Climate

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!

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…

Join local Bend speakers for a conversation about creating economic opportunity in the era of climate change. 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,…