Argus Courier - Cool Petaluma continues its work
On a sunny and crisp spring morning, Petaluma resident Natasha Juliana gazes out her window at the tall redwood trees and the green hills beyond, taking another moment to appreciate the wonderful nature her town has to offer…
SRJC Presentation: From Environmental Awareness to Action - A Petaluma Story
Like many others, Petaluma residents Natasha Juliana and Pete Gang have long been aware of our society's impacts on ecosystem health, on biodiversity, on the Earth’s climate system, and on the prospects for a livable future. After years of educating themselves and educating others, they each followed the call to move from environmental awareness to action.
New Dimensions Radio
There is a movement happening that has been proven effective in helping individuals do their part in alleviating the effects of climate change. This movement relies on building social capital that includes concrete, inclusive, and non-political actions taken at a grassroots level to mitigate the effects of climate change. We don’t need to feel like we have to act alone, all this can be done in neighborhoods, block by block.
KPCA - Community Connections features Cool Petaluma
Our Program Manager Deb Fox joins Cool Petaluma participants Julia Menga, Leslie Curchack and Maia Hirschbein for a conversation with Lou Zweier of Petaluma Community Relations Council on their Community Connections radio show.
Cool Block in Argus-Courier article about “Walk and Roll”
With help from their parents and other adults, kids “Walk and Roll” to Petaluma’s Grant Elementary School in the Mountain View area.
KCBS Radio - Petaluma mobilizes residents to conserve water, local use cut back by 34%
As the state enters a fourth year of drought, state and local water officials continue to call for all Californians to do a better job conserving water. But as KCBS Radio news reporter Jeffrey Schaub says, Petaluma residents don’t appear to need any cajoling: they have the highest water conservation rate in the Bay Area.
ABC7 News - Petaluma leads Bay Area and California for water conservation during historic drought
PETALUMA, Calif. (KGO) -- A North Bay community is leading the way when it comes to conserving water during our ongoing historic drought.
"I'm super proud of Petaluma," said Natasha Juliana.
Argus Courier - Petaluma’s reduction in water use ranks among highest in state
Water conservation efforts in Petaluma appear to be working, according to the latest data from the California State Water Resources Control Board.
Read on to see how Cool Petaluma has partnered with local non-profit Daily Acts and the City of Petaluma to help this effort.
Bay Area Bountiful: Living with Climate Change
Bay Area Bountiful explores living with climate change in this first of a three-part series. Their Norcal Public Media crew visited our Cool Block Leader Coffee meeting and interviewed a few of our amazing leaders!
SF Chronicle - In Petaluma neighborhoods, the ‘extravagant life’ is over as climate activism grows
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Julie Johnson followed Petaluma’s Cool Block program as it got started and reported it here.
Climate Column: Honoring Earth Day
The Argus Courier has asked our Campaign Director, Natasha Juliana, to write a monthly climate column for the newspaper. Here is the April installment:
Climate column: Becoming resilient in Petaluma
When approaching a mammoth-sized challenge, where should we start? How can we identify which lever to pull when there are so many to choose from? It’s easy to be paralyzed into inaction when the issue is as fraught with complexity and controversy as climate change.
Argus-Courier: Petaluma Cool Cities campaign kicks off
City Council member D'Lynda Fischer was a key advocate for Petaluma’s Cool Cities Challenge efforts, helping the city secure a $1 million grant that will help finance a critical climate change education campaign. (CRISSY PASCUAL/ARGUS-COURIER STAFF)
Meta Center for NonViolence Radio: How one California city is healing the climate from the ground up
Natasha Juliana of the grassroots initiative Cool Petaluma explains how her team is taking a creative approach to the challenge of climate disruption.
This week, Stephanie and Michael are joined by community leader, Natasha Juliana, who is currently hard at work on “Cool Petaluma,” a project that aims to heal the climate from the ground up.
Pacific Sun - Taking Action Counters Emotional Impacts of Climate Change
Feelings of anxiety and helplessness around climate change are not just increasing with the passage of time, they are increasing from generation to generation. And with good reason, given the news of the last few months.
Press Release - Cool Petaluma hosting event on January 12, 2022 to launch their campaign to reach carbon neutrality by 2030
Petaluma, CA – On January 12, 2022 at 6:00pm Pacific Time, Petaluma’s Cool City Challenge moonshot team will host a Zoom event to launch their campaign to help Petaluma reach carbon neutrality by 2030 without offsets. All those interested in joining this adventure to transform Petaluma into a beacon of climate hope are invited.
Bohemian: Cool Cities Getting Cooler: Petaluma Takes the Lead in Climate Change, the Cool Way.
Sitting at a small cafe on Larkin Street in San Francisco this past weekend, drinking an exceptional cappuccino, (ah, the joys of being a journalist), I had the immense pleasure of an hour-long call with Natasha Juliana, co-leader of Cool Petaluma, a grassroots committee in Petaluma championing the need for action around climate change on a local, national, and global level.
KPIX CBS SF Bay Area: Petaluma Receives $1M 'Cool Cities' Grant To Help Achieve Carbon Neutrality
Petaluma, along with Irvine and Los Angeles, have received $1 million "Cool Cities" grants in an effort to help achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. John Ramos reports.
Argus-Courier: Petaluma earns $1M grant to tackle climate change solutions
Petaluma this week learned it is one of three winners of a climate change-focused grant program, the Cool City Challenge.