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Community Grants Awarded For Waste Reduction
Five organizations / businesses have won a grant from The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Community Grants Program…
What 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…
Going Solar in 2020
New pots of money mean growing opportunities for solar access In 2020, just about everything we knew…
Oregon’s Biggest Climate Rally of the Year
When: Tuesday, February 11th at 12:00 p.m. Where: Across from the State Capitol Building in Salem It’s…
What’s next for our Climate Action Plan?
On December 4th, 2019, Bend joined the ranks of 413 communities across the US and Canada with…
Welcome to the team, Priscilla!
We’re thrilled to introduce you to Priscilla Calleros, who recently joined TEC as our Membership & Outreach…
Congrats 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…
Seeking Focus Group Participants
¡Ayúdanos a ampliar nuestro alcance! The Environmental Center se esfuerza por ser una organización inclusiva que contribuya…
Reusable 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…
New Year = motivation for change.
People love to make New Year’s resolutions. It’s a motivating time to change something about yourself or…
DC Fast Charging in Madras Oregon
CCS Charging comes to Madras Central Oregon now has it’s first functional CCS combo charging thanks to…
Rethink Waste and The Environmental Center Won a Grant for 2020!
We are so excited to announce we are one of the lucky 2019 Oregon DEQ Materials Management…