Everyone is welcome to join us for our first Cool Petaluma Expo!
Wednesday, May 25 from 5:30-7:30 PM
Lagunitas Taproom - 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma
Please RSVP here so we can know how many people to expect.
Come one, come all! You do not need to be a current Cool Block participant to attend.
We are very excited to be bringing you face-to-face with many of the amazing local resources our community has to help us on our journey to carbon neutrality by 2030. We will have tables set up to cover all of our Cool Block topics with subject matter experts there to answer your questions and provide information, including:
Climate Change 101:
Ned Orrett and Pete Gang - Ask your burning questions so you can feel confident responding to skeptics, understand why the work we are doing is so important, and help us spread the message.
Getting Started:
Block Leaders - Meet existing Cool Block Leaders and hear how they got their blocks started.
Topic 1 - Energy Resilient Home:
EmergencyPrepHelp.org: Lynn Stanton - Helping people prepare for natural disasters and other emergencies.
Topic 2 - Disaster Resilient Household:
SonomaFamilyMeal.com: Whitney Reuling - Tips for emergency food prep and cooking to reduce food waste.
Topic 3 - Cool Lifestyle:
Recology.org: Lisa Moore - Reducing your waste and understanding how to compost and recycle.
Topic 4 - Cool Home and Cool Wheels:
SwitchIsOn.org: Panama Bartholomy - Supporting home electrification by providing tools, support, and resources.
SonomaCleanPower.org: Scott Lawrence - Learn what Sonoma Clean Power and the Advanced Energy Center have to offer.
Amyrs.com: Amy & Brian Atchley - Understanding solar and batteries.
Topic 5 - Water Stewardship:
CityOfPetaluma.org: Ryan Dunbar - Helping people uses water wisely. Stop by to pick up water-saving devices!
DailyActs.org: Liz Platte-Bermeo - Learn about graywater and rainwater systems, and building healthy soil.
Topic 6 - Safe, Healthy, and Green Block:
CityOfPetaluma.org: Ken Eichstaedt - How the City is designing and building safer streets
SafeStreetsPetaluma.org: Bruce Hagen - Learn how to get around by bike and how to advocate for safer streets
ReLeafPetaluma.org: John Schribbs - resources for planting and caring for trees
Topic 7 - Resourceful and Community Rich Block:
The Metta Center for Nonviolence: Stephanie Van Hook - Handling conflicts
Topic 8 - Living as a Cool Block:
CityOfPetaluma.org: D’Lynda Fischer - Becoming actively engaged in your City Committees and Commissions, Climate Action Commission, and new district elections.
Want to get there by bike? Join Block Leader Derek for a cruise across town. West Petaluma people meet at Walnut Park leaving at 5pm, then head down Lynch Creek Trail to Lucchesi where east side Petalumans can join the bike train around 5:20pm at the Community Center parking lot.