, Wow. The first month of this year has flown by. Along with new year's resolutions and goals, we’re barely three months from last October’s wildfires. With much recovery still ahead, it [...]
December 2017
We Did It!
Good morning amazing Daily Actors, Our cup runneth over with gratitude for you, our wonderful community! One week ago this morning, over 600 fabulous daily actors came together to heal from the hurt and loss [...]
November 2017
Join us for Ripple the Recovery Fundraiser and Community Forum!
The theme for Ripple the Recovery on November 30th, is a connected community flourishes. In such a big, heart-warming, heartbreaking, hope and fear-inducing moment; community is truly what matters most and what will get us [...]
Bringing Our Community Together
Dear Daily Actor, Over three weeks since the fires, our world is still abuzz with day and night meetings, projects and gatherings. We are heartened and ridiculously proud by how our community is showing up. [...]
October 2017
Fire Response Update and Ripple the World
Dear Daily Actor, We are so very proud of our community and the way you all have responded to this crisis. Generosity overwhelming the evacuation shelters, recovery funds growing rapidly to be able to maximize [...]
A Connected Community Flourishes
From devastating hurricanes to the violence of hate, it seems every week there is more hurt and uncertainty in our world. One thing that is certain, is that healing starts in our heart, moves to [...]
August 2017
Nurturing the Flourishing World Being Born
Wowza, it has been several months since I’ve written a blog and there is a lot happening! I’ve wanted to write to you because it’s part of how I make sense of things with so [...]
June 2017
Breathe in Deep Hope
Wow, the last few months have felt like such a roller coaster. Ups and downs, fun times followed by some terrifying moments. One day I come home feeling deflated after news of yet more police [...]
May 2017
Creating the World We KNOW is Possible
Happy May Daily Actors! We are all busy as bees making honey in the hive, implementing projects, getting gardens ready for summer, and attending all of the amazing community events being offered. While our “to-do’s” [...]
April 2017
Together We are a Force of Nature
Happy April Daily Actors! As I walk out the door and bury my face in a fragrant bouquet of jasmine flowers…that has nearly taken over our back steps, I am blown away by the near [...]
February 2017
Shining Your Light in Stormy Times
It’s time to rise and shine Daily Actors! YOWZA. I don’t know that I have words for the last month. New year, new political reality, wide range of emotions and a FLOOD of people rising [...]
November 2016
Take Heart, Take Part, Take Action
Dear Daily Actor, In this big post-election moment, so full of shock, grief, and fear, it’s important to first take a breath and to take heart. Since the election lots of daily actors have been [...]
September 2016
Got Resilience? Get Some Here!
Happy Fall Daily Actors, Yes, it’s true – the abundance of fall is upon us. As is the fourth installment of our series on Reverence, Ripples, Relationships and Resilience. So what’s up with all this [...]
August 2016
Deepen Relationships with Ripples of Reverance
Happy September Daily Actors! The abundance of fall is nearly upon us, and as we continue our four-part series from Reverence to Ripples, to the word for this month is REALationships. Relations are the stuff [...]
Daily Acts is coming to Rohnert Park!
Did you know that the number one pollutant of our waterways is trash? Want to help do something about it? Join us on Saturday, September 17th for Part 1 of the "Copeland Creek Revival," [...]
Reclaiming the Power of your Ripples
Happy August Daily Actors! In July we kicked off our four-part, four-month theme by Rekindling Our Sense of Reverence. This month, it’s all about reclaiming the power of our ripples, or the effect that our [...]
July 2016
Rekindling Our Sense of Reverence
Happy July Daily Actors! Are you feeling the summertime vibes or what? Halfway through the year, now is a perfect time to pause, soak in life and reflect. To provide some fodder for your reflections, [...]
June 2016
When Gardens, Lives and Movements Go Pop
Check out the article featuring Daily Acts in Permaculture North America's first issue. Read Now. Consider subscribing to this awesome publication!
May 2016
May is Community Resilience Challenge month!
If you haven’t signed up yet… what are you waiting for!?! Consider this your engraved invitation, dear daily actor! The Challenge is your chance to tell others about your impact, “challenge” yourself to commit to [...]
Beware! Falling Food, Fecundity, Inspiration Galore!
Happy May inspired daily actors, Great gads of garden pesto! Can you believe we are already four months into the year? That means it’s time for our big month of action for the Community Resilience [...]
