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Update on Rethink Waste Project’s multifamily recycling project!
Remember WAY back in 2019, that The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Project won a grant from DEQ?…
Single Use Disposables. Are they actually better than reusables?
What’s better, paper or plastic? Single-use foodware made of petroleum-based or compostable plastics? A reusable canvas bag…
What do you do with broken crayon bits? Don’t toss ’em!
Ya know when you’re using a box of crayons and they break into little bits to the…
Deadline Extended! Rethink Waste Community Waste Reduction Grants Still Available
Because of COVID and the holidays, we have decided to extend the grant proposal deadline to January…
Use the WHOLE Bird!
I don’t know about you, but my Thanksgiving plans were thwarted by Kate Brown’s newest COVID-prevention orders….
A few thoughts about waste, awareness, and November.
Imagine your perfect 4th-Thursday-in-November holiday scenario. What does it look like? In the year 2020 (an election…
DIY Composter: How-to with TEC’s Youth Education!
Our Eco-Hero STEAM students got to make their own composters this fall! What is compost? Compost is…
School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms During COVID Times
Schools have gardens for different reasons: to bolster academic achievement through hands on experiential education; to increase…
Partner Spotlight: Friends of Malheur Refuge
(Header photo credit: Dan Streiffert) The Environmental Center is excited to announce a new Partner Group, Friends…
Celebrate Farm to School on October 26 with Local Carrots
Farm to School Chicken Noodle Soup Available on October 26, 2020 Collaboration between local native farm and…
First #WelcomingWeek Art Walk in our Garden
On Friday, September 25th The Environmental Center partnered with City of Bend to host the first ever…
Vote Yes on Measure 9-135, Bend’s Transportation Bond
For two years, City staff, consultants and a 22-member Citywide Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) worked on a…