Environmental Trivia at Pints and Politics
2018-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Broken Top Bottle Shop, 1740 NW Pence Ln #1, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join the Oregon League of Conservation Voters for a fun night of environmental trivia, hosted by OLCV’s local Leadership Committee.
Come test your knowledge of Oregon’s environment, politics, and OLCV history, or just come to learn a thing or two at the last Pints and Politics of 2018. Snacks and prizes provided!
*This event will also double as a volunteer appreciation event.

Environmental Priorities for the 2019 Legislative Session
2019-01-17 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Environmental Priorities for the 2019 Legislative Session at Pints and Politics
Join OLCV to prepare for the 2019 Oregon Legislative Session. Learn about important priorities, like passing the Clean Energy Jobs bill, and find out how you can get involved in passing important laws.

Global Warming in Central Oregon: Impacts & Opportunities
2019-01-24 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
It’s your future. We ignore global warming at our own peril. Join 350Deschutes with four speakers that will address impacts in Central Oregon to recreation, fisheries, water, and wildfires. We can minimize the growing crisis. Discover new opportunities and incentives that will benefit you in solar, used and new electric vehicles, and a variety of personal choices. Hear the latest on the growing movement towards local and state policies that will improve the planet and your quality of life.
Come early to save a seat, or for a meal or beverage.
Free event! Please RSVP here.

Clean Energy Jobs Lobby Day
2019-02-06 09:00 - 16:00 | Elsinore Theatre, 170 High St. SE, Salem, OR, 97301, United States
Lobby days give you the chance to meet with your legislators and make a lasting impact on them; an opportunity to tell your story, and to urge them to make the environment a priority during the legislative session.
Clean Energy Jobs Lobby Day – February 6th (Focusing only on this climate bill)
The day includes best practices for meeting with your legislators, lunch, a march and rally on the Capitol steps, and then meetings with your legislators.
Register here.
Carpools will leave from several locations throughout the state. OLCV will be sending out all the information via email so you can catch a ride to Salem. Can you drive others? Register as a carpool driver. Can’t drive and need a ride down to Salem? Sign up to join a carpool near you.

Clean Energy Jobs Testimony PREP
2019-03-01 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
To help you prepare for Saturday’s hearing on Clean Energy Jobs, here is an opportunity to learn about what to expect at the hearing and get help drafting your compelling testimony. We’ll be available to answer questions and help you prepare from 4:00-6:00pm and we’ll give a brief presentation at both 4:30pm and 5:30pm. Drop in when you can!

Clean Energy Jobs Hearing
2019-03-02 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction is holding a series of public hearings on Clean Energy Jobs all throughout the state. On March 2nd, they’re stopping in Bend. This is your perfect opportunity to tell them why you support the Clean Energy Jobs bill.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP here!
This event will be held at Central Oregon Community College, Cascade Hall, Room 246-248.
Even if you don’t plan to speak during the hearing, it’s important to show up! We must demonstrate to our Legislators that there is support for Clean Energy Jobs in Central Oregon.
The Clean Energy Jobs Bill (HB 2020) would cap carbon emissions for large industrial polluters, set a price on each ton of carbon pollution, require large polluters to pay to pollute, and then invest that money into building Oregon’s renewable energy economy. Passing this bill is the most important next step Oregon can take to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. And we have the best opportunity to pass it this year.
For those who do want to testify… There will be an informational prep event on Friday, March 1st, where you can ask questions and get help preparing your testimony.

POSTPONED: Clean Energy Jobs Bill Educational Forum
2019-03-03 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
** This event has been postponed! Please attend the Clean Energy Jobs Hearing on March 2nd!! **
Come learn about Clean Energy Jobs –a landmark bill now pending in our State legislature that would put a limit and price on climate pollution from the largest polluters in our state, secure greenhouse gas reductions, and require reinvestment in communities across Oregon to create clean energy jobs and a thriving economy, especially in communities that need it most. Free and open to all.

Upper Snake River Tribes take on a Changing Climate
2019-03-26 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The third installment of ONDA’s Bend High Desert Speaker Series with Jason Kesling, Environmental Program Director of the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation. Learn about the establishment and structure of the Upper Snake River Tribes, and gain an in-depth understanding of how the USRTF is adapting to climate change. From assessing vulnerability to coordinating environmental conservation efforts, Jason will share his experience and insight into how the Upper Snake River Tribes are taking on current environmental threats.
Please note that space is limited and preregistration is required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation begins at 7 p.m. The presentation will be held in Worthy Brewing’s Hop Mahal room, located in the far right corner of the main restaurant.
About the speaker
Jason began working for the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation in early 2017, bringing a strong background in Fish and Wildlife biology and natural resource management. Since receiving a degree in Fish and Wildlife from Oregon State University, Jason has contributed to environmental protection initiatives in a number of capacities. With extensive experience in environmental assessment and wildlife conservation, Jason is a knowledgeable voice on climate change resiliency, adaptation and risk assessment.

