EMMA MOLLOY ARGUS-COURIER STAFF August 25, 2022 View original article here Water conservation efforts in Petaluma appear to be working, according to the latest data from the California State Water Resources Control Board. Water users in the city of Petaluma reduced their usage by 34.3% in June, making it the sixth greatest conserving [...]
ALANA MINKLER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT April 29, 2022 View original article here In one school-year, dozens of ambitious Sonoma County middle and high school students tackled local environmental issues ranging from vineyard pesticide use to landfills’ effect on air quality. The 58 students from nine schools across the county were part of Sonoma [...]
AMELIA PARREIRA ARGUS-COURIER STAFF April 20, 2022 View original article here The Petaluma-based education nonprofit Daily Acts has announced a countywide program that will offer residents rebates for installing rainwater catchment systems, as part of efforts to save water amid an ongoing drought. In a partnership with Sonoma Water, the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water [...]
What does climate change with social justice look like? Petaluma has the answer PECAC, or the Petaluma Equitable Climate Action Coalition is the first step toward meaningful climate change that affects everyone, not just the upper echelon of society. BY ANA LUGO AND KERRY FUGETT October 26, 2021 | SONOMA COUNTY GAZETTE The [...]
KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT October 8, 2021 View Original Article Here Has watching the drought dry up your garden got all of you green thumbs pulling your hair out? Making it turn gray? Embrace the gray, experts say. Graywater, that is. Graywater is what normally goes down the drain and into the sewer [...]
ALANA MINKLER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT October 1, 2021, 6:45AM View Original Article Here Sonoma County has nearly five dozen youth leaders who’ve embarked on a quest to find solutions to climate change. The 58 middle and high school students from nine schools have begun a series of yearlong projects aimed at recognizing challenges and [...]
by Nate Seltenrich | Sep 25, 2021 View Original Article Here The Petaluma Equitable Climate Action Committee (PECAC) helps bring diversity and equity to an arena of public policy otherwise dominated by white voices as the city continues to advance its ambitious climate goals. Petaluma made international news earlier this year for enacting the [...]
KATHRYN PALMER ARGUS-COURIER STAFF July 8, 2021 (Read Original Article Here) As the region’s worsening drought spurs new mandatory water use restrictions, a local water conservation nonprofit is fielding more questions and ramping up its water-savings programs. Daily Acts, with a decade of experience and a presence in Santa Rosa, Cotati, Windsor and Petaluma, [...]
The Power of Small Story by Jess D. Taylor, Made Local Magazine (view original article) How our daily choices can make a big impact When Trathen Heckman was 31, he started printing a zine called Ripples, about the effects wrought by small acts of change. He’d already made a huge pivot in his own [...]
Wine Country Women Fight Glyphosate BY JONAH RASKIN Call it Wine Country or call it Glyphosate Country. According to Padi Selwyn, the cofounder of Preserve Rural Sonoma County, and Laura Morgan, a local physician concerned about the health of the environment, millions of pounds of pesticides have been applied, mostly to wine grapes, in [...]
