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Our blog tells the stories of the people and organizations, the programs, tools and technologies, that make sustainability real every day.  You’ll find the inspiration and resources you need to put sustainability into action in your life, at home or at work.

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We’re Looking for a Water Education Program Intern!

Title: Water Education Program Intern Supervisor​: April Farmer, Water Education Lead, Sustainability Educator Position Type: Internship Position…

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Combating Food Waste: Deschutes County and Beyond!

  There are so many amazing food waste prevention initiatives happening in the world right now. Below are…

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Bend’s Transportation Plan: Moving People, Not Cars

The City of Bend recently launched a new planning effort, this time focused on transportation. Its purpose…

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Smart Storage For Your Food and How to Navigate Dates on Food Products

Smart storage is a lot of things. The main idea is, however, to store stuff correctly and…

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Young Children Waste So. Much. Food. Here are some tips from living with one.

If you’ve dined with small children lately, you probably noticed they wasted food. Like a lot. It…

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Meet our 2018 Spring Outdoor School Interns

The Environmental Center’s outdoor school program offers students an all-day excursion outside the classroom to a natural…

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Rethink Food Waste: Prep Smarter

Give yourself a little time after getting back from the grocery store to put your food away…

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Rethink Food Waste: Shop Smarter and technology

The age of technology means we have an utterly overwhelming supply of information at our fingertips. Sometimes…

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Rethink Food Waste: Shop Smarter

Way more often than not, we spend more money at the grocery store than we need to….

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Register for Summer Camp

The Environmental Center is taking our education program out of the classroom this summer! We have two…

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Our Food is Too Good to Waste

In the United States, 40% of food we are growing, raising, and cooking ends up going to…

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SaveOurSphere Earthy Ale

Why celebrate Earth Day when you can celebrate Earth Week!? Worthy Brewing has a new beer on…

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