Two years ago the Tubbs fire tore through Coffey Park and several other Sonoma County neighborhoods, wiping out homes, and destroying most everything in its path. To mark the second anniversary of that disaster, volunteers descended on Coffey Park this weekend to help homeowners create beautiful landscapes that are more fire and climate [...]
MEG MCCONAHEY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT October 4, 2019 Like the thousands of other people who lost their homes in the October 2017 firestorms that tore through Santa Rosa and the Sonoma Valley, Janis Powers also lost virtually everything growing around her house. Gone were the hydrangea and the daphne flourishing against her garage. Ditto [...]
Jul 23, 2019 Share: A recent study has revealed that 97% of climate scientists agree human activity is perpetuating climate change, putting our planet and future generations at risk. We know it’s happening, we know why, but what are we doing to empower our communities and contribute to a cleaner future? Daily Acts Daily [...]
Jun 27, 2019 by Tish Levee, For the Planet Daily Acts has sponsored the Community Resilience Challenge for ten years; now they’re partnering with the Regional Climate Protection Agency (RCPA) to launch the Sonoma Climate Challenge. The Challenge has actions varying in cost and difficulty that save water and energy and reduce pollution. Rated from [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 14, 2019 The City of Petaluma Passes First Climate Emergency Resolution in Sonoma County Petaluma joins more than 500 jurisdictions worldwide declaring a climate emergency PETALUMA, Calif. (City of Petaluma and Climate Action Petaluma) May 13, 2019 — On Monday, May 6, the Petaluma City Council became the first city [...]
In a big show of community spirit, dozens of volunteers lent a hand to create a healing garden at Santa Rosa’s soon-to-open Veteran’s Village project. As Karl Van Amburg reports, the effort transformed the village for homeless veterans, into a place of beauty.
Wildfire survivors move into village of small homes in Windsor CHRIS SMITH THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | December 13, 2018 The keys to five brand new little homes were grasped by survivors of the 2017 firestorms at a celebration Thursday in Windsor that praised the manufactured cottages as essential additions to the local housing [...]
Check out our very own Trathen on the cover of the 'Sonoma Gives' supplement in the Press Democrat! Grassroots organizing seeds growth of Petaluma nonprofit Daily Acts MICHAEL SHAPIRO FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | January 26, 2017, 1:33PM A small group of concerned citizens can change the world, as Trathen Heckman discovered in 2001. He [...]
The recent election will impact many issues, but possibly none greater than the Earth itself and protecting our climate. Two different answers to this question were given last month by 350.org’s founder Bill McKibben at SSU’s 3rd Sustainability Day and, two days later, by Petaluma’s Trathen Heckman at Ripple the World, the annual fundraiser for [...]
