Education: Youth and Garden
Springtime Reuse in the Garden
Spring is in full-fledged now. Frosty nights (my chicken’s water was frozen over this morning) make way for warm days and sprouting seeds. As you move through your garden deciding…
Read MoreIn Redmond: Weekly take-home garden & nutrition kits
Earlier this month, I was supposed to start working in John Tuck Elementary School to support their school garden and related programming through a Farm to School Grant from Oregon…
Read MoreYouth Education during COVID-19
Greetings from the Youth Education Department! We truly miss going into classrooms and teaching our environmental and sustainability education programs around the Central Oregon region. Although our day-to-day “norm” is…
Read MoreGarden and Nutrition Activities To Do at Home: Living Necklace
Victory Gardens are making a comeback, locally and all over country. OSU Extensions’s Online Vegetable Gardening Course (currently offerred for free) has over 17,000 people signed up. Seed catalog companies…
Read MoreSpring Learning Garden Internship (CLOSED)
UPDATE: Due to COVID-19, our garden program looks a little different now, and we will not be hiring a spring garden intern. Thank you for your understanding. Our Youth Education…
Read MoreInternship Opportunity: Spring Outdoor Days
The Environmental Center is looking for a high school or college student to help deliver outdoor programming in May and June! If you’re a student with any teaching experience, enthusiasm…
Read MoreBuckingham 4th Graders Visit Knott Landfill
(Pictured above: Our lovely Sustainability Educators having a little fun during the field trip!) Earlier this month, 4th grade students from Buckingham Elementary took a field trip to Knott Landfill.…
Read MoreWhat Teaching About Forks and Spoons to 1,000 Elementary Schoolers Taught Me
This is a guest blog post from Isa Merel, a Bend High graduate who attends Occidental College (’23). During her winter break, she helped to educate local students about reducing…
Read MoreCongrats to 2019/2020 School Garden Grant Recipients
The Environmental Center is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2019/2020 School Garden Grants. Over $10,000 is being awarded to nine recipients, including public and private schools, an educational…
Read MoreReusable bags at Whole Foods = support for our work!
We are excited to share that The Environmental Center has been selected as the Bag Donation Program recipient at Whole Foods Market in Bend this winter! Here’s how it works……
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