March 2016
Practicing Weed Therapy in Garden and Life
Good day amazing daily actors! With nature’s verdant emergence spring blossoms are popping and there’s a spirit of newness in the air. Our schedule is also popping with a wide and tasty array of events [...]
February 2016
3 Simple Goals For Happier Lives and a Better World
I absolutely love this time of year. Reflecting and giving gratitude for the highlights and fueled by a new year and season’s emergence, recommitting to be the change, living each moment more richly while making [...]
December 2015
A Vital Lesson from Fall’s Leaves
Happy December Daily Actors! We are filled with gratitude for you and hope that you are feeling grateful, rested and ready for action. To close our most impactful year yet of inspiring positive action, we [...]
October 2015
A report back from movement gatherings
A report from the International Permaculture and Transition Towns Conferences The last few days and weeks have truly astonished me, which is why you are getting this extra email and a longer than normal blog [...]
September 2015
Staying Nourished, Inspired and Effective
Happy September daily actors! Great gads of inspired and collaborative action! Together with you and incredible partner organizations at our side, us daily actors rock a lot of water-saving, food-growing and community-building action. Though recently [...]
June 2015
The immense power of your ripples
Happy Summer daily actors! Amidst a bounty of ripening fruit from water-wise and greywater-fed gardens, we are enjoying both the sweet taste of summer and the incredible success of another Community Resilience Challenge with over [...]
May 2015
Homegrown, low-tech and people-powered solutions
Great gads of inspired action! With just four days to go until we wrap up the Community Resilience Challenge for another year, we have over 6,500 actions and projects registered and are less than 500 [...]
Love Local Compost? Take Action Today!
Possibly the most important resilience-building action you could take RIGHT NOW is to support keeping our compost local. Since many sustainability solutions are multi-beneficial, you can register this as one of your actions for the [...]
April 2015
A Deluge of Awareness, Concern and Opportunity
Hello Daily Actors! Are you ready to rise to the Challenge or what? This severe drought has brought a deluge of awareness, concern and opportunity. Now we need YOU to take action and amplify your [...]
March 2015
What makes you come alive?
Happy March Daily Actors, Great gads of blossoming goodness. While spring is a few weeks away, the season’s verdant emergence is upon us. Are you ready to get out and about, to sow, grow and [...]
January 2015
Renewing your self, your community
Happy January daily actors! And thus begins another turn of the wheel. Kicking the year off in a grand fashion, tonight we have Art Ludwig, the father of the modern greywater movement and an eco-designer [...]
December 2014
Happy Solstice and Holidays!
Happy solstice and holidays Daily Actors! Sunday was the longest night of the year. Today and this week is a fresh start, a new cycle around the sun. So we begin with gratitude for YOU, [...]
November 2014
Gratitude, Greywater and Mulch Mulch More
Hello daily actors! First, thank you for making Ripple the World an incredible success. It was breathtaking to see a transformed Santa Rosa Veteran’s Hall filled with engaged citizens and leaders, donating from the heart [...]
October 2014
2 Simple Actions: Gather and Sign!
Happy fall daily actors! Just 8 days until we Ripple the World. Join us! Come gather with 600 allies to celebrate community and grow this unstoppable movement of inspired citizens, leaders and solutions galore. RSVP [...]
September 2014
Until Further Notice…Celebrate Everything
Hello inspired daily actors! With fall quickly approaching, harvest is on. And what better way to relish the season’s gleanings than to celebrate everything, always, regardless? Like many things this goes better with friends, so [...]
August 2014
3 Ways to Live Your Inspiration This Week
Good day inspired daily actors! Yowza, the fruits and veggies are plumping up and fall is nearly here. To match even the sun-ripened sweetness in your garden, we have tantalizing treats to grow you more [...]
July 2014
Stepping Up, Taking Action, Sharing Knowledge
It’s almost hard to believe. In just four years, the Community Resilience Challenge has rippled beyond our wildest dreams. Grown from a tiny seed of just 650 actions in 2010, this year Daily Acts registered [...]
June 2014
Success, struggle and a return to wonder
Good day inspired daily actors! Great gads of goodness. Not only did you double our local goal for the Community Resilience Challenge, registering 7,058 actions, but through your support Daily Acts helped partner organizations register [...]