Bye Lawn, High Desert! How Turf Rebates Can Help

Online Event

Are you looking to update your landscape and save water? The City of Bend Water Conservation program is offering a Turf Removal Rebate to convert thirsty lawns into low water use landscapes. The result is a gorgeous High Desert landscape that provides a colorful, biodiverse, pollinator-friendly, and waterwise alternative to traditional lawns! In this webinar,…

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Bye Lawn, High Desert! How Turf Rebates Can Help

Online Event

Are you looking to update your landscape and save water? The City of Bend Water Conservation program is offering a Turf Removal Rebate to convert thirsty lawns into low water use landscapes. The result is a gorgeous High Desert landscape that provides a colorful, biodiverse, pollinator-friendly, and waterwise alternative to traditional lawns! In this webinar,…

Free

Wild Wednesday Event: What’s With All The Stumps?

Worthy Brewing 495 Northeast Bellevue Drive, Bend, OR, United States

Have you noticed all of the logging happening near the Phil's trail complex and other favorite nearby trails in central Oregon?  If you're like us, you might have thought some of it looked fine and some looked too aggressive. Join Oregon Wild in Bend on March 27 for a discussion about what's going on with…

COZEE Happy Hour with Solaire Homebuilders featuring a zero energy home and ADU

April COZEE Happy Hour with Solaire Homebuilders @ Mary and Darci's house featuring a zero energy home and ADU.  At Central Oregon Zero Energy Enthusiasts (COZEE) events we get together to stoke our enthusiasm for energy-efficient buildings in the Central Oregon region. Join us for a site tour, happy hours, and more, to learn together…

Shaping the Future: Conservation, Restoration, and Flow Management in the Upper Deschutes River

Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic and Recreation Center 57250 Overlook Road, Sunriver, OR, United States

Learn about collaborative efforts implementing water conservation projects and how conservation savings are being used to meet needs for species in the Upper Deschutes River. Speaker Bio: Bridget Moran leads the development of the Deschutes River Basin's Habitat Conservation Plan as Field Supervisor for the Bend Office of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, advising…

Go Electric! – The Benefits of Home Electrification (Webinar)

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Adopting modern high-efficiency electric appliances in our homes improves indoor air quality, lowers utility bills, provides greater safety and comfort, and more climate resilience. You can greatly lower your home’s carbon emissions by installing efficient electric systems like heat pumps and heat pump water heaters. And thanks to improved technologies and new state and federal…

2024 Oregon Legislative Session Debrief

Zoom

Please join Oregon Environmental Council on Monday, May 6th from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, for a virtual webinar taking a closer look at this year's state legislative session. Our guest speaker is state Senator Janeen Sollman, Chair of the Senate Energy and Environment Committee. She played a pivotal role as an environmental champion this session, including passing Oregon’s landmark Right to…