The Urgency Of Climate Change: Moving Towards A Green New World
2019-04-05, 2019-04-12 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Climate Change 2020: Science and Policy Solutions
Friday, April 5th from 10am – 12:30pm
Features Dr. John Perona, JD, Professor of Environmental Biochemistry, Portland State University and Oregon Health Sciences University.
How Oregon and the Nation are Responding to Climate Change
Friday, April 12th from 10am – 12:30pm
Features Dr. Gregory Dotson, JD, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Oregon. Learn about Juliana v United States, the landmark constitutional climate lawsuit, featuring Coreal Riday-White, JD, Community Engagement Manager Our Children’s Trust.
Both programs are held at:
Tykeson Hall 111 (TYKH 111), OSU-Cascades – 1500 SW Chandler Ave, Bend, OR 97702
Check-in begins at 9:15 a.m.; doors open at 9:30 a.m. Lectures and parking are free, but advanced registration is required. Register today at osher.uoregon.edu/friday or call 800-824-2714.
These programs are offered to the public at no cost, thanks to the Bernard Osher Foundation Capacity Grant to the University of Oregon.

Broadchats
2019-04-09 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join the Central Oregon Chapter of Great Old Broads for Wilderness at an upcoming broadchats!
Conversation and presentation about “ Climate Change and Deserts.” Please bring $5.00 to cover costs of snacks and drinks and off set rental space. Register here.

Youth Unstoppable, a documentary
2019-04-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
At age 15, filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker began attending environmental summits, camera in hand, wide-eyed and ready to make a difference. What began as a single journey evolved into an intimate and challenging documentary shot behind the front lines of the largely unseen and misunderstood global youth climate movement. Seen through the lens of Slater’s camera, Youth Unstoppable documents the struggles, events, and first hand effects on the youth fighting to be heard at home and within the frustrating and complex process of UN Climate Change negotiations. Youth Unstoppable shows us a powerful vision for the future of our planet and the young people who will lead us there.
Tickets can be purchased here.

Pints & Politics
2019-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Broken Top Bottle Shop, 1740 NW Pence Ln #1, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The City of Bend is currently updating its Transportation System Plan (TSP), which will guide policies, programs and infrastructure investments for transportation in Bend until 2040.
Join Mike Riley, Executive Director of The Environmental Center, and Moey Newbold, Director of Urban Panning at Central Oregon Landwatch, to learn how our community can benefit from a transportation system that prioritizes safe, healthy, and climate-friendly options like walking, biking, and transit. Come find out how you can advocate for a well-rounded transportation future for Bend that better serves underserved populations.

For the Beauty of the Earth: A Call to Care
2019-05-17 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Kathleen Dean Moore and Rachelle McCabe weave the power of the spoken word and Rachmaninoff’s “Variations on a theme by Corelli” in a Call to Care FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH.
Friday May 17, 2019
7:30-9:00 pm performance and reception following
Saturday May 18, 2019
9:00 – 11:30 am conversation with presenters
Register: www.marcusjborg.org/earth
Kathy and Rachelle’s concern is contagious and their method of deepening our understanding is moving and richly eloquent.
Descriptions:

“In a powerfully moving performance, a concert pianist and a creative writer weave an urgent call to action on climate disruption and mass extinction.”
“Creative writer Kathleen Dean Moore and concert pianist Rachelle McCabe inspire audiences to defend the wild, reeling world in a performance that weaves powerful spoken words into Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli.”
“When words alone are not enough, we believe in the power of the arts, especially music, to open peoples’ hearts to hard truths without breaking them.”
“The truths of our time are deeply challenging – the on-rushing extinctions, the coming storms, and the moral necessity of safeguarding Earth’s abundance of lives. Words alone cannot express the urgency of action. And so we turn to music.”

Rachelle McCabe, professor of music at Oregon State University, enjoys an international career as a concert pianist and artist-teacher. She has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, and in Canada, Southeast Asia, France, and England. She holds a doctorate from The University of Michigan, and a master’s degree from The Juilliard School.
Kathleen Dean Moore, an environmental philosopher, climate activist, and writer, has published a dozen books about the beautiful, reeling world. Her early books of essays – Riverwalking, Holdfast, Pine Island Paradox, Wild Comfort – celebrate the life-graced planet. Now, her work has turned toward defending it from pillage and plunder, with three recent books, Great Tide Rising, Moral Ground, and Piano Tide, a novel.

