Tuesday, May 21, from 5-8pm
Expo Hall at the Petaluma Fairgrounds
Info Booths + Live Demos + EV Showcase + Food Trucks
Cool Petaluma, in partnership with the City of Petaluma, welcome you all to our third annual Expo!
We are excited to bring you face-to-face with the amazing local resources our community has to offer as we continue on our journey to becoming more resilient and more planet-friendly, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood.
This year will be bigger and better than ever, with a NEW live stage for demonstrations and mini-workshops!
It is going to be a fantastic evening for connecting and sharing. Please join us and bring your friends and neighbors. Everyone is invited to check out this FREE event!
Worried about dinner? We will have great food to fill your belly, including organic, locally sourced vegan and non-vegan meals and drinks by Tacos Don Pepe. (If you want to be super cool, bring your own plate/fork/cup!)
Have kids in tow? We will have craft projects to keep them entertained.
Want to get there by bike? We are planning routes - stay tuned.
Want to be an exhibitor? Use this application form to send us your request.
Petaluma High School student’s report on Expo 2023!
Who will be there this year?
Experts from a wide range of backgrounds will be there to provide information, answer questions, and inspire action in all of our five topic areas:
BIG THANKS TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS!
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Event Partner and the Coolest Sponsor
We are committed to achieving greenhouse gas carbon neutrality for the City of Petaluma by 2030. We are proud to be working with our community in acting decisively, joining and inspiring others, and initiating a movement to rehabilitate ecological balance, restore economic stability, and achieve our goal of carbon neutrality in our city.
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Super Duper Cool Sponsor
Ongaro & Sons is a family-owned business in its fourth generation of operation. We consistently deliver the highest level of service and value in our industry, ensuring stability for our valued customers. Our friendly team offers heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical, and solar installation services for the North Bay area.
Our 100% guarantee ensures your complete satisfaction. Contact Ongaro & Sons today at 707.908.8025 if you have any questions about our home services and how we can best serve you.
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Super Duper Cool Sponsor
The Recology mission represents a fundamental shift from traditional waste management to resource recovery. We seek to eliminate waste by developing and discovering sustainable resource recovery practices that can be implemented globally. This begins by creating a resource ecosystem – one that both protects the environment and sustains the local community. It’s a ‘closed loop’ ecosystem that makes it possible for the communities Recology serves to achieve high landfill diversion and meet sustainability goals.
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Super Duper Cool Sponsor
At Local Plumbing, we can help you explore the benefits of using heat pumps for hot water heating and underfloor radiant heating. Our team of experts can help you select the right system for your needs and guide you through the rebate application process to ensure that you receive all the available incentives.
Overall, heat pumps are an excellent option for homeowners looking to reduce their energy bills and environmental impact.
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Super Duper Cool Sponsor
The North Bay’s Leading Solar provider for 40 years, SolarCraft provides Solar and Battery Storage Systems that deliver the highest financial and environmental benefits possible to our clients in Marin, Sonoma and Napa Counties in Northern California.
SolarCraft is proud to be 100% Employee-Owned, ensuring that customers can expect excellent products and service from people who are fully vested in our company, our clients, our partners and our community in the North Bay.
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Super Duper Cool Sponsor
We are experts in home electrification - our name says it all! If you're in search of a heat pump, heat pump water heater, electrical upgrade, EV charger, or other electrification service, we're your first and last stop! With an eye on quality installation and maximum efficiency, we ensure your investment will pay dividends for years to come.
When we're not electrifying homes, we're busy conducting workforce trainings for contractors around the state. We are a trainer for PG&E, SMUD, SoCal Edison, TECH Clean Ca, and others.
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Super Duper Cool Sponsor
HALTER Project is your one-stop place for Animal Emergency and Disaster Preoaredness resources. We provide free neighborhood workshops, community organizations, senior residential facilities and youth groups, Leadership Training, and preparedness planning tools for people with pets, equines, and backyard livestock.
Our website is a nationally-recognized resource for anyone who wants help learning how to keep animals and their humans safe and together in times of crisis.
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Very Cool Sponsor
We are an owner operated company providing high quality energy solutions to the North Bay Area. In addition to numerous energy efficient home improvements, we specialize in the design, installation, and maintenance of turnkey, grid-connected, solar PV power systems.
At every juncture of going solar, we offer our clients personalized service that focuses on their unique needs. We are working to enable customers to transition their home to fully electric and powered by solar.
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Cool Sponsor
A full-service brokerage, sustainability, property and project management company dedicated to saving the planet through real estate.
A Community Philanthropy and Outstanding Facility Management Award Winner, voted Best Green Business in 2016, Clear Blue Commercial's efforts saved over three million gallons of water annually during the recent drought, successfully saved our clients hundreds of thousands of dollars in green upgrades and energy savings, and added significant value to our clients' properties.
