Why Bidirectional Charging is the Most Exciting Climate Bill of 2023 Berkeley Senator Nancy Skinner's SB 233 would mandate capability for new electric vehicles sold in California after 2027

Posted by - April 21, 2023

SB 233, a California Senate bill that would mandate bidirectional charging capabilities in most electric vehicles sold starting in 2027, just passed in the Senate’s Energy, Utilities, and Communications committee by a vote of 12 to 1 on April 19. Update June 1:  On May 30 SB233 passed on the Senate floor with a floor

Trailblazing Program at UC Davis Law & Enviro Science Brings Climate Solutions from Classroom to Legislature Fall 2022 Ecology 290 participatory seminar will train students in organizing & outreach to support the largest solar farm climate mitigation bill in history

Posted by - September 17, 2022

Earlier this year, in response to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes’ urgent call to “implement changes now in terms of how we organize our societies,” to avert global climate catastrophe, we formed the Climate Solutions Advocacy Institute (CSAI). Our non-profit educational mission is to help students and faculty in environmental science departments

UC Davis “Be the Media” Course Breaks New Ground for Climate Activism Top eco-science professors join media evolutionary to directly build public awareness for urgently needed climate solutions

Posted by - March 2, 2022

“Climate Solutions Advocacy: Be the Media”, a first of its kind ecology course, will be offered to UC Davis graduate students as a participatory seminar starting March 30.The class will unite digital media advocacy with scientifically vetted climate solutions.  The description of the two credit class, which will meet as a workshop once a week