Broadchats
2019-06-11 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join the Central Oregon Chapter of Great Old Broads for Wilderness at an upcoming broadchats!
Conversation and presentation about “ Climate Change and Wildlife.” Please bring $5.00 to cover costs of snacks and drinks and off set rental space. Register here.

Sisters Carbon Town Hall
2019-07-29 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
State Senator Cliff Bentz–one of the Republican Senators who fled the state to prevent a vote on HB 2020–just announced a “Carbon Town Hall” in Sisters. OLCV invites you to show robust rural support for climate action!
Sisters Carbon Town Hall
Date: Monday, July 29th
Time: 6:00-8:30pm (PST)
Location: Five Pine Lodge & Conference Center
Sen. Benz wants to hear what his constituents want when it comes to carbon reduction and the Clean Energy Jobs bill.

Broadchats
2019-08-13 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join the Central Oregon Chapter of Great Old Broads for Wilderness at an upcoming broadchats!
Conversation and presentation about “ Climate Change and Rivers.” Please bring $5.00 to cover costs of snacks and drinks and off set rental space. Register here.

Bend Strike for Climate
2019-09-20 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join The Oregon Youth Climate Strike in collaboration with The Vocal Seniority and 350 Deschutes to protest in coordination with strikes across the globe to demand action against climate change, now!
Youth, adults, and all in-between are invited to come take action to ensure a future for the next generations. All over the world, people of various governments, societies, and locations will be joining together to declare in one clear voice that to save the planet, we need to change. Join this global movement on September 20th.

Youth Climate Strike (#2!)
2019-09-27 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The Bend High Environmental Club is hosting a second climate strike at Peace Corner (Wall & Newport by Bank of America) in downtown Bend. Although it’s organized by our community’s amazing youth, anyone and everyone is invited to participate. Bring your signs!

Public Launch of New EV Charging Stations
2019-10-09 16:30 - 17:30 | COCC Redmond, 2324 NE College Lp, Redmond, OR, 97756 , United States
Join us for appetizers, beverages, and the latest on rebates, credits and incentives on electric vehicles; view some EVs, talk with the owners, and enter the raffle to win a Black Bear Diner gift card! 350 Deschutes, the COCC Sustainability Committee and Central Oregon Community College would like to invite you to join us for the ribbon cutting on the new EV charging at the Redmond campus.This project made possible with support from Pacific Power. Come help us thank them and the COCC Sustainability Committee for this new addition to Central Oregon’s charging infrastructure!
*This will take place in the parking lot near the RTEC building

There is No “Planet B”: Tracking Earth’s Changing Climate from Space
2019-10-14 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Fleets of NASA satellites capture images and data about Earth’s ocean, land and atmosphere. But can humans act on the powerful information we learn from them? Join oceanographer, educator and former NASA science administrator Michael Freilich to learn about the spaceborne tools that monitor our planet — from as far as a million miles away and as near as the International Space Station — and what they tell us about our changing planet.

David Suzuki on Climate: The Future Trajectory
2019-10-16 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
In his truth-telling style, Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki talks Climate, capitalism, curbing growth, and where we’re headed as a species. Life creates the very things we need to survive, and our responsibility should be to protect those things—the foundation of the way we live. We don’t know enough to say it’s too late—you’ve always got to have hope. Our challenge: Use our voices and work like hell to cut our ecological footprint. You’ll be drawn in by Suzuki’s compelling energy and passion.

Free and open to the public.

Pints and Politics: Bend's Climate Action Plan
2019-10-17 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
This fall, the City of Bend’s Climate Action Steering Committee will present a Community Climate Action Plan to the Bend City Council for approval and adoption. The plan will serve as a roadmap in supporting our community’s path to a sustainable future, in taking practical action across a wide range of sectors and activities, and in achieving the goals of Bend City Council’s adopted Resolution 3044 – a 40% decrease in fossil fuel use by 2030 and a 70% decrease by 2050.
Join OLCV, members of the Climate Action Steering Committee – Laurel Hamilton, Eric Duea, and Jamie Klopp – and City of Bend senior management analyst, Cassie Lacy, to learn about the climate action plan. Find out how the plan will help reduce GHG emissions and fossil fuel use, ask questions, and find out how you can ensure that our community moves forward with this important work.

Climate Change, Plants, and Future Possibilities
2020-01-08 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Learn how native plants can help mitigate the effects of climate change.

