Please join us in making our 2023 Earth Day Fair the best it can be by lending a hand! We are looking for folks to help with event set up and breakdown, parade management, waste station monitoring, and more. You could even volunteer to guide our beautiful Earth Guardians through the fair!
Our Youth Education team is seeking a Spring intern to help run Outdoor Days programs.
The intern will gain knowledge and experience in the areas of natural history, youth education strategies, and group management. This position will facilitate environmental education lessons primarily with elementary school classes at various field sites in Central Oregon. Wage range is $16.20-$20.00/hr depending on education and experience.
Advancing a healthy, resilient future in Central Oregon requires change at both the individual and governance levels. That is why the long legislative session is so important in Oregon–because we have the opportunity to engage in the discourse of a lot of of impactful bills.
To hone our focus, we tried to follow bills that will support strategies laid out in Bend’s Community Climate Action Plan to decarbonize our community.
The Environmental Center is currently in the quiet phase of the Eco Central Campaign, investing in a vision of Central Oregon as a region that is both ecologically sustainable and economically vibrant. This campaign is about shaping the future of our community and planet through education, advocacy and collaboration – all from a new, planned permanent facility that will be a community hub for action.
Here at The Environmental Center, the coming of spring also means our annual Earth Day Fair & Parade is just around the corner! This colorful community event is one of our favorites: food, friends, festivities… and, as is typical for April in Central Oregon: uncertain weather! Of course, we are hoping for blue skies and […]
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The next time you pass by your local school or youth center, take a look to see if they have a garden on site. If they do, or you see signs of an emerging garden project, chances are they are among the schools assisted by The Environmental Center’s Garden for Every School Program. This school […]
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