The Environmental Center

Youth Climate Ecochallenge: A Drawdown Solutions Race!
2020-04-15 - 2020-05-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
TEC would like to share an online educational opportunity – the Youth Climate Ecochallenge: A Drawdown Solutions Race. The challenge is presented by PAE and Ecochallenge.org and sponsored by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The challenge focuses on top solutions to reverse climate change. It features online learning and research, civic engagement, and community building for youth and their community. The challenge runs April 15th – May 15th.
The actions in the challenge connect to solutions highlighted in Drawdown, a project that maps, measures, models, and describes solutions to global warming that already exist. Participants track and share their progress in the Ecochallenge platform, earn points for taking action, and see the real-time impact of their actions. The combination of collective action, community-building, and friendly competition makes change a little easier — and a lot more fun.

Spring 2020 Fire Free Week
2020-05-12
Save the Dates: Spring 2020 FireFree Week!
May 9 – May 24, 7 am – 5 pm @ Knott Landfill
Gather all of your yard debris and bring it to Knott Landfill for a FREE yard debris drop off event! Cones and needles, branches and limbs! The material will get mulched and given a new life as compost or fill. Plus, you will be clearing out burnable material to reduce wildfire fuels near your home!
Also, you can help close the recycling loop by buying back some compost while you’re out there! Deschutes Recycling offers bulk or bagged compost in a variety of types.
Westside Collection Site – Discovery West/Brooks Resources
Weekends Only
May 9th-10th, 16th-17th and 23rd-24th
Crossing Drive at Skyliners Road – west of Miller
Elementary (Crosby Dr.), near the Tree Farm subdivision.