Christina Veverka, Botanist with the Deschutes National Forest, will explore the latest research from around the globe on climate change and the effects that scientists are seeing to native plant communities. Not all ‘doom and gloom,’ Christina will highlight current research on the potential for plants to mitigate the effects of climate change through their ability to absorb carbon.

OCA’s Regional Speaker Series
2020-01-14 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Oregon for Climate Action (OCA) Presents: The Role of Innovation and Technology in an Increasingly Carbon-Constrained World.
As an emerging hub for innovation, Central Oregon is ripe for creating technology solutions in response to the risks being caused by climate change that also help grow our economy. Join Bend-area speakers Rita Hansen of On-Board Dynamics and Tucker Ruberti of Enelx for a conversation about creating economic opportunities in the era of climate change.
Please RSVP!
Rita Hansen, On-Board Dynamics
Rita Hansen is the CEO and co-founder of Onboard Dynamics, a company that seeks to lower fuel costs and carbon emissions by removing refueling infrastructure barriers to driving natural gas vehicles. Rita has over 30 years of executive management, engineering and operations management, and project management experience in a diverse range of industries. Since 2006, she has specialized in early phase environments which focus on global opportunities in the energy and environmental sectors.
Tucker Ruberti, of Enelx
Tucker Ruberti is the Director or Technical Sales for the Enel X energy storage business. In his role he leads the North American technical sales and analysis organization to develop simulation, design, configuration and financial analysis. The team leverages the Enel X multi-value stream optimization capabilities to extract the maximum customer value in any application. Mr. Ruberti earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and an MS in Environmental Management & Policy from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has worked in the energy technology since 1993, working for a broad range of companies including Advanced Energy, Westinghouse, General Electric, and NYSERDA in diverse applications including energy storage, PV, fuel cells and power distribution.

Deadly Diesel in Our Air: Risks to Climate and Your Health
2020-01-26 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Diesel soot is everywhere. Its toxic particles are so small, they lodge in your lungs and create respiratory and health problems years later. Children breathe it on school buses. You breathe it when following a truck or bus. People and workers in neighborhoods undergoing construction breathe it.
Throughout Oregon, concentrations of diesel particulate matter, the byproduct of diesel exhaust, are more than 10 to 20 times higher than the state’s health-based air quality benchmarks.
Attend this valuable presentation to learn the effects of diesel pollution, the risks to you and your loved ones and what you do about it.
Presenters:

Dr. Julianne Fry, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies, Reed College
Mary Peveto, Executive Director, Neighbors for Clean Air

350Deschutes Volunteer Party
2020-01-30 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Past, present and “thinkin about it” volunteers are welcome. We’ll have pizza and munchies, and beverages. (vegan, vegetarian, gluten free options)
We’ll celebrate our success and talk about the future. We’ll honor our key volunteers and give you a preview of whats to come in 2020. You’ll discover how you can be a part of the action!
Come and meet other like minded folks, play party games and sing our victory songs.

Hearing for the Climate Bill
2020-02-08 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Our Legislative leaders have an opportunity to take action NOW on our climate crisis in 2020!
Wealthy polluters and other special interests using their influence to prevent and water down bold climate action, and next Saturday we have a critical opportunity to weigh in and make our voices heard in Salem.
We need your help in Salem on Saturday, February 8th to make a clear stand for bold climate action.
Join us Saturday, February 8th at 10am at our State Capitol (900 Court St NE Salem, OR 97301) outside Hearing Room C. Volunteers will:
– Attend an important Legislative hearing
– Testify briefly in the Legislative hearing
Sign up for testimony begins at 9am.
Sign up to give others a ride or find a local carpooling: http://bit.ly/feb8thhearingcarpool

Oregon Climate Emergency Day of Action
2020-02-11 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The biggest Salem Climate Action in 2020!
Show our strength by standing together. Send a message to state legislators and Governor Brown to stand up to the powerful oil industry and pass real climate action. Let’s rally for a better climate future!
RSVP here. Interested in carpooling? Riders and drivers sign up here

What Would You Do Without Winter: Snow Activism Tour
2020-02-21 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Lauren MacCallum from Scotland and Josh Jespersen from Colorado are fighting the climate crisis in their own backyards, and we’re screening two films to share their stories with you, in the hope you’ll be inspired to take action too. After the film screenings, Patagonia ambassador Josh Dirksen and nonprofits Deschutes Land Trust and Protect Our Winters will facilitate an interactive discussion on how to connect with local climate groups.
Everyone has something to contribute—let us help maximize your climate fight and match your skills with the organizations that need them the most. It’s your winter, and your choice. Will you take action to protect it?
