 Good morning. Thank you Okay, we're gonna get started My name is Steve Hampton. I'm the environmental stewardship chair of the Faith Compassion and Justice Group here at University Covenant Church Welcome We're really happy to to have you all here. This is the third annual Kool Davis Interfaith Climate Conference and And just a few words of of Logistics before we get going The this is going to be our main area right now for our speaker and our panelists that we're going to have an excellent lunch over here later and There are different workshops that start at they start at one o'clock. Is that right? Check your program there's some great workshops and Just so you know, there's Different locations designated and I'm going to clarify what those are right now the The MP room far side refers to that corner over there the Start here at the beginning the hall classroom is room What's the what Alice what's after room 109? No, the next one 108 it's the second door on the left down there. We're hosting the cold-weather shelter right now So there might be some some stray socks around and things like that, but all their stuff is in room 109 So room 108 is the hall classroom the near classroom is room 111 Which is right out these doors right here. That's the near classroom closer to the lobby The library is called the library. That's in the hallway across the hall and The MP room near lobby is going to be this corner over here And then I think we actually might use the lobby as well for one of the sessions So Yeah, so we we come together in a time where gas is priced like they're going to sell it for 50 years And that's what they're I guess planning so we all need each other and So we're really happy that you're all here and with that I'm going to turn it over to our youth pastor and faith compassion and justice Lead Alex Wright Thanks, Alex. Thank you, Steve Good morning, everyone. Welcome again to the third annual cool Davis interfaith climate conference My name is Alex Wright as Steve said I'm one of the pastors here at University Covenant Church and we are delighted to host the conference this year and just so glad that you Could be our guests Now while while we come from many different faith traditions I believe one thing many of us share in common is a recognition that God has called us to be good stewards of the earth This common vision is a foundation upon which we can unite Working together not just to talk about climate change, but to move each other and our community to action In my own tradition, we believe that God is good and that God created and loves this world and everything in it including us And what's unique about us is we're the only part of God's creation that has the power to care for or destroy the world We've been given we have the freedom to callously disregard the consequences of our lifestyles or to respectfully Reflect on how we might instead be agents of restoration. I Really appreciate it my friend Steve Who gave the opening remarks? I'd like to thank for organizing and setting up the facility today a lot of work Obviously went into that. I appreciate Steve because in the Christian tradition We talk a lot about giving and tithing, but we don't talk so much about what we do with the other 90% of our resources Steve has really helped our congregation become more aware of the choices we make Regarding the 90% do matter and and I've been personally convicted by that question the last few years since Steve has started raising it it's really been eye-opening to me that the actual consumer choices that I make that we all make collectively can have a profound effect on our environment and even our climate and Because it's that collective action that matters. It's imperative that we work together on climate issues I believe the faith community is at its best when we work together towards the restoration and redemption of this world That is so near the heart of God So today may we catch a vision of how we may work together as a community to affect change in our culture May we begin with ourselves by taking personal action May the God who created and sustains this world forgive us for the ways we have failed to practice good stewardship of this planet Unify us as a faith community and guide us on a path of creation care. It will be honoring to God. Amen Good morning, everybody. My name is Lucas Frerichs a member of the Davis City Council. I'm going to be serving as emcee today So again, you've heard what a wonderful welcome from Pastor Wright as well as thanks so much Steve for your welcome as well Let's give a big round of applause to the University Covenant Church for hosting in their beautiful facility So again, we want to welcome everyone to the third annual interfaith climate conference sponsored by the Yolo Interfaith Alliance for climate justice Also, of course, want to thank cool Davis and and again UCC for hosting here You know, we really we gather at a critical time as we stand as the human species at the precipice of planetary climate chaos Our work is really to find a path forward It tore to a fundamentally reimagined understanding of who we are on this earth, of course and also in the ways in which we ought to live Where will we find the courage the hope and in fact even the faith to ensure this transition? We're fortunate today to have a claimed environmental philosopher and author Kathleen Dean Moore with us here as she explores these questions and guides us to meaningful action the keynote address will be followed by an intergenerational panel including One of the panelists will be one of our former Mayor Davis Mayor Joe Criboza But the vision titled visions of effective climate change and of course, there'll be an opportunity for questions and answers from the audience Three panelists will present how they view the climate crisis and explain their ideas for effective climate action, especially in our local community in our region After a delicious noom time lunch, there'll be many excellent workshops to choose from and a little bit more on that later Also, of course want to make sure that we thank everybody for being respectful for the variety of faiths and people represented here today I want to issue a gentle yet important reminder To please use inclusive language such as faith communities or places of worship as opposed to simply mosque synagogue or church Inclusivity is a key tenet of our interfaith community here in Davis in Yolo County I'm confident that this third annual conference will lead us to actions and changes at the personal Faith community and larger community levels. So let's get started First, I'd like to introduce Chris Granger executive director of cool