The Environmental Center

Before the Flood
2017-11-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Leonardo DiCaprio shares his two-year journey exploring climate change and its effects around the world in this film, featuring Barak Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Clinton, and John Kerry. As DiCaprio said so eloquently as he addressed the opening of the Signature Ceremony for the Paris Agreement, “We know that climate change is happening faster than even the most pessimistic of scientists warned us decades ago. It has become a runaway freight train bringing with it an impending disaster for all living things.
“Now think about the shame that each of us will carry when our children and grandchildren look back and realize that we had the means of stopping this devastation, but simply lacked the political will to do so. Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong. An upheaval and massive change is required, now—one that leads to a new collective consciousness, a new collective evolution of the human race, inspired and enabled by a sense of urgency from all of you.”

Saving Snow Documentary Screening
2018-03-22
Across the country, people who depend on winter for their livelihood are feeling the heat. On the sidelines of skiing and snowboarding, an epic struggle to reverse rising temperatures is unfolding. Ski towns and the snow sports industry are paving the way towards a clean energy future.
This 53-minute documentary by filmmaker Diogo Freire finds specific examples of communities that are being affected—and also show how they’re responding. “Saving Snow” focuses on people coming to terms with these changes. But it also presents solutions. The film highlights individuals and organizations who are working to reduce their communities’ impacts on the environment and raise awareness of the need for action.
Learn more about the film here.
Q&A to follow the film, plus a few words from a special guess and local POW ambassador, Matt Baker. Come learn more about how to get involved in climate action right here in our own community. This event is being organized in partnership by The Environmental Center, Protect our Winters (POW), and Oregon League of Conservation Voters (OLCV). Big thanks to 10 Barrel Brewing for hosting!

Reinventing Power
2018-09-19
Reinventing Power: America’s Clean Energy Boom takes us across the country to hear directly from the people making our clean energy future achievable. These individuals are working to rebuild what’s broken, rethink what’s possible, and revitalize communities.
Their stories are proof that America does not need to choose between keeping our lights on and protecting our communities.
Over the film’s 50 minutes, you will meet people in eight states whose lives were changed by the renewable energy industry while exploring various aspects of the clean energy industry from innovation to installation.
Critically, Reinventing Power underscores the notion that we don’t have to sacrifice jobs for a clean environment. Supporting a clean energy future means building a better, more prosperous future for everyone.
Presented by Juniper Group of the Oregon Sierra Club
Suggested Donation $5.00
Free Snacks and Mingling at 6:30; Program to begin at 6:50 PM.

The Human Element, a James Balog film
2019-03-20
We are a force of Nature. As we change the Elements, the Elements change us. Now, humanity itself has its own elemental power—we have created the Anthropocene. Through the 4 elements of Nature—earth, air, fire, water—the film explores the lives of everyday Americans on the front lines of Climate Change, stories which inspire us to reevaluate our relationship with the natural world. Learn more about the film here.
Free and open to the public.

How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change)
2019-04-02
Oscar nominated director Josh Fox (Gasland) comes out with another exploration of climate impact, resistance and adaptation. Ultimately an ode to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unprecedented disruption, “How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change)” follows Fox to 12 countries on six continents to ask: What is it that is so deep within us that no calamity or challenge can take it away? Join us to reflect on the path ahead and the strengths we can draw on.
Snacks and beverage provided, $5 donation at the door, RSVP appreciated, and please share with friends!

Screening of "The Age of Consequences"
2019-04-25
The Bend Senior High School Environmental Club will offer a free public viewing of the movie, “The Age of Consequences”. Doors will open at 5:30pm if you want to meet our team and learn more about the background of the movie.
“The Age of Consequences” is a feature-length bipartisan documentary released in 2016 that investigates the national security and global security concerns exacerbated by climate change. Many veterans, government personnel from our department of state or defense, and current military personnel.
Watch the trailer here.

Postponed-GrowthBusters, Hooked on Growth – the film
2020-03-18
Many cities and states link population growth with economic growth, but perpetual economic growth/population growth aren’t sustainable—we’re exhausting Earth’s resources and ecosystems. This documentary about overpopulation and growth challenges the beliefs that drive attitudes and policies. The Climate Peril requires us to reduce consumption and reach a steady state economy.
Free and open to the public.

Postponed: Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
2020-03-24
As part of Unity Community of Central Oregon’s Earth Day events the Unity EarthCare team is sponsoring the showing of the movie Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution.
Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. Unlikely entrepreneurs in communities from Georgetown, TX to Buffalo, NY reveal pioneering clean energy solutions while James’ discovery of how clean energy works, and what it means at a personal level, becomes the audiences’ discovery too. Reaching well beyond a great story of technology and innovation, Happening explores issues of human resilience, social justice, embracing the future, and finding hope for our survival.
The short trailer here will give you a good feel for the show.
This event is part of Faith Climate Action Week.

Elemental Film Screening - Bend Premiere
2022-11-11
Join Central Oregon LandWatch at Tower Theatre

COLW is hosting a screening of ELEMENTAL, a documentary film that invites us to reimagine our relationship with wildfire. Click here to view the trailer.

Five years in the making, this documentary film began right here in Oregon and grew into into a deep investigation of wildfire in a hotter, drier, more crowded world. The filmmakers will participate in a special Q & A following the show.