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Cool Sponsor
Based in Petaluma, John Owens Services, Inc. specializes in energy efficiency. We help homeowners in Sonoma and Marin counties make the switch from natural gas heating and cooling to electric, with a wide range of state-of-the-art solutions. We also offer a variety of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) products, as well as full-service plumbing, drain cleaning, leak detection and radiant heating & boiler repair and replacement. Since 1986, our local company has helped thousands of homeowners achieve a more functional, reliable, and comfortable home.
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Cool Sponsor
SCP serves the residents and businesses in Sonoma and Mendocino counties clean energy from more renewable resources, such as geothermal, wind, and solar.
Powered by innovative thinking, SCP was formed to provide a choice beyond the for-profit, investor-owned utility (PG&E) and a customer-owned public utility. Today, SCP is a model for community choice programs throughout California. By providing higher percentages of renewable energy that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, our customers are helping to solve the climate crisis at the local level.
HALTER Project - Your one-stop place for animal emergency and disaster preparedness resources. They provide free neighborhood workshops, leadership training, and preparedness planning tools for people with pets, equines, and backyard livestock.
WiConduit - A non-profit organization with the mission to bridge the Digital Divide by providing communities with access to fast, affordable, and reliable telecommunications infrastructure and services in underserved communities.
City of Petaluma - Disaster Preparedness in the context of overall community building.
Sonoma County Auxiliary Communication Service - Auxiliary communication service for Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management.
Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management - The Department of Emergency Management is responsible for the mitigation, preparedness, planning, coordination of response, and recovery activities related to county emergencies and disasters.
California Sunlight Corporation - Development, manufacture, and supply of portable solar powered lighting, charger, generator, and cooker.
Petaluma Farmers Market - Unearth fresh crops, meet new vendors, grab exclusive deals, and savor mouthwatering recipes in their weekly newsletter—your key to taking advantage of local market moments!
350 Petaluma - Reduce consumption and waste, share resources, and advocate for zero waste policies.
Reuse Alliance - Reuse Alliance prevents resources from becoming waste by advocating for, collaborating with, and supporting reuse enterprises that recirculate materials into our communities.
Refill Mercantile - Petaluma's low waste store and refillery providing curated options to ditch single-use plastic!
Salad Master - We teach people how to bring back healthy home cooking, eat more plants, cook in non toxic cookware, keep the nutrients in your food and cook on induction tops. All while keeping it fast easy and delicious!
Petaluma Urban Chat - An education and advocacy organization focused on housing to meet community needs, transportation options to reduce car dependency, city finances that are self-sustaining, and climate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for climate impacts.
Petaluma Transit - Provide public transportation within the City limits of Petaluma, fixed-route, paratransit, and soon, microtransit service. Coming Soon-Petaluma Transit will be fare-free starting July 2024.
Safe Streets Petaluma - Advocating Safe, Healthy, and Affordable Mobility for All
Northern Pacific Power Systems - Locally owned and operated company specializing in the design, installation, and maintenance of turnkey, grid-connected, solar and battery systems.
Electrify My Home - If you're in search of a heat pump, heat pump water heater, electrical upgrade, EV charger, or other electrification service, we're your first and last stop!
Solar Craft - The North Bay’s Leading Solar provider for 40 years, SolarCraft provides Solar and Battery Storage Systems that deliver the highest financial and environmental benefits possible to our clients in Marin, Sonoma and Napa Counties in Northern California.
Local Plumbing - Local Plumbing can help you explore the benefits of using heat pumps for hot water heating and underfloor radiant heating. Their team of experts can help you select the right system for your needs and guide you through the rebate application process.
Ongaro & Sons - Ongaro & Sons is a family-owned business in its fourth generation of operation. Our friendly team offers heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical, and solar installation services for the North Bay area.
John Owens Services - Based in Petaluma, we specialize in energy efficiency and helping people make the switch from natural gas heating and cooling to electric, with a wide range of state-of-the-art solutions.
Clear Blue Commercial - A full-service brokerage, sustainability, property and project management company dedicated to saving the planet through real estate.
Amy’s Roofing and Solar - Roofing, Solar, Batteries and Chargers- Petaluma's resource for Sustainable Roofing.
Rebuilding Together Petaluma - Home repairs, accessibility modification, and energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for low-income homeowners.
The Water Folk - They design and install rainwater harvesting and greywater systems as well as ecological landscaping.
Luma Front Yard Farming - Teach people how to regenerative garden in their own yards. Healthy soil, leads to healthy planet which leads to healthy humans.
Liberty 4-H Beekeepers Project - Teach children how to be beekeepers!
Sonoma County Master Gardeners Garden Sense Program - Offers free visits to home gardens where specially trained Master Gardeners provide information on low-water use plants, lawn conversion, and modern, efficient irrigation techniques. They can even provide you with a sketch of a possible planting layout.
City of Petaluma - The City of Petaluma offers many water conservation programs to help our customers conserve water; including rebates, water evaluations, and free water saving devices.
Daily Acts - Daily Acts is an environmental nonprofit that strives to create equitable, connected, and climate resilient communities. Daily Acts' vision is to create healthy, just and sustainable communities built upon the daily actions of many people.