Davis You want to come on up and followed by Lorraine visher from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis Thank you all for joining us today Some of you may know what cool Davis is and some of you may not know what cool Davis is cool Davis was founded in 2010 in response to the climate action plan of the city And we are working to inspire our community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions adapt to the changing climate and To make a better life for all of us in this community. I Wanted to reflect with you today just briefly about our role our role at Community level that is as a whole community working with our city At Institutional level so faith communities business community other community organizations at neighborhood level and Then finally at household level Cool Davis is touching all of these things with the way we are structured We have a coalition made up of now 70 plus organizations in the community which Include many members of our faith communities We also have many businesses and other community institutions participating and Now we are about to embark on a very serious campaign to reach households But to do that we want to make sure that we have a presence at every level in our community You may have seen one of these out in the foyer It is our checklist of actions related to three categories of action Transportation consumption and home energy. These are the things that we are challenging our households to get busy on but many of you who are active in your faith communities know that your congregations your your your Institutions are working on your physical plants already and you're having those discussions together And the work that you're doing is becoming visible to the members of your communities So now I want to do something a little interactive that says a little bit more about what cool Davis is about and What who cool Davis is? So I Would like you to Respond by standing up to the following questions. So after you stand up, then we'll be done with that group and then we'll sit down How many are here are joining us from outside of Davis from another Yolo County community? Thank you for coming How many are coming from Sacramento County or some place further than Yolo County? Welcome, how many of you live west of 113 Turn around and look at each other So you can recognize each other when you see each other in the Westlake Village grocery store How many of you live north of Covel? Okay How many in On Standing how many put your hands up for those of you that are east of Anderson I'm sorry west of Anderson west of Anderson in that central area between Anderson and F or over in Wildhorse Okay Recognize look at each other so you can recognize each other on your maybe on your green belts How about east of Poline and south of Covel? How about west of Anderson and east of 113, but south of Covel? That's that's central Davis How about south of I-80 all you south Davis folks, ah, yes Who did I miss? East all the way east but north of of I-80 So east of Poline. I did you okay. I think I've got everybody good How many of you? Ranch your home You have different issues than people who own their home How many of you remain standing if this is true live in multifamily housing? How many people own their home live in multifamily housing that would be folks with condos Okay, now when we come when it comes to the content that we're working on our Transportation our consumption our home energy what I have found is that everybody has their thing Your you are totally about food Or you're really you're the energy Nazi in your family. I'm very sorry You are all about bikes Or you have a really cool electric vehicle So we're gonna try just those categories Who are our foodies in the group in in in this and you can stand you can stand up for more than one of these things You get to be more than one look at each other Because if we're gonna deal with food issues in our community and the food footprint here are our Here's the starting group for that foodies Do we have any composting zealots in the room? How about I'm gonna ask you to sit down for a second How about advocacy now one of the things that I have found is that? We have a lot of talking to do to our public leaders both locally state national level and The first thing we want to do is get out and and tell people what we think but we also have The work to do in our own personal lives So how many of you are actively involved besides on the you know the active stuff on your personal life with? Advocacy you know could be oil trains it might be General climate issues it might be You know other environmental issues how many you are active in advocacy groups I want you to see the Jerry Braun Who is one of our best and most wonderful energy experts in the community is also you might only hear him talk about energy? But he's also working at advocacy level. We need to respect all of our work and Encourage each other and thank each other For that work as we move forward So last night we heard and I think she's going to tell us again that we need to pay attention to the things we love Things that we feel called to do To be ready to be stretched and to be kind to each other and One of the things as I ride my bicycle around the community, which is very rhythmic and I it always for some reasons generates Psalms and Songs from my faith tradition and recently the thing that I keep hearing in my head is Prosper the work of our hands So I'll leave you with that. Thank you. We are cool Davis and Cool Davis is a verb an action Thank you Next we have Lorraine visioner from Unitarian University Universalist Church of Davis Who's going to teach in lettuce and a song? Good morning Thank you for being here You have the words to the chorus of this verse in your program They're pretty easy Hold on to each other hold on strong We got to hold on to each other till the danger is gone Hold on to each other all night long Hold on to each other got to hold on I'll sing the verses to you, but I really hope that you'll keep me company on That course because that's what we got to do. We got to hold on So please join me as soon as you get the hang of it. It's pretty simple. Okay? Thanks. We're all my mics working Hard times are coming You can feel it in the air You can read it in you can see it everywhere Gonna be trials and tribulation Astonishment and shock you're gonna need a strong foundation Need a solid rock Here you go. You got to hold on to each other Hold on strong Gotta hold on to each other Until the danger is gone You gotta hold on to each other sing that through one more time We got a hold on. Don't let yourself get high Rational performance